[Letter] 1927 November 19, Hampstead [to] Sir Michael Stellar /

[Letter] 1927 November 19, Hampstead [to] Sir Michael Stellar /

Wise asks that they hold the matter of doing a contemporary portrait of Shelley until they meet in December when he will be at Oxford. An infamous bibliophile, book collector, and forger, Wise collected authentic first editions and letters, as well as producing forgeries, or creating counterfeit wor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937
Format: Manuscript Book
Language:English
Published: 1927.
Subjects:
Wise, Thomas James, > 1859-1937 > Correspondence.
Sadler, Michael, > Sir, > 1861-1943, > addressee.
Book thefts.
Literary forgeries and mystifications.
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