[Letter] 1931 April 22, Hampstead [to] Sir Michael Sadler /

[Letter] 1931 April 22, Hampstead [to] Sir Michael Sadler /

Wise writes to Sadler and advises him against buying a copy of "Queen Mab" (Percy Bysshe Shelley) which will be at auction next week at Sotheby's. He ennumerates a list of reasons why the copy must be a forgery. An infamous bibliophile, book collector, and forger, Wise collected authe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937
Format: Manuscript Book
Language:English
Published: 1931.
Subjects:
Wise, Thomas James, > 1859-1937 > Correspondence.
Sadler, Michael, > Sir, > 1861-1943, > addressee.
Book thefts.
Literary forgeries and mystifications.
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