[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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Glavni autor: Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937
Format: Manuskript Knjiga
Jezik:English
Izdano: 1931.
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