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DIBDIN THOMAS FROGNALL Turnbull William Barclay DD. D. D.
Notes Chiefly Correctory on Dr Dibdin's Tour through Scotland
Edinburgh 1838. First and only edition. 16 pp. 8vo. Original self-wrappers with original red side-stitch. A few faint smudges to title and last page ink note in margin of one page pencil notes at head of title. First and only edition. 16 pp. 8vo. One of approximately 10 copies printed. Very rare. Jackson thought that "only six copies of this vicious and trivial attack on Dibdin were struck off" but Windle & Pippin correct that to an estimated ten copies. Jackson 90; Windle & Pippin D19 unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany.
London: Printed For The Author By W.Bulmer And W.Nicol Shakespeare Press And Sold By Payne And Foss Longman Hurst And Co. 1821. 3 vols. royal 8vo. pp. 2 p.l. xxv 3 leaves 462 lxxix 1 errata; 2 p.l. 555; 2 p.l. 622 lxii. without half-titles. 83 plates incl. portraits; 1 color 2 sepia & 5 double-page & 63 smaller illus. in the text some on India paper mounted. Early half dark green morocco marbled boards gilt-lettered backstrips a tall untrimmed set with usual occasional foxing or spotting. Bookplates of James Whatman and Charles Sebag-Montefiore. § First edition regular paper issue. One of a very few books by Dibdin that went into a second edition. "The collation is very irregular by reason of the fact that all illustrations in the text being printed on India paper pasted-in are on separately inserted leaves . This Voyage Pittoresque is lavishly illustrated mainly with copperplates after drawings by G.R. Lewis and others. Dibdin says he spent over 7000 pounds on the book being the first patron to pay 100 guineas for a plate . It has been unkindly said of this book that it would have been better without any text. However it does contain a modicum of bibliographical information that is still useful if used with due caution" Jackson. Lowndes notes that it "contains much useful and curious information" on the libraries and private collections of Europe. The second edition of 1829 is abridged and omits all but 5 of the original plates. Jackson 48; Lowndes I 641; Windle & Pippin A38a. Provenance: James Whatman; Lister; Colin Franklin; Charles Sebag-Montefiore. Windle and Pippin A38a. Printed For The Author hardcover books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and Scotland.
2 vols. London: Printed for the Author. 1838. 2 vols royal 8vo i-v vi-xv xvi 10 subscribers plates contents 1 2–436 i ii-xxx supplement 1 errata 12 plates; iv 437–39 440–1090 pp. With 40 plates and woodcut vignettes on titles and throughout the text. Original pinkish buff boards printed paper labels skillfully rebacked retaining the original backstrips. Binding signed "J. MacKenzie Binder 4 Crown St. Westminster". Bookplate of Charles Sebag-Montefiore. § First edition regular paper copy. Dedicated to Frances Mary Richardson Currer. The dedicatee subscribed for nine copies eight on large-paper. Arthur Freeman has one of these still in original boards and Roxburghe quarter roan inscribed by Dibdin ‘To Miss Currer From the Author April 19.1839. The first copy into boards.’ Jackson states that there were 100 large-paper copies bound in three volumes with a third title-page inserted before p. 815 and with the index at the end of vol.3. The quantity of the regular issue is not known. The Barlow copy in original boards uncut has an eighteen-page Bohn catalogue an octavo and an additional leaf bound at the end of vol.I. ‘I think it belongs there since it is printed by the same printer as the book on what appears to be the same paper.…The unusual thing … is that it appears to be excerpts from a rare book catalogue selected specifically for this book rather than a publisher’s catalogue.’ Barlow in litt. Freeman’s ‘first copy into boards’ has only pp.17-18 the last single leaf of this catalogue bound in at the end. This copy like Barlow's has the entire catalogue.Tipped into vol. 1 is an autograph letter from Dibdin dated 20 November 1848 addressee unknown. "May I venture to solicit your transferring your name from my "Reformation Lectures" which are postponed perhaps sine die to the enclosed work. Perhaps the same favour could be obtained from your Brother" signed T/F. Dibdin. Provenance: Lister; Colin Franklin; Sebag-Montefiore. Windle A65. Printed for the Author.. hardcover books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
ALS concerning ‘Dr. Hanthall’ recipient unknown.
