Box 3
Contains 44 Results:
Wellington, Irene (1904-1984), 1968-1972
Correspondence, press releases, and other materials related to 1972 Edward Johnston exhibition. Includes materials related to other exhibits and the Society of Scribes and Illuminators.
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1948-1969
Two invoices from Blackwell's (Oxford) and two letters with mailing envelopes from Carter.
"Publisher's Binding in America", 1938-1939
Typescript carbon copy of article with Carter's autograph pencil notation at top. Also includes letter from Douglas Leighton (The Leighton-Straker Bookbinding Company) dated March 16, 1939.
"Lowdown on Thomas J. Wise", 1974 April 24
Typescript carbon copy of Carter's review of Wilfred Partington's Thomas J. Wise in the Original Cloth , written for the journal Books and Bookmen .
Three Carter articles on Wise, 1937-1967
Includes "Thomas J. Wise," The Spectator (May 21, 1937): 954-955; tearsheets of "Thomas J. Wise and His Forgeries," Atlantic Monthly , 93-100, inscribed by Carter "PHM from JWC," from the reference library of Deval and Muir; and tearsheets of "Thomas J. Wise and His Forgeries," Auction 1 (1967): 2-3.
"How We Got Wise", 1970 March 8
Article appeared in a special forgery issue of The Sunday Times Magazine (London) , March 8, 1970, 38-44. The issue was removed to oversize.
Carter publications on the Wise forgeries, 1945-1969
Newspaper clippings related to Wise, 1934-1965
Various newspaper clippings, including Carter's article, "Thomas J. Wise," The Spectator (May 21, 1937): 954-955.
Invitation for Carter lecture on Wise, 1965 April 20
Printed invitation for lecture, "Thomas J. Wise: A Backward Glance," delivered at the Caxton Club on April 20, 1965, by Carter.
The Monotype Recorder, 1932
Special issue (vol. 21, September-October 1932) devoted to " The Times and its New Roman Type."
"Stanley Morison 1889-1967" by James Moran, 1967-1968
James Moran essay for special issue of The Monotype Recorder (Vol. 43, no. 3, 1968). Includes copy of the issue and correspondence between Carter and Moran
"Stanley Morison's Type" by John Carter, 1972
October 1972 issue of Books and Bookmen containing Carter's article.
"The Work of Stanley Morison" by James Wells, 1960
Carter's copy of the August 1960 issue of The Newberry Library Bulletin (vol. 5, no. 5) inscribed by James Wells. A photocopy typescript draft of the article containing corrections and annotations by Wells and Carter was removed to oversize.
"Bibliography and the Rare Book Trade" by John Carter, 1954
Issue of The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 48 (1954) containing Carter's article.
"The Industrialization of American Bookbinding" by Joseph W. Rogers, 1938
Carter's copy of offprint of article appearing in Sonderabzug aus dem Gutenberg-Jahrbuch (1938). Carter's handwritten notes appear in margins.
Correspondence, 1981-1989
Correspondence between Collins and Frank Tober. Includes photocopies of some Wise-Forman materials and mailing envelopes. Also includes discussion of Tober's contribution to the new edition of An Enquiry .
Photocopy of typescript ofThe Two Forgers(1 of 2), 1991-1992
Pages numbered in pencil
Photocopy of typescript ofThe Two Forgers(2 of 2), 1991-1992
Pages numbered in pencil. Forty-three unnumbered photocopy illustrations follow the last numbered page.
Proof copy ofThe Two Forgers, 1992
Published by Oak Knoll Press and Scolar Press.
Galley proofs forThomas J. Wise and the Trial Book Fallacy(1 of 2), 1994
Published by Scolar Press and Ashgate Publishing Co.
Galley proofs forThomas J. Wise and the Trial Book Fallacy(2 of 2), 1994
Sotheby Co. (London), 1977
Includes catalog for sale of July 28-29, 1977, including property of Graham Pollard.
Sotheby's (London), 1978
Two copies of sales catalog for February 27, 1978, including property of T. A. Wise.
Sotheby's (London), 1978
Catalog of printed books for sale of July 3-4, 1978 (Graham Pollard).
Wise After the Event-John Sullivan correspondence, 1954-1967
Correspondence sent to John Sullivan. Includes two letters from D. I. Colley and G. E. Haslam, curators of the exhibition; two handwritten letter from Maurice Pariser, along with reprint of article on Wise by Pariser inscribed to Sullivan ; and Autumn/Winter 1967 issue of The Manchester Review containing Pariser's obituary.