The Two Forgers: A Biography of Harry Buxton Forman and Thomas James Wise by John Collins - 1992-01

Nice clean first edition with clear protector over intact dust jacket.

Oak Knoll Press, 1992. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 1992, Edition not stated. Hardcover, with Dust Jacket. Condition rates as Fine, in a Fine Dust Jacket.

New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, c1992. Hardcover. Very good condition/very good d.j.. xiii, 317 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0938768298 . xiii, 317pp, illustrations, index, notes, appendix. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New Castle:: Oak Knoll Books,. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0938768298 . First edition. Very good in a good (damp staining on verso of rear panel) dust jacket. .

New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped (no price). Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The story behind how a postal worker and commodity dealer teamed up to forge Victorian first editions.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Books, 1992. Brand New in a Brand New dust jacket. Although the jacket is New, it is very, very lightly rubbed (i.e. minor shelf wear) like you sometimes find in any new book store. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO fading. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. 1992. First Edition. 67 illustrations. List of chapter notes. Appendix: The correspondence. Index. Bound in the original red boards, stamped in bright gold on the spine. From the dust jacket: "THE TWO FORGERS describes the lives and career of two very different men who came together in one of the greatest frauds in the history of book collecting. Harry Buxton Forman worked in the late Victorian era in the Post Office, rising to be Comptroller of Packet services. In his spare time he was a serious literary scholar who edited Keats and Shelley. Thomas James… Read More

Nicely done-up by the publisher in red cloth with spine lettering gilt, octavo, pp. xiii [xiv], 317. Black and white illustrations.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Books, 1992. A gorgeous copy. Brand New in a Brand New dust jacket. Perfect condition. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. 1992. First Edition. 67 illustrations. List of chapter notes. Appendix: The correspondence. Index. Bound in the original red boards, stamped in bright gold on the spine. From the pristine dust jacket: "THE TWO FORGERS describes the lives and career of two very different men who came together in one of the greatest frauds in the history of book collecting. Harry Buxton Forman worked in the late Victorian era in the Post Office, rising to be Comptroller of Packet services. In his spare time he was a serious literary scholar who edited Keats and Shelley. Thomas James Wise was a commodity dealer in a firm which specialized in essential oils… He was also one of the most… Read More

New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Boards. Pp. xiv, 318, (iv). Illustrated. Notes. Index.