forged book; spurious book; literary forgery
Refers to a book that is not genuine, often a counterfeit edition or a work falsely attributed to an author.
The manuscript sold at that used bookstore was a forgery.
He collects forged books of famous authors.
Compound of 偽 (gi, 'false') and 本 (hon, 'book'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common Sino-Japanese pattern for describing counterfeit items.