This book chronicles the evolution of the Manuscript Society, a fifty-year-old organization of collectors and archivists, in the context of autograph collecting in general. The author presents a comprehensive account of the growing problems posed by forgers and discusses the notorious Salt Lake City bomber, undoubtedly one of the most skillful forgers of this century. From the dilemma faced by archivists when papers are threatened with destruction to some of the Society's most memorable meetings, this work tells a story ...
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This book chronicles the evolution of the Manuscript Society, a fifty-year-old organization of collectors and archivists, in the context of autograph collecting in general. The author presents a comprehensive account of the growing problems posed by forgers and discusses the notorious Salt Lake City bomber, undoubtedly one of the most skillful forgers of this century. From the dilemma faced by archivists when papers are threatened with destruction to some of the Society's most memorable meetings, this work tells a story that will interest generations to come.
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Fine. First printing, 1997, hardcover with maroon cloth boards, octavo, 171pp., illustrated in b&w. Book fine, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
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Very good. 1997 Hardcover. Ex-Library with neat library markings. Text is clean, Binding is strong. Very nice maroon cloth cover with black title boxes. B & W illustrations.
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Like New. Like New condition. From the collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library, an independent research library on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., with the world's largest collection of the printed works of William Shakespeare, and a primary repository for rare materials from the early modern period in Britain and Europe.
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VG (Some marks as ex-art library, incl. label residue, otherwise clean. ) Maroon cloth, black title blocks with gilt letters on spine & front cover, 171 pp., BW illus. "The 15 collectors who met at the University Club in Chicago on the third day of 1948 to found the National Society of Autograph Collectors (which became the Manuscript Society in 1953) sowed the seeds of a thriving organization that today boasts some 1, 800 members; it also publishes a respected quarterly journal, Manuscripts, and, since 1980, an informative quarterly newsletter." (foreword).
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