4to. Wyndham Place: Sept. 12 1831. 4to 1 p. traces of removal from an album-leaf on verso no damage. § ‘Dr. Hanthall’ or Haulhall an allegedly distinguished Horace scholar introduced to Dibdin by Richard Heber with whom Hanthall/Haulthall corresponded in Latin: see Dibdin’s Reminiscences 1838 ii:967 quoting a knowledgeable letter to Heber on the Kloss Collection. Dibdin has met him twice at Spencer House ‘where he is now busily employed at his Horatian labours . . . an amiable and worthy man aetatis suae 35 circ. as I judge: with a zeal & diligence in his favourite research beyond anything I ever saw. He was a 12 month at Paris wooing Quintus Horatius Flaccus. I enclose a copy of his Program." We can find no mention whatever of this scholar to Dibdin ‘a celebrated Horatian’ save Dibdin’s. Sept. 12 unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
ALS to an unidentified correspondent.
4to. London: Sept. 9 1799. 4to 1 p. tiny hole in centre text unaffected. § A highly important very early and previously unrecorded letter tasking his correspondent to give the bearer two copies of “my Charts of the Rights of Persons†one colored and one plain without charge “in tolerably clean condition.†The letter relates to the now lost Dibdin publication described in Windle & Pippin as ‘B2’ with a long descriptive letter offered above; the date of ours suggests a second try at a cheaper and more commercial reprinting of the “Blackstone Chart†after Cadell & Davies declined it. The request “in tolerably clean condition†suggests that Dibdin had had them stored and perhaps knew that some had been stained or otherwise soiled. The mystery around this chart has yet to be solved. Sept. 9 unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
ALS to an unidentified correspondent.
4to. Kensington: March 4 1816. 4to 1 p. in very good condition. § To an unidentified correspondent concerning a large-paper copy of the Bibliotheca Spenceriana of which he has received vols. one and two of four: "You need not be under any apprehension as those who have the previous will of course have the succeeding volume. How long have you been the fortunate man to posses the L.P I write this 'currente calamo' for I am now up to my eyes and ears in Decameronic pursuits having fairly plunged myself into all the miseries of the press perhaps for 14 months to come." This latter reference connects to our letter from Dibdin to Brunet 123821 about getting French engravers for the "Decameron". March 4 unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
ALS to an unnamed recipient.
London: June 1 1840. 4to 2 pp. with conjugate leaves written in ink. With two wax seals still present but mostly illegible -- one possibly has the monogram TFD. § Dibdin writes slightly testily to the addressee: ". the weather is hot my paper of limited dimensions and a "Catalogue Raisonné" of my works utterly impractical in consequence. You will find 9/10ths of them in my "Reminiscences of a Literary Life". There is a most admirable for its truth likeness of me just published by Dickinson. June 1 unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
ALS to Cadell and Davies.
London: Feb. 6 1798. 4to 4 pp. written in ink. Fold neatly restored in very good condition. § This is one of the earliest and by far the most important Dibdin letters extant. It is fully described and transcribed in Windle and Pippin E2 and it describes Dibdin's first publication "The Whole Law relative to the Rights of Persons" of which no copy is known to survive. For a long time it was the only proof we had that this "chart" was ever printed let alone in colored and uncolored copies. A second letter mentioning the chart was only recently discovered. This letter is to Cadell & Davies publisher of two editions of Blackstone and begins with their comment at the head of the letter lines 1-2:declined - and the 2 Charts sent by his Desire to Mr Clark Portugal Street.Feb. 6. 988 Upper Titchfield St.Fitzroy Sq.Gentlemen I have sent you per bearer two of my law Charts comprehending each the whole Law relative to the rights of Persons which makes up the first Volume complete of Blackstone’s Comries.: I have sent one colour’d and one plain so that you might be able to judge of the advantages and disadvantages attending each: by being coloured of course the expence is increas’d; but otherwise as I humbly conceive it adds much to the Perspicuity of the Work: Supposing you to close in with my Proposals it may possibly be worth your while to take the colouring of them into your consideration: tho’ even without it I think the work would be highly advantageous to any future edition of Blackstone." This letter is archetypal Dibdin and sets the tone for many subsequent transactions with booksellers and publishers. Anthony Lister observed in litt.: ‘It is invaluable because a it reveals Dibdin trying in 1798 to persuade booksellers to market his wares.… b the letter is by far the earliest written by T.F.D. that I have encountered among the hundreds that I have read but see entry A1. c It provides the earliest London address I have for him … ’ Reminiscences pp.190-191 varies in details of the cost and selling prices. Feb. 6 unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
ALS to John and Arthur Arch.
