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Lot 251
WISE (THOMAS JAMES) The Ashley Library. A Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, 1905-1908; and 2 others
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WISE (THOMAS JAMES)
The Ashley Library. A Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 12? COPIES, volume one a proof copy on various different paper stocks, but with only 28 plates, volume 2 on Whatman paper with a full roster of plates (74), from the reference library of Robson of Coventry St., Piccadilly, with two typed notes tipped into volume 2, one a copy of a letter from Wise to Mr. Robson, contemporary binder's cloth, slightly worn [cf. Todd 6, a similar but not identical issue, see his list in Suppressed Commentaries, p.41], For Private Circulation, 1905-1908; and a bound volume of Robson catalogues, 8vo and 4to (3)

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  • Robsons have totaled the books in the catalogue arriving at about 6000. A respectable firm, founded in 1867, they were used by Wise at least once to buy for him at auction a copy of one of his own forgeries, in order to establish a price (Collins, Two Forgers, p.226).
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