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London: Robert Hale Limited, 1946. Very Good condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. A fascinating, well illustrated account. 26 illustrations including a frontispiece portrait. Expanded from the American edition published in 1939 as "Forging Ahead." Six pages of notes by George Bernard Shaw. Includes a 23 page appendix entitled: "The Bibliography of the Bibliographer, A Record of His Compilations, Privately-Printed Publications, Edited Works, Forgeries, Piracies, Etc." Bound in the original gilt-stamped red cloth. From the publisher: "In spite of the fame he attained before the exposure of many of the pamphlets in his Ashley Library, Wise was largely a Mystery Man. Practically nothing was known of his early origins and career. He was just accepted by the world as a wealthy, fastidious, and able connoisseur who was the possessor of superb collections of rare books and manuscripts. This work… Read More

London: Robert Hale Limited, 1946. Very Good condition. Inner flaps from the dust jacket are laid in. NOT a library discard. Previous owner's name on front pastedown endpaper. All other pages are clean and unmarked. A fascinating, well illustrated account. 26 illustrations including a frontispiece portrait. Expanded from the American edition published in 1939 as "Forging Ahead." Six pages of notes by George Bernard Shaw. Complete with errata slip, tipped in. Includes a 23 page appendix entitled: "The Bibliography of the Bibliographer, A Record of His Compilations, Privately-Printed Publications, Edited Works, Forgeries, Piracies, Etc." Bound in the original gilt-stamped red cloth. From the publisher: "In spite of the fame he attained before the exposure of many of the pamphlets in his Ashley Library, Wise was largely a Mystery Man. Practically nothing was known of his early origins and career. He was just accepted by the world as a wealthy, fastidious, and able… Read More

London / New York: The Bookman's Journal / R. R. Bowker, 1925. First Edition . Original Orange Wrappers. Very Good. 11 " Tall. Original printing of all three parts of the Shaw bibliography, with notes by GBS, printed as a Supplement to the February, March and April 1925 issues of The Bookman's Journal, bound in at rear of each volume, and the one page Addendum issued, bound in after p. 72 of the May issue but not noted in the Table of Contents for that issue. There is also an extended analysis of changes in four issues of the 1866 Alice in Wonderland, on p. 71 of that issue. Considerable edgewear, no names or marks, spines with some short tears. The entire bibliography was later issued separately in bound form. International postage about $58, canada about $38, by Priority Mail box.

London: selection, 1915,1919,1917. Very Good. This is a collection of theses two authors pamphlets which have been bound together into one book. The titles are , The crimes of England, Letters to an Old Garibaldian, Peace Conference Hints, How to Settle the Irish Question. Green boards with gold writing to spine. Four political pamphlets bound into one book. They are, G K Chesterton, The Crimes of England, 1915 first edition, letters to an old Garibaldian, 1915 first edition. George Bernard Shaw, Peace Conference Hints 1919, How to Settle the Irish Question 1917. Pages yellowed and foxed. Some bumping to cover, very nice book. Some writing in pencil inside the front cover. AB50

[London]: Supplement to the "Bookman's Journal, 1925. 24 pages. 1 vols. 4to. Half green morocco. Some fading of leather, light rubbing, upper corner knocked, else a very good. 24 pages. 1 vols. 4to. With Occasional Notes by G. B. S.