Sm. W.P.: Nov. 20 1827. Sm. 8vo 4 pp. Small tear at one corner without loss. § A sad letter reporting in shock the ‘melancholy dreadful occasion’ of his sister-in-law Mrs. Davis having been ‘burnt to death. What was wonderful was she suffered little or no pain but lay in a state of insensibility 24 hours when she expired without a sigh or a groan!’ It was during tea-making’. she was discovered with the flames rising pyramidally over her head.". Nov. 20 unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
ALS to John and Arthur Arch.
London: 'Tuesday' n.d. 8vo 1p. trimmed close to the margins with no loss. § A sweet little letter inviting them to a ‘confabulation’ over dinner ‘haddock roast mutton and apple drawing’. Dibdin has added two simple drawings one of a dish of apples and one of a heart i.e. heartily as a closing sentiment. 'Tuesday' unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
ALS to John Arch.
4to. N.p.: Oct. 19 1826. 4to 3 pp. Small tear from breaking the seal othewrwise fine. § A deeply moving and sad letter about the illness of Arch’s brother Arthur and Dibdin’s own ailments. "As I was very nearly "going the way of all flesh" from the same complaint. I have lost my old and valued friend Lord Gifford from the same cause. Thank God I rallied quickly but during 12 hours incessant vomiting I thought my brains heart liver and all the adjuncts would have burst their strong-hold’. Pray remember me very kindly to him and Mrs. A. Arch - not forgetting the little prattlers who will find me I fear a sad old grey-headed stupid fellow when they next see me. Adieu: my friend Bernardo takes this to put in the L.P. The races are going on: but my race is a very different and a very delicate course to run winner or loser. Oct. 19 unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
ALS to Messrs. John and Arthur Arch.
Kensington: July 17 n.d. 8vo 4 pp. Very good. § Interesting letter ‘in direful wrath’ about Dulau who ‘owes me upwards of £50’ and concerned about Leighton’s ‘price for boarding’: ‘he asked 14 then 18 and then 17 and I stuck out for 16 free volumes. Shall it be so’ He continues: "I rather anticipated your response to my proposals. I am indeed at this moment in a siruation to require all my energies calmness and fortitude. How do the knowing owner like the additional plates July 17 unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
ALS to Richard Phillips.
1p. London: April 12 1799. 1p. oblong 4to a bit soiled and once removed from an album with tape marks on verso. § Very early ALS concerning ‘some Dramatic German M.SS which you might perhaps like to purchase’ from the bearer a lady: ‘Any arrangement you may make with her I shall consider as one of honour done myself’. On 3 Sept 1814 defending his hope to take a profit on the ‘Lincoln Nosegay’ enterprise Dibdin wrote to Earl Spencer that he had ‘for the last 7 years never received a single farthing profit upon any article with which I may have accommodated a friend or bookseller’. This early letter with no agency commission implied suggests an even earlier disdain for commercial remuneration or recompense save in friendly credit or gratitude for ‘negotiations’ or ‘diplomacy’ in such matters. If you believe it! April 12 unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
ALS to Robert Triphook.
4°. W.P.: Oct. 9 1828. 4° 3 pp. edges of conjugate second leaf reinforced with transparent paper-tape no text loss. No loss but not in good condition. § Sadly one of many Dibdin letters about being behind in financial obligations. He begins: "‘Be tranquil!’ so perhaps Triphook had berated Dibdin sternly. After considerable financial accounting he ends: "The poets are come to me 2 vols. in one. I will be with Wheatly tomorrow". Oct. 9 unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
ALS to To John Trotter Brockett
8°. Kensington: March 22 1824. 8° 2 pp. with a separate wrapper franked ‘Spencer’ with Dibdin's wax seal bearing the Aldine anchor and the word "Aldus". § Interesting letter thanking Brockett for ‘your intended kind Present. Lord Spencer will necessarily have the books’; TFD is deeply occupied by his new duties as rector in Bryanston Square and by ongoing work on The Library Companion. March 22 unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
ALS.
