Box 1
Contains 80 Results:
Allington, Cyril Argentine, Dean, 1931 November 8
One letter.
Andersen, Johannes C., 1935-1936
Includes 2 letters with mailing envelopes, one from Wise per his wife, and one signed "Loie Wise."
Austin, Frederick Britten, 1885-1941, 1927-1937
Three letters, including one from Wise per his wife and one from Louise Wise. A fourth letter is laid into Spec. Coll. Z1024 .W57 todd420b. Also includes two pages from catalog describing books in Wise's collection that Austin wrote and inscribed, with autograph note by Wise on Austin poem.
Bell, H., 1916 May 30
Photocopy of letter. The original letter is tipped into vol. 3 of The Browning Society's Papers . London: N. Trübner & Co., 1881-1891 (Spec. Coll. PR4229 .B76a).
Brumwell, Charles E., 1925 May 20
Letter from Queen's Hotel, Hastings.
Brumwell, George Murry, 1925 October 15
Letter from Hampstead.
Caddick, Edward, 1894 April 17
Letter written on Shelley Society letterhead.
Chadwyck-Healey, Oliver Nowell, 1928
Eleven letters (three per his wife) from Wise from Hampstead, the Queen's Hotel in Hastings, and Percival's Hotel, Worthing. Includes carbon copies of four letters from Chadwyck-Healey to Wise, correspondence between Chadwyck-Healey and the firm of Elkins Matthews, and corrected proof of the Byron section of The Ashley Library with Wise's corrections.
Potts, 1898 March 9
Original letter accompanied by Frank Tober's autograph transcription of the letter.
Unknown recipient, 1896 November 10
One letter accompanied by Frank Tober's autograph transcript of the letter.
Wrenn, John, 1904 April 20
One letter to Forman.
Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933, 1916 November 22
Letter to Wise, accompanied by a copy of the auction catalog description and Frank Tober's autograph transcript of the letter with a brief biographical entry for Birrell taped to the reverse.
Curle, Richard, 1883-1968, 1931
Two letters from Curle to Alfred L. Rose of New York, and an autograph note from Wise on fragment of a letter from Richard Curle.
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928, 1903 November 23
One letter to Wise, and a typescript note from previous owner of letter
Hart, Francis Russell, 1868-1938, 1934
Two letters to Hart, one from Daniel Berkeley Updike and the other from George Parker Winship, about Carter and Pollard's recently-published exposé. The letters were originally laid into a copy of An Enquiry , suggesting that Hart sent both men copies of the book. Includes several newspaper clippings about the forgeries, all from 1934.
Kernahan, Coulson [probable], 1858-1943
One carbon-copy typescript letter to "My very dear old Freddy," possibly Frederick Page. Includes a dealer's description, and a letter from Nicolas Barker to Robert Fleck regarding the attribution to Kernahan.
Partington, Wilfred, b. 1888 (1 of 2), 1948
Includes correspondence, drafts of letters, clippings, and other materials related to the Times Literary Supplement review of Partington's book, Thomas J. Wise in the Original Cloth , along with the subsequent exchange of letters published in TLS. Correspondents included Partington, Arthur Cook, A. Pryce Jones, and Arthur Kirkby. Also includes handlist of Partington items.
Partington, Wilfred, b. 1888, 1937 December 21
Letter to William H. McCarthy, Library of the University of Texas, accompanied by mailing envelope and Christmas card inscribed to McCarthy.
Ratchford, Fannie Elizabeth, 1888-1974, 1934-1945
Two letters from Ratchford, including a mimeograph copy of Ratchford's letter to the editor of Atlantic Monthly responding to an article by John Carter and a copy of that article. Also includes Ratchford's review of Partington's Thomas J. Wise in the Original Cloth
Redway family, 1948-1963
Includes letter and card from Partington to Alan Redway, two letters from Ernest to Alan Redway accompanied by draft letter to editor regarding George Redway's involvement in Swinburne blackmail scandal. Also includes two letters from John Carter to Alan Redway.
Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926, 1894-1923
Two typescript letters from Shorter on The Sphere letterhead and two letters addressed to Shorter. Also includes newspaper clipping about Shorter's plan to give his collection to the British Museum.
Symons, Julian, 1912-1994, 1974 June 24
One letter referring to Symons' unpublished work on Wise forgeries.
Watts-Dunton, Clara, 1917 June 20
Two letters concerning alleged collusion of Frank Taylor with Thomas Wise on purchase of Swinburne copyrights and manuscripts. Handwritten copy of letter to Frank Taylor accompanied letter to Mrs. Watts-Dunton.
Watts-Dunton, Theodore, 1832-1914, 1909 January 12
One letter to H. M. Schroeter with original mailing envelope.
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1918-1989
Seven letters, including a draft and revised letter from Frank Tober to John Collins, and a letter from P. Barrows of The Brick Row Print and Book Shop to Mrs. Henriette W. Roberts concerning Wise's edition of Spenser's The Faerie Queene .