barker nicolas collins john carter (6 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Jacket is lightly marked. Edges are creased and nicked. Board spine foot is a little bumped. Page block is lightly blemished. A few small spots of foxing on the front pastedown and FEP. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Second Edition. "A masterly detective story" about literary forgery in the world of books and book-collecting. Minor marks on dust jacket. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. Two volumes published as a set. (1) "An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets by John Carter & Graham Pollard, second edition with an Epilogue by the Authors, & new material by Nicolas Barker and John Collins" (2) First edition, "A Sequel to An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain XIXth Century Pamphlets by John Carter & Graham Pollard The Book Forgeries of H. Buxton Forman and T. J. Wise Re-examined by Nicolas Barker and John Collins. Both in dust jackets protected by archival mylar. Sold only as a set. The first book of the set is a facsimile reprint of the Carter/Pollard 1934 original, supplemented by the work of Barker & Collins, who took over the research after Carter and Pollards' death. The second is based on newer material, all focused on what has been described as "perhaps the most notorious literary scandal of [the 19th] Century.".

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good+ binding. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. 10, xii, 400, [11]-41 pp., frontis, plates, illus. Second edition. As issued, in publisher's boards with dust jacket. A very bright, fresh copy in similarly sharp dust jacket.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. This edition is limited to eighty numbered copies, of which this is number 59. Landmark exposé of the forgeries of books and pamphlets by Harry Buxton Forman, an editor of Keats and Shelley, and Thomas J. Wise, one of the world's most prominent book collectors. Accompanied by a sequel, which describes continuing efforts to identify and disclose Wise's forgeries, along with an original copy in wrappes of Two Poems by Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning (London: Chapman & Hall, 1854) and a pamphlet by Nicolas Barker on its role in establishing the Forman and Wise operation. Octavo, two volumes. Full black morocco bindings, with decorative gilt stamping, blind-stamped borders, and gray endpapers. The two pamphlets are housed in a one quarter black morocco over gray paper chemise with gilt titles. A fine set, housed in the publisher's slipcase.

Hardcover. Etat : As New. 2nd Edition. SECOND EDITION LIMITED TO 80 SETS. 3 vols., this being copy #65, with the "A Note on Two Poems" signed by Barker as well as an original copy of Elizabeth & Robert Browning's "Two Poems". Bound in the deluxe binding of full dark blue/black morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spines, top edges gilt, covers ruled in blind, matching blue cloth slipcase, LIKE NEW. Baker's Notes attempt to prove that EB & RB's "Two Poems" was the spark behind Wise's forging career. Signed by Author(s).