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WISE FORGERIES - ELIOT, George (i.e. Mary Ann Evans, 1819-1880). Brother and Sister Sonnets. London: for private circulation, 1869 [but c.1888]. 8° (194 x 130mm). Half-title. (Light spotting). 20th-century cloth, original wrappers bound in. Provenance: John Carter (signature and date 1934 on upper wrapper, inscription on front free endpaper). A THOMAS WISE FORGERY: 'This is the genuine forgery, not the later facsimile of it' (Carter's inscription). Carter and Pollard p. 191.
STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). On the Thermal Influence of Forests. Edinburgh: printed by Neill and Company, 1873 [but c. 1890]. 8° (221 x 140mm). Original paper wrappers (slightly creased, small tear to foot of backstrip), in a 'Scibners' envelope. Provenance: John Carter (inscription on envelope). A THOMAS WISE FORGERY. Carter and Pollard p. 247. (2)
STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). On the Thermal Influence of Forests. Edinburgh: printed by Neill and Company, 1873 [but c. 1890]. 8° (221 x 140mm). Original paper wrappers (slightly creased, small tear to foot of backstrip), in a 'Scibners' envelope. Provenance: John Carter (inscription on envelope). A THOMAS WISE FORGERY. Carter and Pollard p. 247. (2)
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