DIBDIN Michael.
VUILE STREKEN. ROMAN.
Amsterdam De Arbeiderspers 1992. Paperback originele uitgeversomslag in kleur door Hans Bockting 21.5x13.5 cm. 257 pp. 2. ISBN 9029513403. Amsterdam De Arbeiderspers 1992 paperback
Bookseller reference : 33887 ISBN : 9029513403 9789029513401
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Dibdin Michael
Zen Omnibus Ratking Vendetta Cabal
Faber and Faber. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. Faber and Faber unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP117680825 ISBN : 0571241581 9780571241583
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Dibdin Michael
Zen Omnibus: "Ratking" "Vendetta" "Cabal": Ratking - Cabal - Vendetta
Faber & Faber Crime. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. Faber & Faber Crime unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP10055272 ISBN : 057119639x 9780571196395
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DIBDIN Michael
A Long Finish
NY: Pantheon Books. 1998. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Pantheon Books paperback books
Bookseller reference : 701809
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DIBDIN Michael
A Long Finish
London: Faber & Faber. 1998. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Faber & Faber hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 704718
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Dibdin Michael
A LONG FINISH. An Aurelio Zen Mystery
London: Faber & Faber 1998. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. F/F. 249 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Faber & Faber hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 18409
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Dibdin Michael
A Rich Full Death
Vintage Crime 1999. Very Good. Dibdin Michael. A Rich Full Death. NP: Vintage Crime 1999. 204pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with moisture damage to the top edge not affecting readability. Vintage Crime paperback books
Bookseller reference : UDIBRIC00DG ISBN : 0375706143 9780375706141
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DIBDIN Michael
And Then You Die
New York: Pantheon Books 2002. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. An Aurelio Zen mystery. A clean very near fine copy in yellow printed wrappers. Pantheon Books unknown books
Bookseller reference : 157911
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Dibdin Michael
Blood Rain: An Aurelio Zen Mystery
New York: Pantheon 2000. First American Edition. First American Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Edges lightly foxed. 2000 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. Despite his best efforts to please everyone and keep out of trouble the veteran Italian Criminalpol officer Aurelio Zen has made more enemies than friends over the years. Now it's payoff time. After his last case amid the gentle hills and lush vineyards of Piedmont Zen finally receives the order he has been dreading all his professional life: his next posting is to Sicily heart of the Mafia's power. Pantheon unknown books
Bookseller reference : 2307908 ISBN : 0375409157 9780375409158
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Dibdin Michael
Blood Rain: An Aurelio Zen Mystery
New York New York U.S.A.: Pantheon Books 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine first edition in fine dust jacket. New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books hardcover books
Bookseller reference : ABE-1623454933 ISBN : 0375409157 9780375409158
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Dibdin Michael
Cabal
London: Faber and Faber 1992 First edition. Specially packaged with a free promotional copy of the author's earlier novel "Ratking." Black cloth with silver lettering to spine. A very fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. The next installment of the author's mystery series featuring Inspector Aurelio Zen this time being a murder mystery at the Vatican. Faber and Faber hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 4718 ISBN : 0571166164 9780571166169
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Dibdin Michael
Cosi fan tutti
Pocket 2000 poche. 2000. Broché. 304 pages. veuillez lire la description complète de nos annonces avec leur état ; envois en suivi pour la France et l'étranger Bon Etat intérieur propre
Bookseller reference : 179911
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Dibdin Michael
Dark Specter
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. Used - Good. Good condition. Vintage Crime/Black Lizard unknown books
Bookseller reference : R05B-02725 ISBN : 0679767231 9780679767237
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Dibdin Michael
Dark Spectre
Faber & Faber 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Jacket lightly rubbed. Faber & Faber hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2141721 ISBN : 0571175236 9780571175239
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DIBDIN Michael
Dark Spectre
London: Faber & Faber 1995. First edition. Hardcover. A serial killer thriller. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Faber & Faber unknown books
Bookseller reference : 103456 ISBN : 0571175236 9780571175239
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Dibdin Michael
DARK SPECTRE
London: Faber & Faber 1995. 1st edition. Black cloth binding. Dust jacket. F/NF small abrasion at front flap. 341 pp. 8vo. 22.5cm x 14cm. <br/><br/> Faber & Faber hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 22824
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Dibdin Michael
