The lovers's tale
By: by Alfred Tennyson ; with a monograph by the author of "Tennysoniana."
Contributors: Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937; Shepherd, Richard Herne, 1842-1895; Richard Clay and Sons; Wise Forgeries Collection (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Publisher: Fifty copies printed for private circulation [i.e. Thomas J. Wise]
Published: 1890
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Specimens; Forgeries; Literary forgeries and mystifications; Books; Pirated editions
Work titles: Lover's tale
Notes: Wise III:3, "First pirated edition; 1870". Actually this is a Wise forgery of a Shepherd piracy; for details see W.D. Paden, "Tennyson's The Lover's Tale, R.H. Shepherd, and T.J. Wise" in Studies in bibliography, v. 18, 1965, p. 111-145.

Rare Book copy: Wise forgery, 14325365.

Todd, W.B. Handlist of Thomas J. Wise. (In Thomas J. Wise centenary studies, p. [80]-115), entry 392c

Carter, J. Enquiry into the nature of certain nineteenth century pamphlets, pages 307-314

Gift; Mr. & Mrs. Alfred C. & Madeleine Berol.

Rare Book copy: Bound in full red goatskin, sewn on three recessed supports; smooth spine with gilt lettering; turn-ins gold-tooled with a decorative roll and double-line fillet; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers.