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The Best American Sports Writing 2009 (The Best American Series)
Montville, Leigh (Editor); Barcroft, Bruce; Jones, Chris; Smith, Gary; Teague, Matthew; Wright, Thompson; Curtis, Bryan; Burfoot, Amby; Lake, Thomas; Fleming, David; Lewis, Michael; Wertheim, Jon L.; Prendergast, Alan; Wise, Mike; Ross, Tracy; et al
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. box 16 5½"x8¼"; 376 pages; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, con…tact me before ordering for details. Contains the following: "Foreword" by Glenn Stout; "Introduction" by Leigh Montville; "Life and Limb" by Bruce Barcott; "The Things We Forget" by Chris Jones; "Alive and Kicking" by Gary Smith; "Inside the Mind of a .Genius?" by Matthew Teague"; Father Bear" by Wright Thompson; "The Free Agent Adjusts His Truss" by Bryan Curtis; "Running Scared" by Amby Burfoot; "2 on 5" by Thomas Lake; "The Ball That Just Won't Die" by David Fleming; "Commie Ball" by Michael Lewis; "Breaking the Bank" by L. Jon Wertheim; "Dropped" by Alan Prendergast; "Searching for Answers to a Painful Question" by Mike Wise; "The Source of All Things" by Tracy Ross; "Quarterbacks Built Here" by Paul Solotaroff; "Spartan Warriors in the YouTube Age, or, The Legend of Legend, Spider, and Science" by Stephen Rodrick; "Men Who Love Goons" by Patrick Hruby; "Royal Flushed" by Michael J. Mooney; "Untitled Mike Flynt Project" by John Spong; "Russian Revolution" by Ian Thomsen; "LeBron James's Magnum-Sized, Ultrashiny. Nike-Powered Lawn Mower to the Next Century" by Lisa Taddeo; "Where There's Smoke." by Mike Guy; "Rough Water" by David McGlynn; "Memories are Forever" by Todd Drew.

Language and Life: Essays in Memory of Kenneth L. Pike (SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, Vol. 139)
Mary Ruth Wise; Thomas N. Headland; Ruth M. Brend; editors; Mary Ruth Wise [Editor]; Thomas N. Headland [Editor]; Ruth M. Brend [Editor]; Kenneth L. Pike [Editor];
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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Tight binding, clean pages, mild edge wear.

Language: English
Published by A M S Press, Incorporated, New York, NY, 1975
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Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.Willis Monie-Books, ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. reprint of 1886 edition.
Language: English
Published by Bibliophile Society, 1912
- Hardcover
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Vellum paper spine. 87 pages, facsimiles, 24 cm. Hardcover in slip case. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.

Language: English
Published by University of Texas Press, Austin, 1959
- Softcover
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerstiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 195, (2), 128 pages. In The Texas Quarterly, Winter, 1959, Volume II, No.4. The Studies consist of a 128 page supplement at the end of the Quarterly. A near fine copy. With essays by John Carter, Graham Pollard and a bibliography of Wise's work by William Todd. This biblio…graphy includes forgeries, his own writings and piracies. The front cover pictures the Wrenn room. Wise, Thomas J. (illustrator).
Published by American Psychiatric Press
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Condition: Very Good. First edition copy. . Vol. 38, no. 4. (psychosomatic medicine, comorbidity).
Published by American Psychiatric Press
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Condition: Very Good. First edition copy. . Vol. 39, no. 4. (psychosomatic medicine, comorbidity).
Published by William H. Smith Jr., New York, 1934
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A
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Psychiatry for Primary Care Physicians
Goldman, Larry S., M.D. [Editor]; Wise, Thomas N. [Editor]; Brody, David S. [Editor];
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Hardcover. Condition: New.

Published by London : William Heinemann n.d.
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Condition: Good. Original gilt lettered and decorated red cloth, poetry, 8vo.; Small dedication and date (1926) on first free endpaper.
