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Forgers & fools : the strange career of "Baron" Weisberg and the incredible story of documents destroyed and disburdened from the Philadelphia Custom House / by Maxwell Whiteman.
Text
New York : Typophiles, 1986.
1986
1 item
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| FormatText | Call number*KP (Typophiles) 89-929 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
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Counterfeiter : the story of a British master forger / Charles Black, Michael Horsnell.
Text
London : New English Library, 1989.
1989
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The two forgers : a biography of Harry Buxton Forman & Thomas James Wise / by John Collins.
Text
New Castle, DE, U.S.A. : Oak Knoll Books, c1992.
1992
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The Piltdown confession : a novel / by Irwin Schwartz.
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New York : St. Martin's Press, 1994.
1994
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Major Byron : the incredible career of a literary forger / Theodore G. Ehrsam.
Text
New York : C.S. Boesen, 1951.
1951
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| FormatText | Call numberPforz BPSE (Ehrsam, T. Major Byron) | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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| FormatText | Call numberBerg Coll Forgeries E37 1951 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
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Historia de los taínos modernos : la verdad del arte litico "Los Paredones" de La Caleta, Republica Dominicana, Ramón María Mosquea (Benyi) / Rafael Pérez Guerra.
Text
Santa Domingo, República Dominicana : Taller, Juan Vallenila, 1999.
1999
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| FormatText | Call numberSc E 02-634 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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Faszination Fälschung : Kunst-, Geld- und andere Fälscher und ihre Schicksale / Georg Kretschmann.
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Berlin : Parthas, c2001.
2001
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The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd : forgery and betrayal in eighteenth-century London / Donna T. Andrew and Randall McGowen.
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Berkeley : University of California Press, c2001.
2001
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| FormatText | Call numberJFE 02-13076 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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The contortionist's handbook : a novel / by Craig Clevenger.
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San Francisco : MacAdam/Cage, c2002.
2002
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Piltdown man : the secret life of Charles Dawson & the world's greatest archaeological hoax / Miles Russell.
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Stroud : Tempus, 2003.
2003
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John Payne Collier : scholarship and forgery in the nineteenth century / Arthur Freeman & Janet Ing Freeman.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, c2004.
2004
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A relation of the late wicked contrivance of Stephen Blackhead and Robert Young [microform], against the lives of several persons, by forging an association under their hands. Written by the Bishop of Rochester. In two parts: the first part being a relation of what passed at the three examinations of the said bishop by a committee of Lords of the Privy-Council. The second being an account of the two above-mentioned authors of the forgery.
Text
[London] : In the Savoy: printed by Edward Jones, MDCXCIII. [1693]
1693
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The forger's tale : the search for Odeziaku / Stephanie Newell.
Text
Athens : Ohio University Press, c2006.
2006
2 items
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The perfect fake / Barbara Parker.
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New York : Dutton, c2007.
2007
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Major Byron manuscript material : 7 items, ca. mid-to-late 19th century
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1840-1880
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| FormatMixed material | Call numberPforz MS | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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John Payne Collier manuscript material : 2 items, 1830-1860
Mixed material
1830-1860
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| FormatMixed material | Call numberPforz MS | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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Le fucine di Bamako / Enrico Minasso.
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Rovereto (Trento) : Nicolodi, 2005.
2005
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| FormatText | Call numberMFX (Minasso) 07-3398 | Item locationSASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300 |
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An accidental American : a novel / Alex Carr.
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New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, c2007.
2007
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Harry Buxton Forman manuscript material, 1877-1913.
Mixed material
1877-1913
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| FormatMixed material | Call numberPforz MS | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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Maurice Buxton Forman manuscript material, 1909-1953.
Mixed material
1909-1953
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The affair of the unprincipled publisher / by John H. Watson ; as discovered by Lawrence Garland.
Text
New Castle, Del. : Oak Knoll Books, 1983.
1983
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| FormatText | Call numberRare Books 09-1330 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
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W. H. Ireland manuscript material : 1 item, 1834.
Mixed material
1834-1834
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Adolfo Kaminsky, une vie de faussaire / Sarah Kaminsky.
Text
Paris : Calmann-Lévy, c2009.