DARK SPECTRE
London: Faber and Faber 1995. First edition first prnt. Signed by Dibdin on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.<br />The images are of the book described and not stock photos. Faber and Faber hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 80117 ISBN : 0571175236 9780571175239
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DIBDIN Michael
Dead Lagoon
New York: Pantheon Books 1994. First edition. Softcover. Advanced reading copy of this Aurelio Zen mystery. A fine unread copy in illustrated wrappers. Pantheon Books unknown books
Bookseller reference : 103457
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DIBDIN Michael
Dead Lagoon
London: Faber & Faber. 1994. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Faber & Faber hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 704720
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Dibdin Michael
Dead Lagoon : an Aurelio Zen Mystery
Vintage CrimeBlack Lizard 1995 c1994. Very Good. Dibdin Michael. Dead Lagoon : an Aurelio Zen Mystery. New York: Vintage CrimeBlack Lizard 1995 c1994. 297pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Light rubbing to edges. Vintage CrimeBlack Lizard paperback books
Bookseller reference : UDIBDEA04FP ISBN : 0679753117 9780679753117
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DIBDIN Michael
Dirty Tricks
NY: Summit Books. 1991. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Summit Books hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 704576
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DIBDIN Michael
Last Sherlock Holmes Story
NY: Pantheon. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. 0394500652 . The author's first book. First American edition. Very good in a very good or better tiny bit of edge wear at the crown of the spine price clipped dust jacket. . Pantheon hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2089 ISBN : 0394500652 9780394500652
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Dibdin Michael
Ratking
Vintage Crime 1997. Very Good. Dibdin Michael. Ratking. New York: Vintage Crime 1997. 266pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed edges. Vintage Crime paperback books
Bookseller reference : UDIBRAT00MEL ISBN : 0679768548 9780679768548
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Dibdin Michael
RATKING
NY: Bantam 1989. First US edition first prnt. Signed on the title page by Dibdin. Additionally he has written above his signature "From Aurelio and me" a reference of course to his Police Commissioner main character Aurelio Zen. Dustjacket with touch of shelfwear on the front panel bottom edge. Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Ratking is the first in Dibdin's Aurelio Zen series and winner the Gold Dagger Award in 1988. Signed by Author with Inscription. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bantam Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 81117 ISBN : 055305337x 9780553053371
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DIBDIN Michael
The Dying of the Light
London: Faber & Faber. 1993. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Faber & Faber hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 704719
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DIBDIN Michael
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story
New York: Pantheon Books 1978. First U.S. edition. first printing. Hardcover. The first book from this acclaimed British writer. A clean and tight near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Pantheon Books unknown books
Bookseller reference : 172765 ISBN : 0394500652 9780394500652
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Dibdin Michael
THE LAST SHERLOCK HOLMES STORY
New York: Pantheon 1978. Octavo hardcover. First U.S. edition. The author's first book. Sherlock Holmes battles Jack the Ripper. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #83574 Pantheon unknown books
Bookseller reference : 83574
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Dibdin Michael
THE LAST SHERLOCK HOLMES STORY
New York: Pantheon Books. Very Good. 1978. Paperback. Advance Proof Uncorrected. 176 pages orange printed wrappers. SOme scuffing at spine otherwise clean and nice. Very Good. . Pantheon Books paperback books
Bookseller reference : 64720
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Dibdin Michael
THE LAST SHERLOCK HOLMES STORY
New York: Pantheon 1978. Printed stiff wrappers. Advance reading copy from page proofs of the first American edition. Very good. Pantheon unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT25559
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DIBDIN MICHAEL
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story
New York: Pantheon 1978. First Edition - American. Ownership signature. Fine in dust jacket. Pantheon unknown books
Bookseller reference : 5691J
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DIBDIN Michael
The Tryst
NY: Summit Books. 1991. First American Edition. Review copy w/ publisher's slip laid in. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Summit Books hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 704721
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Dibdin Michael
Vendetta
Vintage Crime 1997. Fine. Dibdin Michael. Vendetta. New York: Vintage Crime 1997. 260pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine. Vintage Crime paperback books
Bookseller reference : UDIBVEN00LR ISBN : 067976853x 9780679768531
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Dibdin Michael.
A Long Finish.
London Faber and Faber 1998. 1st Bristish edition signed by the author. Paper boards dust jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket. <br/><br/> [London], Faber and Faber, [1998]. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 7568
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Dibdin Mr Charles
THE JOLLY FISHERMAN
London: Preston at His Wholesale Warehouses 97 Strand 1795. A Favourite Song Sung By My Dignum in the New Pantomime of Harlequin Amulet or Magic of Mona at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.4pp. Printed score with a German flute part on p4. 1st Edition. Paper. Fine. Folio. dis-bound copy. Preston at His Wholesale Warehouses, 97 Strand Paperback
Bookseller reference : M1525
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Dibdin Mr. Charles
Observations on a Tour Through Almost the Whole of England and a Considerable Part of Scotland in a Series of Letters Addressed to a Large Number of Intelligent and Respectable Friends Vol. I-II
London: G. Goulding n.d. c. 1802. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary full black morocco ornate border stamped in gilt on boards gilt-stamped lettering and ornament in spine compartments 5 raised bands inside gilt dentelles a.e.g.; 4to with wide margins 8.75 x 10.75 inches; volumes 1 and 2 bound together; pp. 404 plus 27 plates; 2 title-p. blank 407 plus 35 plates 2 of them folding. Some light scuffing at spine tips along joints and edges of boards; a little foxing and faint off-setting of plates onto facing pages but text block is overall bright and clean with wide margins. An excellent copy. <br/><br/> G. Goulding hardcover books
Bookseller reference : D6881
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Dibdin Rev. Thomas Frognall DD. D. D.
A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany Vol. I II III Complete
London: Robert Jennings and John Major 1829. Book. VG. Full-Leather. 2nd Edition. Complete in three 3 volumes uniformly bound in original full polished calf gilt-ruled boards rebacked in brown cloth with gold foil title and volume labels in burgundy and black mounted on spine panels new endsheets original marbled text block edges. 2nd edition. xlii422 iv428 iv482 pp. illus. w/ engraved frontis. portrait in each volume engraved plates w/ guards cuts in text. Interiors show scattered foxing generally light otherwise clean nicely intact. Boards show mild surface rubbing mostly toward edges most corners showing exposure but not layered or excessively worn. A sound attractive set scarce. Robert Jennings and John Major Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 049581
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DIBDIN Reverend Thomas Frognall
An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics. Together with an Account of Polyglot Bibles Polyglot Psalters Hebrew Bibles Greek Bibles and Testaments; the Greek Fathers and the Latin Fathers
London: Harding and Lepard and G.B. Whittaker 1827. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Harding and Lepard and G.B. Whittaker 1827 fourth edition greatly enlarged and corrected. Octavo two volumes ii xiv 562 pages with a specimen leaf of Pickering's 1826 'Diamond' edition of the Greek New Testament laid down on page 166 plus a frontispiece; and ii 579 1 Corrigenda pages. Early full vellum by White 24 Pall Mall; spine gilt in compartments with leather title-labels; sides bordered in gilt; edges marbled; covers a little soiled and scuffed; slight worming to the head of the rear joint of the first volume; moderate offsetting from the frontispiece; minimal foxing to the endpapers and adjacent blanks; an excellent set. An attractive early edition of this classic of bibliography. With the early armorial bookplate of the English classical scholar Benjamin Bickley Rogers and the later bookplate of Hardwicke Knight. Harding and Lepard, and G.B. Whittaker hardcover
Bookseller reference : 87952
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Dibdin Rev. Thomas Frognall
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUARIAN AND PICTURESQUE TOUR IN FRANCE AND GERMANY.A
London England: for the author by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol Shakspeare Press 1821. later buckram gilt-stamped spine labels all edges gilt. Dibdin Thomas Frognall. 8vo. later buckram gilt-stamped spine labels all edges gilt. 6 xxxii 462 lxxx; iv 5551; iv 622 lxii pages. 3 volumes. Windle and Pippin A38a; New Cambridge Bibliography 3 1644. Preface by the author table of contents list of plates "with" and "without" text in Volume I. Bibliographical and general indices addenda and corrigenda follow text in Volume I. Author's intent was to furnish Britons with "an account of the treasures of the libraries or of the general literary character" of his destinations on the Continent. With 63 plates 83 text illustrations. 20th century buckram binding. Previous owner's bookplate in each volume. Some tissue leaves lacking causing offsetting. Scattered foxing. for the author by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakspeare Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 124713
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Dibdin Rev. Thomas Frognall
Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Green and Latin Classics . 2 volumes
printed for Harding and Lepard Pall Mall East . 1827. hardback. very good condition nicely rebound in 1/2 leather and marbled boards and end pages- there is a bookplate on the front end pages; the frontis is beginning to come loose - sjipping via USPS. printed for Harding and Lepard, Pall Mall East .. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 71301
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Dibdin Rev. Thomas Frognall.
LIBRARY COMPANION; Or The Young Man's Guide And The Old Man's Comfort In The Choice Of A Library.
Harding Triphook & Lepard London: 1824. 1824 pp. li 912. 8vo. Rebound in library buckram. First edition one volume issue. Great classic of bibliophilia. PRICE JUST REDUCED REF7. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Harding, Triphook & Lepard, London: 1824. hardcover
Bookseller reference : REF075
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Dibdin Rev. T. F.
