THE NOT-SO-GENTLE ART OF PUFFING: William G. Kingsland and Thomas J. Wise.
Contained in The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, Volume 62, First Quarter, 1968. Pp. [xvi]+172+[4], 2 figures; tall demy 8vo; stiff yellow paper wrappers, lettered in black and decorated in red, faintly soiled, edges a trifle creased; Bibliographical Society of America, 1968. *Kendall's article about Browning expert William G. Kingsland comprises pages 25-37. 'Over a period of ten years Kingsland made available (if they knew where to apply) to the collector-readers of Poet Lore thirty-six T. J. Wise productions - among them eight forgeries and at least six piracies . . . it must be supposed that . . . Kingsland's primary motive was commercial, and that, like Forman, he was actively "in" on the conspiracy to bilk American collectors' [p. 36]. Item #158045
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