Language: English
Published by The Shelley Society, London, 1887
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Hardcover Shelley Society third edition (100 copies, 1887) in plain blue boards has significant liquid stains to covers, rubbed corners, top quarter-inch spine cover missing, moderate edge-wear. Text unmarked. Hinges beginning to separate, still strong. Not ex-library, ships fr…om US.
Published by The Bibliophile Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1912
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Good dust jacket. First Edition, Limited 479 copies. Boston, Massachusetts: The Bibliophile Society, 1912. Fine condition in a Good unprinted (translucent) dust jacket. The jacket has one 4.5 inch closed tear. Sharp corners. No cover fraying. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp and… creamy white. No yellowing. No foxing. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. First Edition. 1912. First appearance in print of seven BORDER BALLADS that were left unpublished by Swinburne at the time of his death. Illustrated with an engraved title page and five (5) document facsimiles in Swinburne's hand. Limited to 479 copies. Edited by Thomas J. Wise (this is NOT one of his many literary forgeries). See Todd 336. Top edge gilt. Bound in the original brown cloth and white parchment spine with bright gilt-stamped title. Complete with scarce dust jacket. First Edition, Limited 479 copies. Hardcover. Fine condition/Good dust jacket. 8vo. 87pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1944
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellercloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 591, xvi pages. First edition. Ratchford's book proved beyond doubt the guilt of Thomas J. Wise as a literary forger and implicated the distinguished men of letters, H. Buxton Forman and Sir Edmund Gosse and thus becomes a necessary supplement to Carter and Pollard's An Enquiry i…nto the Nature of Certain Nineteenth-Century Pamphlets. Jacket chipped with pieces missing along edges and is price clipped. Wise, Thomas J. (illustrator).

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Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United KingdomRevaluation Books
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 360 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Seller: GuthrieBooks, Spring Branch, TX, U.S.A.GuthrieBooks
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2 vols. Ex-Library hardcovers with dj in very nice condition with all the usual markings and attachments. Text blocks clean and unmarked. Tight bindings.
More imagesPublished by The Bibliophile Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1912
- Hardcover
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Limited Edition, 1/477 Copies. Octavo, 87 pages. In Good plus condition. Spine is white with gilt lettering. Housed in orange cloth slipcase, and secondary orange cloth slip case. Outer slip case shows rubbing to front and back, ex-library ink stamp on head edge of front, rubbing to tail edge. Outer slip case shows ru…bbing to fore and head edge, age toning to head edge, sunning and rubbing to spine, minor tearing to headcap and tail. Inner slip case shows minor rubbing to head, fore, and tail edge, rubbing to spine, headcap, and tail. Quarter bound in white cloth with orange cloth boards. Board shows minor rubbing to hinges and spine, minor bumping to headcap and tail. Textblock shows gilted head edge, deckled fore and tail edges, and moderate foxing spots. RWO Consignment. 1371275. Special Collections - Downstairs.
More imagesPublished by Dawsons of Pall Mall, London, 1974
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Seller: Cider Creek Books, Newark, NJ, U.S.A.Cider Creek Books
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition; Third Printing. Published as a two volume set. Both are printed (gilt) blue cloth binding/boards. Dust jacket protected in archival sleeve, price clipped, loose ex-libris card inserted in each volume. Vol. 1: 0-7129-0047-0; Xxviii + [330] pp. Vol. 2: 0-7…129-0048-9; Xii + [264] pp.; Ex-Libris; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 634 pages.
Published by Alfred A Knopf (1944), New York, 1944
- First Edition
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.Quill & Brush, member ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. First edition. Very good, lacking dustjacket.
One Autograph Letter Signed and one Autograph Note Signed (all 'W Robertson Nicoll') to Hutton.
