Letters of Thomas J. Wise to John Henry Wrenn A Further Inquiry into the Guilt of Certain Nineteenth-Century Forgers
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1944. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover.
Black cloth, Gilt spine titles and decoration; Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. [ii]+xiv+591+xvii (index, last type note), with appendixes, frontispiece portrait plus 23 plates. Contains a list of the nineteenth-century forgeries in the Wrenn library, the acquisition date and the price Wrenn paid Wise for each. First Edition, First Printing.
A true story of misplaced trust. John Henry Wrenn,(1841-1911), was a Chicago book collector who wished to believe and was succulently duped. -
Fannie Ratchford was Librarian of the Rare Books Collections of the University of Texas. John Henry Wrenn was the principal customer of Thomas J. Wise and a recipient of most of the latter's forgeries. His library was acquired by the University of Texas in 1918.
Item #013866
Price: $24.00
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