Sermons Doctrinal and Practical; Preached in King Street Brompton; Quebec and Fitzroy Chapels.
1820. Printed by John M'Creery for Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown Paternoster-Row and Rodwell and Martin Bond Street. Leather heavilt scuffed and worn with loss to head and foot of spine hinges and gutters cracked marbled boards rubbed bumped corners. Rear endpaper partially detached with ink inscrip. the odd spot of foxing here and there bookplate to front pastedown else pp in good condition clean and tidy text bright. Half-Leather. Fair. 8vo. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 44774
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DIBDIN Rev. Thomas Frognall
The bibliographical decameron or ten days pleasant discourse upon illuminated manuscripts and subjects connected with early engravings typography and bibliography
Complete with errata colophon and half-titles. With 40 plates including the oft missing "Presentation in the Temple" in Volume I portraits illustrations and facsimiles engraved vignettes woodcut and text illustrations some printed on India paper and mounted. Contemporary full crimson crushed levant morocco bound by St. James' Duke Street London a dated binding with the elaborate gilt spine in 6 compartments and "London 1827" in gilt at the foot. From the library of Thomas Willement 1786-1871 British stained glass artist called "the father of Victorian Stained Glass" with his signature a small circular binders label and his personal bookplate from the Society of London Antiquaries. A handsome copy with an important provenance. <br /><br />First and only edition of one of the monuments of typographical bibliography and the most extravagant of all Dibdin's works. It was limited to under 1000 regular and 50 large paper copies. "Its publication was a financial success and doubtless marks the high-water mark of the Dibdinian bibliomania" Windle & Pippin A28. According to Bigmore & Wyman the work is written in the same dialogue manner as Dibdin's Bibliomania with the same interlocutors and may be properly described as a continuation of that work. The Author. By W. Bulmer & Co., Shakespeare Press
Bookseller reference : 13004
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DIBDIN Rev. Thomas Frognall
THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DECAMERON;; or Ten Days Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts and subjects connected with early engraving typography and bibliography
London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press 1817. First and Only Edition evidently limited to 750-800 regular and 50 large-paper copies. Three volumes. 8vo pp. ccxxvi 410; iv 536 ii; iv 544 iv. 37 engraved plates two double-page; 35 text illustrations printed on India paper and mounted on pages; one mounted gilt lettered specimen of red pared calf; and hundreds of engraved and woodcut text illustrations several colored. including plate 9 in the first volume Bookplates. Bound in later 3/4 brown morocco all edges marbled. Some minor foxing soiling and offsetting. A handsome copy. Hart 186. Jackson 40. Lowndes 1885 edition II p. 640. Windle & Pippin A28. "In 1817 appeared the most amusing and the most successful from a pecuniary point of view of his works the 'Bibliographical Decameron' on which a great sum was spent for engravings and woodcuts. The reader will find a great deal of gossip about books and printers about book collectors and sales by auction." DNB. Perhaps the most lavish of all Dibdin's works.Its publication was a financial success and doubtless marks the high-water mark of the Dibdinian bibliomania." Jackson 4. Lowndes says of this work: "From the information which it contains and the splendor of the decorations and printing it will ever be considered as a model of excellence and good taste in typography and the arts. Printed for the author, by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 38193
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Dibdin Reverend Thomas Frognall
The Library Companion; or The Young Man's Guide and the Old Man's Comfort in the Choice of a Library
London: Printed for Harding Triphook and Lepard Finsbury-Square and J. Major Fleet Street 1824. Large paper copy of the first edition. li i 400; 512 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 9-3/4 x 6 inches. Full tree calf a.e. g. by Riviere. Labels reads "Dibdin's Work." Bookplates of Henry William Poor Marinus Willet Dominick Francis J. Gagliandi and Stuart B. Schimmel. Large paper copy of the first edition. li i 400; 512 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 9-3/4 x 6 inches. LARGE PAPER COPY. Pagination not as called for in Pippin and Windle who call for continuous pagination. Printed for Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, Finsbury-Square and J. Major, Fleet Street unknown
Bookseller reference : 262161
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DIBDIN REV. T. F.
The Library Companion;
London Harding Triphook and Lepard mdcccxxv 1825. . Second Edition; 8vo; pp. lxix 899; index; maroon cloth title lettered in gilt on spine pages water damaged a good copy. Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1776-1847 was an English bibliographer and the founder of the first English private publishing society. He took holy orders in 1805 and published an extensive range of bibliographical books many with factual errors and lively anecdotes throughout. He coined the term bibliomania and sparked much interest in book collecting and old and rare books. London, Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, mdcccxxv, (1825). hardcover
Bookseller reference : 91884
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Dibdin Rev. TF. T. F.
