New York: Henry Holt, (1995), Third Printing. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 638 pp. Henry Holt, From the prospectus: "The passion to possess books has never been more widespread or popular than it is today; indeed, obsessive book collecting remains the only hobby to have a disease named after it..... More
(New Castle, DE): Oak Knoll Press, 1998, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xiv), 202pp. Oak Knoll Press, The first English translation of the rare French title, Une Fabrique de Faux Autographes, Ou Recit de L'Affaire Vran Lucas (Paris 1870) by Henri Bordier and Emile Mabille. From the dust..... More
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2016, Ninth Edition, completely revised and reset. small octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 264 pp. Oak Knoll Press, With additional information and illustrated with line drawings and color photographs. Shaken, Unsophisticated, Harleian Style, Fingerprint, E-book, Dentelle. Can you define these terms? If not, this is..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004, First Edition. octavo, cloth. 1,532pp. Yale University Press, John Payne Collier (1789–1883), one of the most controversial figures in the history of literary scholarship, pursued a double career. A prolific and highly influential writer on the drama, poetry, and popular prose of Shakespeare’s age..... More
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1991, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. x, 271pp. American Antiquarian Society, An anthology of essays and documents by Marcus McCorison, Justin Schiller, Robert Mathiesen, and the many others who found themselves caught up in the Mark Hoffmann forgery, "Oath of a Freeman." Illustrated. Very..... More
(New York: AMS Press, 1973), octavo, cloth. (157)pp. AMS Press, Reprint. Originally published in 1860. Hamilton, Assistant Keeper of Manuscripts of the British Museum, was the first scholar to come forward and declare the Perkins Folio a fraud. His letter in the July 2, 1859, issue of "The Times" was..... More
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2003, Third Printing. quarto, wrappers. (x), 228pp. Oak Knoll Press, A history of methods of production for ink, paper, pens and pencils, and a history of calligraphy, detecting forgeries, watermarks, and a general history of autograph collecting. Foreword by Charles Hamilton. Numerous illustrations. More
New York: Putnam's, (1939), First Edition. octavo, red cloth. (xvi), 315 pp. Putnam's, Primary binding of red cloth. "...it is the story as exciting as the investigation of a murder, as intricate as a problem in chess - the life story of a self-made man who amassed a fortune and..... More