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 170
... Passing of Arthur " 14 is only a selection , and is not rare . My copy cost me 9d . I think it is worth buying at 5 / - , but I would not give 10 / - for it were I in need of a copy . . . ... July 8 , 1899 Forgive this being a short ...
... Passing of Arthur " 14 is only a selection , and is not rare . My copy cost me 9d . I think it is worth buying at 5 / - , but I would not give 10 / - for it were I in need of a copy . . . ... July 8 , 1899 Forgive this being a short ...
Page 390
... passing this ( and other ) Popes on to you whilst they are still absent from the ranks of my own books . I can as ... passed it round . Would you believe that only one man present even knew it by name ! It excited a larger amount of ...
... passing this ( and other ) Popes on to you whilst they are still absent from the ranks of my own books . I can as ... passed it round . Would you believe that only one man present even knew it by name ! It excited a larger amount of ...
Page 413
... passed the book : there is always the chance that I might return it . For " T. J. W. " Ben Jonson's " Every Man in His Humour , " $ 750.00 Dekker's " Satiro - Mastrix , " $ 100.00 Marston's " The Malcontent , " $ 250.00 . Middleton's ...
... passed the book : there is always the chance that I might return it . For " T. J. W. " Ben Jonson's " Every Man in His Humour , " $ 750.00 Dekker's " Satiro - Mastrix , " $ 100.00 Marston's " The Malcontent , " $ 250.00 . Middleton's ...
Contents
The Wrenn Library comes to Texas 3 | 3 |
The WiseWrenn friendship | 11 |
Carter and Pollards exposé | 37 |
Copyright | |
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