Sir William Robertson Nicoll (1851-1923), Scottish journalist, editor of 'The British Weekly' [Stanley Hutton of Bristol; Thomas James Wise (1857-1937), English book collector and forger]
Published by 27 June letter; 24 June 1914 note on letterheads of The British Weekly St. Paul's House Warwick Square London E.C, 1908
Seller: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, United KingdomRichard M. Ford Ltd
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Both 12mo, 1 p. The second addressed to Hutton, the first to 'My dear Sir'. Both very good on lightly aged paper. Letter One: Thanking him for his book. 'I shall be delighted if you can find out about the residence of Maurice & Robert Hall. It is not creditable to a great city like Bristol that these should not have been identif…ied.' (Note) He feels it would be 'slightly invidious' to publish Hutton's letter. 'But I also am an old customer of Messrs George & highly appreciate the firm.'.
Published by Folkestone and London: Dawsons of Pall Mall reprint, 1974
- Hardcover
Seller: John Turton, Crook, United KingdomJohn Turton
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8vo. xxvii[i], 329[1]; xi[i], 263[1]pp; portrait frontis, head-pieces. Original navy cloth gilt, very lightly soiled d/ws.

Published by University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, 1959
- First Edition
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First Edition. Essays by John Carter, Graham Pollard, William B. Todd. Pp. [x]+130(last colophon, verso blank), frontispiece portrait, index; med. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, bottom fore-corner of boards faintly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, silverfished, edges and backstrip lightly faded and rubbed; book lab…el of David Levine, Sydney, and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, title page and last couple of pages slightly silverfished; University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, 1959. First edition. *Includes A Handlist of Thomas J. Wise by William B. Todd.
More imagesPublished by John Murray, London, 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A very smart first UK edition of the collected letters of Robert Browning with the vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original green cloth binding.Complete with the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper.Thi…s is the first UK edition of this work.This volume presents a selection of Robert Browning"s personal letters, offering insight into his literary life, friendships, and travels. This volume of letters has been collected by Thomas J. Wise, and includes an introduction an editorial notes by Thurman L. Hood.Illustrated with sixteen monochrome plates, including a portrait of Robert Browning in Rome, 1861. Collated, complete.Robert Browning, one of the most esteemed Victorian poets and playwrights, is best known for early works such as Pauline (1833) and Paracelsus (1835), as well as for his enduring masterpieces Men and Women and The Ring and the Book. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with the slightest rubbing and bumping to extremities. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Slight damp staining to rear endpapers with the odd spot. Dust wrapper, smart. Unclipped. The odd slight handing mark to wraps. Slight rubbing and umping to extremities resulting in the odd small closed tear, chip and crease. Slight age toning to extremities and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine. Various (illustrator). book.
More imagesLETTERS From JOHN RUSKIN To ERNEST CHESNEAU. Edited by Thomas J. Wise
Wise, Thomas J[ames. 1859 - 1937] - Editor. Ruskin, John [1819 - 1900]. Cheneau, Ernest [1833 - 1890]
Published by Privately Printed, London, 1894
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- First Edition
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Tavistock Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerxiii, [1 (Errata)], 57, [3] pp (including Index). Facsimile letter as frontispiece. 8vo. "Ernest Chesneau was the author of La Peintre Anglaise, which was published in England in 1885 as The English School of Painting, with a preface by John Ruskin. Ruskinâs twenty letters to Chesneau were written between 1867 and 1883, and cont…ain many interesting passages devoted to Ruskinâs philosophy of art, and his opinions of various painters." [as quoted on RBH]. Minor wear. Bookseller ticket to front paste-down. A VG+ - Nr Fine copy. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Bevelled boards 1st Edition (NCBEL III, 1354; Pariser 156; Todd 213d). "The impression of this book is limited to a few copies for private circulation only."-- Page [v]; according to Pariser & Todd, this 33 cc on Whatmann paper.

Published by The Folio Society, London, 2011, 2011
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Seller: Holybourne Rare Books ABA ILAB, Alton, United KingdomHolybourne Rare Books ABA ILAB
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First Folio Society Edition. 2011. Bound in original full white Nigerian goatskin with elaborate gilt-stamped decoration and lettering to boards and spines. within a maroon silk covered wooden slipcase; top edges gilt. Facsimile of the 1897 First Edition with illustrations by Walter Crane. 16371. Very heavy, extra International…charges will apply. In publisher's silk covered wooden case, that is lined with maroon cloth. Aside from minor wear to slipcase a superb Fine set. 24/1000 Copies.
