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Fakes, lies, and forgeries : rare books and manuscripts from the Arthur and Janet Freeman Bibliotheca Fictiva Collection

Title
Fakes, lies, and forgeries : rare books and manuscripts from the Arthur and Janet Freeman Bibliotheca Fictiva Collection / edited by Earle Havens.
Author
Sheridan Libraries, publisher, creator.
Publication
  • Baltimore, Maryland : Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University, MMXIV [2014]
  • ©2014

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TextUse in library JFG 16-70Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Mezzanine

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Additional Authors
  • Havens, Earle, 1971-
  • Tabb, Winston
  • Weijer, Neil
  • Stephens, Walter, 1949-
  • Gomez, Janet E.
  • Hoffmann, John, 1984-
  • Vile, Scott
  • Ascensius Press, book designer.
  • Bibliotheca Fictiva: The Arthur & Janet Freeman Collection of Literary & Historical Forgery.
Description
vii, 124 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : color illustrations; 30 cm
Alternative Title
Fakes, lies, & forgeries
Subject
  • Arthur and Janet Freeman Bibliotheca Fictiva Collection > Catalogs
  • Arthur and Janet Freeman Bibliotheca Fictiva Collection > Exhibitions
  • Sheridan Libraries > Catalogs
  • Literary forgeries and mystifications > Catalogs
  • Literary forgeries and mystifications > Exhibitions
  • Forgery > Catalogs
  • Academic libraries > Baltimore > Catalogs
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • "Designed by Scott Vile at the Ascensius Press ... Printed in an edition of five hundred copies by Penmor Lithographers"--Unnumbered page 126.
  • A detailed catalog of the Sheridan Libraries' Arthur and Janet Freeman Bibliotheca Fictiva Collection, complete with selected color photographs, descriptions of forgeries in the collection, and context from scholarly research. Perfect-bound in an illustrated paper wrapper.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Foreword / Winston Tabb -- Editor's preface / Earle Havens -- Catastrophe? : species and genres of literary and historical forgery / Earle Havens -- History reimagined : filling the gaps in England's ancient past / Neil Weijer -- Discovering the past : the Renaissance arch-forger and his legacy / Walter Stephens -- Scandal! : literary fakes as best sellers / Janet E. Gomez -- Forged identities : race and nationhood from the eighteenth to the twentieth century / John Hoffmann -- Lies, fakes, and forgeries : a checklist of the exhibition.
Call Number
JFG 16-70
ISBN
  • 9780983808664
  • 098380866X
OCLC
897212768
Author
Sheridan Libraries, publisher, creator.
Title
Fakes, lies, and forgeries : rare books and manuscripts from the Arthur and Janet Freeman Bibliotheca Fictiva Collection / edited by Earle Havens.
Publisher
Baltimore, Maryland : Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University, MMXIV [2014]
Copyright Date
©2014
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Local Note
DIST. BY JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV. PR.
Added Author
Havens, Earle, 1971- editor, writer of supplementary textual content.
Tabb, Winston, writer of foreword.
Weijer, Neil, writer of supplementary textual content.
Stephens, Walter, 1949- writer of supplementary textual content.
Gomez, Janet E., writer of supplementary textual content.
Hoffmann, John, 1984- writer of supplementary textual content.
Vile, Scott, book designer.
Ascensius Press, book designer.
Bibliotheca Fictiva: The Arthur & Janet Freeman Collection of Literary & Historical Forgery.
Cover Title
Fakes, lies, & forgeries
Research Call Number
JFG 16-70
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