Letters of Thomas J. Wise to John Henry Wrenn: A Further Inquiry Into the Guilt of Certain Nineteenth-century ForgersA. A. Knopf, 1944 - 591 pages |
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Page 184
... complete set of R. L. Stevenson's first editions . I have telegraphed you " Stevenson Maximum 200 pounds . " I wired this for two reasons . Firstly you will no doubt be asked something like £ 350 or £ 400 . If the collection really be ...
... complete set of R. L. Stevenson's first editions . I have telegraphed you " Stevenson Maximum 200 pounds . " I wired this for two reasons . Firstly you will no doubt be asked something like £ 350 or £ 400 . If the collection really be ...
Page 280
... complete collection " round to my office with intention of offering them to me , but found that I had left London . Before he saw me Sotheran had sold to Mr. Pierpont Morgan the complete Manuscripts of " The Lotus Eaters " and " The ...
... complete collection " round to my office with intention of offering them to me , but found that I had left London . Before he saw me Sotheran had sold to Mr. Pierpont Morgan the complete Manuscripts of " The Lotus Eaters " and " The ...
Page 298
... complete , with the idea of printing an ' ex- cerpt ' from my big Catalogue , in the form of a Bibliography of Shirley . It will be the first attempt yet made at a complete Bibliography of one of the old dramatists . But I want to make ...
... complete , with the idea of printing an ' ex- cerpt ' from my big Catalogue , in the form of a Bibliography of Shirley . It will be the first attempt yet made at a complete Bibliography of one of the old dramatists . But I want to make ...
Contents
The Wrenn Library comes to Texas 3 | 3 |
The WiseWrenn friendship | 11 |
Carter and Pollards exposé | 37 |
Copyright | |
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