[Letter] 1948 October 13, London [to] Robert Smith, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania/

[Letter] 1948 October 13, London [to] Robert Smith, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania/

Sadleir writes to acknowledge that Lehigh will accept the letters from Thomas J. Wise to his father, the late Michael Sadler, the Vice Chancellor of Leeds University and the Master of the University College, Oxford. An infamous bibliophile, book collector, and forger, Wise collected authentic first...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sadleir, Michael, 1888-1957
Format: Manuscript Book
Language:English
Published: 1948.
Subjects:
Sadleir, Michael, > 1888-1957 > Correspondence.
Smith, Robert, > addressee.
Book thefts.
Literary forgeries and mystifications.
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