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Practice to Deceive: The Amazing Stories of Literary Forgery's Most Notorious Practitioners
by Joseph Rosenblum
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 158456010X
- ISBN 13
- 9781584560104
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About This Item
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. Book. New. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New copy still in publisher's shrinkwrap. First edition. Nine amazing stories of literary forgery's most notorious practitioners. Introduction gives an overview of literary forgery from classic times to the modern. This work begins with the strange story of George Psalmanazar and continues through the literary hoaxes of Ireland, Chatterton, Wise, Lucas, Collier, MacPherson and Hofmann. Each story not only enlightens the reader about the cunning, skill and techniques of the chosen forgers but also explores their personalities and varied motives. Illustrated. Commemorative bookplate on front free endpaper. xx, 360 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 8vo...
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- Bookseller
- First Landing Books & Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54702
- Title
- Practice to Deceive: The Amazing Stories of Literary Forgery's Most Notorious Practitioners
- Author
- Joseph Rosenblum
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 158456010X
- ISBN 13
- 9781584560104
- Publisher
- Oak Knoll Press
- Place of Publication
- New Castle, DE
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Forgers Literary Hoaxes
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books on Books;
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