Research Catalog

Title

Fakes and frauds : varieties of deception in print and manuscript / edited by Robin Myers and Michael Harris.

Publication

Winchester : St Paul's Bibliographies ; Delaware : Oak Knoll Press, 1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Myers, Robin (Book trade historian)
• Harris, Michael, 1938-
• St Paul's Bibliographies, publisher.
• Oak Knoll Press, publisher.

Description

xi, 144 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Alternative Title

Fakes & frauds

Subject

• Books > Forgeries > History
• Books > Forgeries > History. > England
• Forgery of manuscripts > History
• Forgery of manuscripts > England > History
• Literary forgeries and mystifications > History
• Fictitious imprints > History

Genre/Form

Private press books – England – Winchester – 1996.

Note

• Originally published: Winchester, England : St Paul's Bibliographies, 1989.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Binding (note)

• Bound in pictorial black paper boards.

Contents

'Less than the whole truth' : false statements in 15th-century colophons / Lotte Hellinga -- On false and misleading imprints in the London book trade 1660-1750 / Michael Treadwell -- Paper pirates : the alternative book trade in mid-18th century London / Michael Harris -- 'Et tu brute?' history and forgery in 18th-century England / Joseph M. Levine -- Forgery and the rise of the London Scriveners' Company / Nigel Ramsay -- Forgery of printed documents / Nicolas Barker -- Forged handwriting / Tom Davis.

Call Number

Rare Books 20-1162

ISBN

• 1884718310
• 9781884718311
• 090679577X
• 9780906795774

LCCN

96043066

OCLC

35360880

Title

Fakes and frauds : varieties of deception in print and manuscript / edited by Robin Myers and Michael Harris.

Imprint

Winchester : St Paul's Bibliographies ; Delaware : Oak Knoll Press, 1996.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Binding

Bound in pictorial black paper boards. NN

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Added Author

Myers, Robin (Book trade historian), editor.

Harris, Michael, 1938- editor.

St Paul's Bibliographies, publisher.

Oak Knoll Press, publisher.

Cover Title

Fakes & frauds

Other Form:

Online version: Fakes and frauds. Winchester [England] : St Paul's Bibliographies ; New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press, 1996 (OCoLC)894930609

Research Call Number

Rare Books 20-1162