[Letter] 1927 November 27, Hampstead [to] Sir Michael Sadler /

Wise writes to Sadler, saying that he will undoubtedly have seen Edmund Gosse's article in The Sunday Times regarding the only existing Shelley portrait; Wise states that the information is accurate. An infamous bibliophile, book collector, and forger, Wise collected authentic first editions an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937
Format: Manuscript Book
Language:English
Published: 1927.
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