More imagesSPENSER'S FAERIE QUEENE: A POEM IN SIX BOOKS WITH THE FRAGMENT MUTABILITIE [Six Books In Three Volumes, Complete]
Spenser, Edmund; Wise, Thomas J [Editor]; Crane, Walter [Illustrator]
Published by Folio Society, London, 2011
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Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Facsimile Limited Edition, #287/1000. Quarto, three volumes. In Very Good condition. Housed in a Very Good minus condition solid wood slipcase, covered with maroon crushed silk, with light wear throughout. All volumes bound in full white leather with gilt ornamentation and titling to front boards and spines. Boards ha…ve light rubbing wear to edges. Textblocks have white silk page ribbons, and light shelf wear. All volumes have gilt to top edges. CONTENTS: VOL I: Contains books I and II (lxxxvii, [9], 527 [1] pages);-- VOL II: Contains books III and IV (viii, 529-1044 pages);-- VOL III: Contains books V and VI (viii, 1045-1546, [8] pages). Including 88 full page plates and in-text illustrations throughout. Shelved in ? [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. 1407138. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
More imagesPublished by London; Folio Society, 2011., 2011
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Seller: Keel Row Books. ABA/ ILAB / PBFA., Whitley Bay, United KingdomKeel Row Books. ABA/ ILAB / PBFA.
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Hard Cover. Facsimile Limited Edition: Number 773 of 1000 copies only. Quarto, pp., lxxxvii, [9], 527, [1]; viii, 529-1044; viii, 1045-1546, [8]. Lavishly illustrated throughout by Walter Crane with 88 full page plates and 135 head- and tail-pieces. Full ivory goatskin heavily blocked in gilt to spine and upper board with a desi…gn based on Walter Crane's original; top edge gilt; white ribbon place-marker. The three volumes housed in a solid wood slipcase, covered with maroon crushed silk, with grey silk lining and sliding tray in base for access. Complete with publisher's pictorial envelope containing the Folio Society prospectus and introductory letter for the set, together with Alan Stewart's introductory booklet "Spenser's Faerie Queene 'bold bawdry and open manslaughter'", pp. 8 in printed paper wraps. No annotation or inscriptions. Very slight crease at tail of spine Vol II otherwise a near fine set in like slipcase. Spenser's rich and allegorical Elizabethan masterpiece, originally published in six books from 1590 to 1596. This set is a facsimile of the sought-after 1894-7 edition, beautifully illustrated by Walter Crane in high Arts and Crafts style, intertwined with an Art Nouveau aesthetic. The original Crane illustrated edition was issued unbound so that collectors could choose a binding to suit their taste. This Folio Society limited edition is a faithful reproduction and a very handsome set. Heavyweight, so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

Published by printed for subscribers only, London, 1892
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Edited by Thomas J. Wise. Parts 13 and 15 only [of 19]. Part 13: February 1892. Pp. 93-124; Part 15: September, 1982. Pp. 165-196; both post 4to; printed pale orange paper wrappers, slightly soiled, edges lightly creased and split; uncut and partly unopened; a little light foxing; printed for subscribers only, London, 1892. Edit…ion limited to 250 copies on Dutch hand-made paper, printed by Richard Clay and Sons, Limited. See Todd 220b [for the complete set] and 221b [for the illustrations, 100 copies of which were issued separately in 1893 to supplement the bibliography]. *Two parts only of a set of 19 parts which were issued from 1889 to 1890. The work is primarily by James P. Smart, 'Wise's function being limited to the editing of commentary and the interpolating of 'new' material' [Todd]. Wise 'legitimized' some of his Ruskin forgeries by including them in his Ruskin bibliography. Barker & Collins, in A Sequel to an Inquiry [p. 135] describe this as 'the first sign of a new development: "dressing-up" a forgery by announcing its existence in print'.