2009
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| FormatText | Call numberReCAP 10-16565 | Item locationOffsite |
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The boy who would be Shakespeare : a tale of forgery and folly / Doug Stewart.
Text
Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2010.
2010
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The Powell papers : a confidence man amok among the Anglo-American literati / Hershel Parker.
Text
Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, c2011.
2011
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Adolfo Kaminsky : el falsificador / Sarah Kaminsky ; traduccion, Alejo Schapire y Mateo Schapire.
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Buenos Aires : Capital Intelectual, c2011.
2011
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The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd [electronic resource] : forgery and betrayal in eighteenth-century London / Donna T. Andrew and Randall McGowen.
Text
Berkeley: University of California Press, c2001.
2001
2 resources
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View all available online resourcesLife and adventures of the accomplished forger and swindler, Colonel Monroe Edwards [electronic resource].
Text
New York : H. Long & Bro., 1848.
1848
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The life of the celebrated Munroe [sic] Edwards [electronic resource] : convicted in New York, before the court of Oyer and Terminer, June 6, 1842, for forgery and swindling to the amount of fifty thousand dollars / by a Texian.
Text
Boston : William White & H.P Lewis, 1842.
1842
1 resource
Life and adventures of the accomplished forger and swindler, Colonel Monroe Edwards [electronic resource].
Text
New York : H. Long & Bro., 1848.
1848
1 resource
An authentic account of the life and memoirs of Mr. William Smith, [electronic resource] : an unfortunate convict, executed at Tyburn, on the 3d of October, 1750, for forgery. In which are inserted some orginal letters, and an ode, never yet published. Also the Speech of Great Prelate, to an Eminent Lady, on her presenting a Petition in his Behalf. The Whole carefully supervised by a Gentleman, late of Trinity-College, Dublin, to whom he committed the Inspection of all his Letters, Papers, &c. for the Satisfaction of the Public. Written by himself.
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London : printed for J. Jefferies, at the Bible and Crown in Ludgate-Street, and sold at the Pamphlet-Shops in London and Westminster, 1750.
1750
1 resource
A new edition. Being a more minute and particular account of that consummate adept in deception, Charles Price, other wise Patch, ... In this edition the whole of his various forgeries and frauds are circumstantially related; ... With this edition is given, ... an exact representation of his person, in the disguise he wore ... and likewise another portrait ... [electronic resource].
Text
London : printed for the editor (by whose permission a part only of these memoirs first appeared in the English chronicle) and sold by G. Kearsley, 1786.
1786
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An authentic account of the life and memoirs of Mr. William Smith, [electronic resource] : an unfortunate convict, executed at Tyburn, on the 3d of October, 1750, for forgery. In which are inserted some orginal letters, and an ode, never yet published. Also The Speech of a Great Prelate, to an Eminent Lady, on her presenting a Petition in his Behalf. The Whole carefully supervised by a Gentleman, late of Trinity-College, Dublin, to whom he committed the Inspection of all his Letters, Papers, &c. for the Satisfaction of the Public. Written by himself.
Text
London : printed for J. Jefferies, at the Bible and Crown in Ludgate-Street, and sold at the pamphlet-shops in London and Westminster, 1750.
1750
1 resource
A new edition. Being a more minute and particular account of that consummate adept in deception, Charles Price, otherwise Patch, Many Years A Stock-Broker And Lottery-Office-Keeper In London and Westminster: In this Edition the whole of his various Forgeries and Frauds are circumstantially related; together with his Origin, and all the material Occurrences of his Life, equally disgraceful to human Nature, till he began that desperate Undertaking of Forgeries on the Bank of England. In the carrying on of which, he, in the most artful and surprising Manner, baffled every Mode of Detection, set on foot by the Directors and the Magistrates of Bow-Street, for a Series of Six Years. With this Edition is given, as a Frontispiece, an exact Representation of his Person, in the Disguise he wore when he negotiated his first Parcel of Counterseit Bank Notes, in the Year 1780, and likewise another Portrait of him in his usual Dress [electronic resource].
