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 52
... tell you two things : very weightly charged indeed . ( 1 ) If you impugn Gorfin's truthfulness they say they will crush you with proofs of your own untruthfulness . ( 2 ) If you , or I , or M. B. F. , once again bring forward any ...
... tell you two things : very weightly charged indeed . ( 1 ) If you impugn Gorfin's truthfulness they say they will crush you with proofs of your own untruthfulness . ( 2 ) If you , or I , or M. B. F. , once again bring forward any ...
Page 125
... tell me is now sold ) was a very poor and much cut down copy . The price asked will tell you what it was : a good copy is worth over £ 100 . The " Faerie Queene " also was a miserable copy . It had none of the " points , " and lacked ...
... tell me is now sold ) was a very poor and much cut down copy . The price asked will tell you what it was : a good copy is worth over £ 100 . The " Faerie Queene " also was a miserable copy . It had none of the " points , " and lacked ...
Page 327
... tell you anything about the book that you do not already know . My copy cost me £ 255 . , and if this copy could be secured for the same sum , I should decidedly say " buy it . " But to tell you the truth , I don't think you will any ...
... tell you anything about the book that you do not already know . My copy cost me £ 255 . , and if this copy could be secured for the same sum , I should decidedly say " buy it . " But to tell you the truth , I don't think you will any ...
Contents
The Wrenn Library comes to Texas 3 | 3 |
The WiseWrenn friendship | 11 |
Carter and Pollards exposé | 37 |
Copyright | |
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