MORIARTY IN THE STACKS: THE NEFARIOUS ADVENTURES OF THOMAS J. WISE.
Berkeley: Peacock Press, 1966. First edition.
Octavo. Pale green printed card wrappers; 27,[3]pp. Frontispiece portrait. Lightly sunned at edges, coated paper for portrait has toned edges, else very good.
First edition. A concise yet pointed exposé on Thomas J. Wise, the infamously industrious bibliographical forger whose manufactured pamphlets infiltrated major institutional collections for much of the 20th century. Pedley Moriarty’s narrative distills complex provenance sleuthing into an engaging bibliographic cautionary tale. Includes references to Wise’s collaborations with H. Buxton Forman and the manipulation of textual variants to deceive collectors.
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