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London : printed for the editor, (by whose permission a past only of these memoirs first appeared in the English chronicle.) And sold by G. Kearsley, at No. 46, in Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]
1786
1 resource
The fourth edition, much improved being a more minute and particular account of that arch impostor Charles Price, [electronic resource] : Otherwise Patch, otherwise Wilmot, otherwise Powel, otherwise Brant, &c. &c. &c. many years a Stock-Broker and Lottery-Office-Keeper In London and Westminster: in this edition the whole of his various forgeries and frauds are circumstantially related; together with his Origin, and all the material occurrences of his life, equally disgraceful to human Nature, till he began that desperate undertaking of forgeries on the Bank of England. In the carrying on of which, he, in the most artful and surprising Manner, baffled every Mode of Detection, set on foot by the Directors and the Magistrates of Bow-Street, for a Series of Six Years. With this Edition is given, as a Frontispiece, an exact Representation of his Person, in the Disguise he wore when he negotiated his first Parcel of Counterfeit Bank Notes, in the Year 1780, and likewise another Portrait of him in his usual Dress.
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London : printed for the editor, (by whose permission small part only of these memoirs first appeared in the English Chronicle.) And sold by G. Kearsley, at No. 46, in Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]
1786
1 resource
The March of time : radio broadcast, 1937-11-18.
Audio
1937.
1937-1118
0 resources
Soldier, engraver, forger : Richard Brunton's life on the fringe in America's new republic / Deborah M. Child.
Text
Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, [2015]
2015-2015
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| FormatText | Call numberJFE 17-257 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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Thomas James Wise manuscript material, 1886-1930
Mixed material
1886-1930
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| FormatMixed material | Call numberPforz MS | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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Charley Hunter, or, The forger's fate : beautifully illustrated.
Text
New York : Dick & Fitzgerald, publishers, [between 1870 and 1879?]
1870-1879
1 resource
The Creole forger : a tale of the Cresent City / by Captain Mayne Reid, author of "The finger of fate, &c".
Text
[New York] : George Munro, publisher, 1868.
1868
1 resource
The life of the Rev. Dr. Dodd : also, his last sermon, preached in Newgate to his fellow prisoners : dedicated to the young men of the United States.
Text
Boston : John Putnam, 1850.
1850
1 resource
The forger's tale [electronic resource] : the search for Odeziaku / Stephanie Newell.
Text
Athens : Ohio University Press, c2006.
2006
2 resources
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View all available online resourcesDie getäuschte Wissenschaft : ein Genie betrügt Europa - Konstantinos Simonides / Andreas E. Müller, Lilia Diamantopoulou, Christian Gastgeber, Athanasia Katsiakiori-Rankl (Hg.).
Text
Göttingen : V & R Unipress : Vienna University Press, [2017]
2017-2017
1 item
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Memórias de uma falsificadora : a luta na clandestinidade pela liberdade em Portugal / Margarida Tengarrinha.
Text
Lisboa : Edições Colibri, 2018.
2018
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| FormatText | Call numberReCAP 19-335 | Item locationOffsite |
A trace of deceit : a novel / Karen Odden.
Text
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
2019
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| FormatText | Call numberJFD 20-2592 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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The lost book of Moses : the hunt for the world's oldest bible / Chanan Tigay.
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New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]
2016
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| FormatText | Call numberJFE 16-5989 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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Adolfo Kaminsky : a forger's life / Sarah Kaminsky ; photographs by Adolfo Kaminsky ; by translated by Mike Mitchell.
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Los Angeles : Doppelganger Press, 2016.
2016
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| FormatText | Call numberJFD 17-3283 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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I francobolli del governo provvisorio dell'ex Ducato di Modena : studio e plattaggio dei francobolli, studio delle falsificazioni ed antologia deipiù noti falsari, breve storia postale di Carpi dal 1786 al 1863 / Giuseppe Buffagni.
Text
[Carpi] : Circolo filatelico numismatico carpense, [2021]
2021
1 item
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| FormatText | Call numberReCAP 21-74019 | Item locationOffsite |
Catastrophe de M. Vedeau de Grandmont : enquête sur une ténébreuse affaire du Grand Siècle / Nicolas Buat.
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Paris : Les Belles Lettres, 2022.
2022-2022
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| FormatText | Call numberReCAP 22-113783 | Item locationOffsite |
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