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Forging Ahead: The True Story of the Upward Progress of Thomas James Wise, Prince of Book Collectors, Bibliographer Extraordinary and Otherwise by PARTINGTON, Wilfred - 1939
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Forging Ahead: The True Story of the Upward Progress of Thomas James Wise, Prince of Book Collectors, Bibliographer Extraordinary and Otherwise
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 315pp. Illustrated. Slight toning in the gutters of the cloth else fine in near fine slightly spine-toned dustwrapper. A very nice copy.
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- Date Published 1939
- Keywords Biography, BookCollecting
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Forging Ahead; The True Story Of The Upward Progress Of Thomas James Wise, Prince Of Book Collectors, Bibliographer Extraordinary, And Otherwise
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1939. Hardcover. Rebound in buckram. .
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Forging ahead; the true story of the upward progress of Thomas James Wise, prince of book collectors, bibliographer extraordinary, and otherwise.
by Partington, Wilfred, 1888-1955
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English literature pwfa Partington, Wilfred, 1888-1955. Forging ahead; the true story of the upward progress of Thomas James Wise, prince of book collectors, bibliographer extraordinary, and otherwise. New York: G.P. Putnam's sons, 1939, xv, 315 pages, front., ports., facsims, appendix, bib, index. Good, clean, tight copy. $9.50 Box 2424"The bibliography of the bibliographer; a record of his compilations, privately printed publications, edited works, forgeries, piracies, etc.": p. [283]-304.
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Forging Ahead: The True Story Of The Upward Progress Of Thomas James Wise
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New York: Putnam, 1939. Hardcover. Book: Good. 8vo.. 315 pp. 6 x 8 1/2. Red cloth covered boards, stamped in gold on front and spine. No dj. Prev owner's name on ffep, chipped at head of spine.
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Forging Ahead: The True Story of the Upward Progress of Thomas James Wise Prince of Book Collectors, Bibliographer Extraordinary and Otherwise.
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Publisher's light blue buckram with spine lettering gilt on a dark blue panel, octavo, pp. xv, 315. Illustrated. Reprinted by Cooper Square from the edition of 1939. GOOD condition with mild shelf and handling wear.
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Forging ahead; the true story of the upward progress of Thomas James Wise, prince of book collectors, bibliographer extraordinary, and otherwise,
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G. P. Putnam's Son's [c1939], 1/1/1939. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. xv, 315 pages frontispiece, portraits, facsimiles 22 cm.
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Forging Ahead
by Partington, Wilfred
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NY: G.P. Putnam. VG+. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in red cloth, illustrated, 315 pages. A VG+ copy w ith just mild rubbing at the edges and a few tiny dust spots. Dj has t he price torn out on the inside flap, has small chips at the head of t he spine & a little dust soiling. .
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Forging Ahead: The True Story of the Upward Progress of Thomas James Wise, Prince of Book Collectors, Bibliographer Extraordinary and Otherwise
by PARTINGTON, Wilfred
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 315pp. Illustrated. Spine just a touch dulled, else very near fine, lacking the dustwrapper. A nice copy.
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Forging Ahead: The True Story of the Upward Progress of Thomas James Wise
by Wilfred Partington
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G. P. Putnam's Son's, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. 315 pages. This is the first biographical and critical study of one of the most famous series of forgeries in British literary history. Wise was a self-made man who amassed a fortune and assembled the Ashley Library, one of the finest private libraries in England, later acquired by the British Library. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in red cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. No dust jacket.
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Forging Ahead: The True Story of the Upward Progress of Thomas James Wise, Prince of Book Collectors, Bibliographer Extraordinary and Otherwise
by Partington, Wilfred
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NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. xv, 304pp+ index. Previous owner's label on front pastedown, else a very good hardback in a price clipped, darkened and rubbed jacket that has a few nicks to the edges.
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