More imagesPublished by Privately Printed, The Ashley Library, London, 1894
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, xi [1] 1-98 [4] pages, includes letters to: Rev. E. Coleridge; Lowes Dickinson; J.J. Laing; Burne Jones; Fairfax Murray; and others First Limited Edition , rubbed at the extremities, sunned spine, light marks on the boards, bumped corners, untrimmed, the contents are clean, crisp and in very good condition, the binding is tigh…t, neat copy in good condition , bound in plum cloth with gilt titles to the spine , small folio, 21 x 13.5cm Hardback ISBN.
[Charlotte Bronte 'did not always tell the truth' and guilty of 'deceit'.] Copy of Typed Letter to E. F. Benson [from her editor John Alexander Symington], criticising her, with reference to C. W. Hatfield and T. J. Wise.
[Charlotte Bronte; John Alexander Symington (1887-1961), literary editor; E. F. Benson [Edward Frederic Benson] (1867-1940); Thomas James Wise (1859-1837), book collector and forger; C. W. Hatfield]
Published by 25 April, 1932
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See the various entries in the Oxford DNB. Typed carbon copy. 1p, foolscap 8vo. Text complete, on aged piece of carbon paper, worn and chipped at edges. No signature. Addressed at foot to 'E. F. Benson Esq.' Thirty-one lines of text. He begins by stating that Benson, in his 'work on Charlotte Brontë', has 'made a very correct st…udy of her'. After discussing a point about Branwell Bronte, he states: 'We cannot rely on Charlotte's assertion that he knew nothing whatever of their ventures in publishing. I am just busy preparing the "Life and Letters" for the Shakespeare Head edition, and have found from Charlotte's letters and other associated facts that she did not always tell the truth.' She describes the 'most glaring instance', concerning 'her references to Balzac's works', and adds that there are ' other instances of deceit in her correspondence with Ellen Nussey'. In the final paragraph he states that his 'old friend Mr. C. W. Hatfield [of the Bronte Society] will not hear a wrong word about Charlotte, and pleads with me to modify my editorial notes concerning the influence of Branwell, whilst my colleagues and editorial chief T. J. Wise is quite impartial, though he would like Charlotte's reputation upheld. In consequence of this I am venturing to send you the introductory portion (in rough galley form) of Chapter XIV in "Life and Letters" which I have headed "The Influence of Branwell." I wonder if you would be good enough to look this over and give me your opinion and criticism of it.'.
More imagesPublished by London: Privately Printed [by R. Clay and Sons], 1900
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Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
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Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Preface by Thomas J. Wise. With two unnumbered facsimile plates (Note: this edition seems to call for two plates replicating the first two pages of the manuscript, but the two plates in this copy both replicate the first page of the manuscript, possibly due to a publisher error). First editio…n. One of 30 copies. 47 pp. Unbound sheets, printed in black. Near fine, with a few small closed tears to pages, and occasional light soiling. Overall, a very scarce publication, with WorldCat locating only three copies. Housed in a green custom clamshell box. "Self-Communion" is a profound and soul-searching poem by Anne Brontë (Jan. 20, 1820 - May 28, 1849). In Thomas J. Wise's preface, he writes, "Self-Communion is not one of those juvenile efforts, written in a microscopic hand, which were produced in considerable numbers by Brontë children . . . The poem is, on the contrary, a mature effort. . ." Notably, a section of the poem is believed to make reference to the growing distance between Anne and her sister, Emily. Anne completed the poem in April of 1848, the same year that she finished writing her second and final novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Just one year later, at the age of 29, she passed away from tuberculosis. Thomas J. Wise (1859 - 1937) was a renowned bibliographer and book collector, whose Ashley Library was an important repository of English printed books and manuscripts. He was also a notorious forger, whose illegal activities were first exposed by John W. Carter and Henry Graham Pollard in An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets (1937).