The Library Companion or The Young Man's guide and The Old Man's Comfort in the Choice of a Library
Harding Triphook and Lepard London 1824 8.75 X 5.75" in leather with 5 raised bands. Light water stain across lower corners of covers - NOT inside book. Some rubbing at extrmities. Both ends spine just starting to fray. Spine darkened and rough feeling as though exposed to fire. Gilding on spine cover design and page edges still bright. Binding good. 912pp. Armorial bookplate inside front cover: The Earl Gower. An Early bibliography. D.D. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, London, 1824 Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000526
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Dibdin Rev. TF.: T. F.
The Library Companion; or A Young Man's Guide and The Old Man's Comfort in the Choice of a Library
6 x 9 inches. Second edition. In this work the author has endeavoured to furnish his countrymen with a manual towards the acquisition of useful and valuable as well as rare and curious works in the several departments of Divinity History Biography Voyages and Travels the Belles Lettres Poetry and the English Drama. Prices of the more valuable and uncommon works are noticed for the conveniences of purchasers Synoptical Table of subjects and authors and a General Index. l 899 pp 1 pp ads extra title page in case the volume was bound in two. Some very light browning of text of preface pages and first 200 pages of text. Otherwise text very clean. Three short tears on ffep. Front hinge cracked. Edges untrimmed. Bound in brown hard paper boards. Spine replaced with stiff cream paper with home-made spine label. Internally binding tight and sound. Edges and corners of boards rubbed. Overall condition Good. London: Printed for Harding, Triphook, Lepard & J. Major, 1825. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3116
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DIBDIN Rev. R. W
The LIve of Edward the Sixth: compiled chiefly from his own manuscripts and from other authentic sources
W.H. Dalton 1843. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover. No DJ. RARE ORIGINAL 1843 EDITION. Ex-Library with usual markings. Beautiful steel engraving of Edward the Sixth with light foxing spots. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers gilt decoration on both covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light fading. Binding is tight hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! W.H. Dalton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51410130056
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Dibdin Rev. Thomas Frognall
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUARIAN AND PICTURESQUE TOUR IN FRANCE AND GERMANY.A
London England: for the author by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol Shakspeare Press 1821. later buckram gilt-stamped spine labels all edges gilt. Dibdin Thomas Frognall. 8vo. later buckram gilt-stamped spine labels all edges gilt. 6 xxxii 462 lxxx; iv 5551; iv 622 lxii pages. 3 volumes. Windle and Pippin A38a; New Cambridge Bibliography 3 1644. Preface by the author table of contents list of plates "with" and "without" text in Volume I. Bibliographical and general indices addenda and corrigenda follow text in Volume I. Author's intent was to furnish Britons with "an account of the treasures of the libraries or of the general literary character" of his destinations on the Continent. With 63 plates 83 text illustrations. 20th century buckram binding. Previous owner's bookplate in each volume. Some tissue leaves lacking causing offsetting. Scattered foxing. for the author by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakspeare Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 124713
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DIBDIN Rev. Thomas Frognall
THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DECAMERON;; or Ten Days Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts and subjects connected with early engraving typography and bibliography
London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press 1817. First and Only Edition evidently limited to 750-800 regular and 50 large-paper copies. Three volumes. 8vo pp. ccxxvi 410; iv 536 ii; iv 544 iv. 37 engraved plates two double-page; 35 text illustrations printed on India paper and mounted on pages; one mounted gilt lettered specimen of red pared calf; and hundreds of engraved and woodcut text illustrations several colored. including plate 9 in the first volume Bookplates. Bound in later 3/4 brown morocco all edges marbled. Some minor foxing soiling and offsetting. A handsome copy. Hart 186. Jackson 40. Lowndes 1885 edition II p. 640. Windle & Pippin A28. "In 1817 appeared the most amusing and the most successful from a pecuniary point of view of his works the 'Bibliographical Decameron' on which a great sum was spent for engravings and woodcuts. The reader will find a great deal of gossip about books and printers about book collectors and sales by auction." DNB. Perhaps the most lavish of all Dibdin's works.Its publication was a financial success and doubtless marks the high-water mark of the Dibdinian bibliomania." Jackson 4. Lowndes says of this work: "From the information which it contains and the splendor of the decorations and printing it will ever be considered as a model of excellence and good taste in typography and the arts. Printed for the author, by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 38193
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