By Charles Hamilton. “The Manuscript Forgers of America & How They Duped the Experts.” A 1980 first edition of a compendium of document forgers and fakers, including Clifford Irving, and how to spot forgeries.
Not the handsomest hardcover — the jacket shows edgewear and has a couple of splits and tears, plus spine fading; the front board bows out a bit; the tops of the pages are foxed — but it’s clean inside, no old-book smell really. A fine reading or reference copy.