4to. London: Dec. 13 1815. 4to 1p. written in ink. Addressee illegible but possibly J.O. Downey § Dibdin thanks the addressee for "£4.4 for the 4th volume of the Bibl. Spenceriana. The books have arrived safely and Lord Spencer should be immediately apprised of your kind intentions.No kind of apology is requisite and I make no doubt of his Lordship's thanking you for your donation. You should hear from me again upon the subject of the binding. Dec. 13 unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
ALS.
4to. London: Dec. 11 1815. 4to 1p. written in ink. Addressee illegible but possibly J.O. Downey § Dibdin apologises for the late delivery of "your copy of the 4th volume" probably the Bibliotheca Spenceriana. He ends typically with a sales pitch: "I enclose a prospectus of my new work which may at least amuse you. Only 200 copies were printed of this prospectus. Dec. 11 unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Roman Classics . . .
Gloucester: printed by H. Ruff for Payne Faulder Egerton &c 1802. Small 8vo xii 63 1 errata pp. Modern quarter calf lettered in gilt internally fresh and clean. § First edition of one of Dibdin’s earliest and most successful books being expanded and reprinted in 3 more editions in his lifetime and used to this day as a primary source for editions of the classics. Only the first edition uses the word “Roman†the later editions all say “Latin.†Windle and Pippin A3a. printed by H. Ruff for Payne unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
Autograph poem untitled.
Cut from a sheet. N.p. but surely London: Oct. 12 1822. Cut from a sheet 3 1/2 x 5 inches 1 p. in very good condition with address on verso. § To Messrs. John and Arthur Arch consisting of a four-line rhyme promising a visit on ‘Tuesday next’. " On Tuesday next at five / If well and alive / My visage you'll see / In your "own countree". Oct. 12 unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
Bibliomania; Or Book-Madness; a Bibliographical Romance. Illustrated with cuts. New and Improved edition to which are now added Preliminary Observations and a Supplement including a Key to the Assumed Characters in the Drama.
Tall thick 8vo. London: Bohn 1842. Tall thick 8vo 2 i-vii vii-xiv 618 63 1 xxxiii pp. Full pebbled brown morocco with gilt fillet borders gilt turn-ins gilt-panelled backstrip raised bands gilt top rebacked retaining original backstrip. Bookplate on front pastedown of Francis Frederick Fox and Charles Sebag-Montefiore. § First combined edition large paper copy. The book that introduced the concept of “bibliomania†to the world. “Dibdin's best-known and in the later editions most useful book.†Jackson 19. 500 copies were printed of which 50 according to Huth or 55 according to Church were large-paper. The Huntington and Rabaiotti large-paper copies state 55 copies on plate 2 see above. Bound in white boards in the Huth sale in two volumes. Price 3 guineas and 5 guineas according to Lowndes. A sometimes confusing book. The Grolier Club copy has the 1809 1811 and 1842 prefaces bound at the front; then the 1811 edition precedes the 1809 edition and the indexes are at the end. The 1809 title is often with the text rather than the preliminaries as in Barlow’s copy. The Morgan Library copy is bound in a different order. The Huntington Library large-paper copy with a fore-edge painting of Althorp is as the Grolier Club copy. The second Huntington large-paper copy is bound in four volumes and extra-illustrated with 372 plates including two portraits of Dibdin: a proof of Eldridge’s engraving dated 12 February 1816 and a line engraving after Richmond’s water-color by G. Staal for Le bibliophile français. It is lacking the two-leaf ‘Advertisement.’ There is no separate title to the 1811 edition. Jackson’s pagination conforms to none of these orders. The Bohn sale at Sotheby’s 1868 lot 2636 describes a copy on ‘Large Pink Paper the only copy so printed’ offered again by Sotheby’s on 3 June 1997 library of George Pflaumer; the present owner is Roland Folter. John Priddy has a single-leaf single-sided prospectus to this edition dated April 1838 promising a print date of August not mentioned by Jackson. Windle A 11d. Bohn hardcover books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
Bibliotheca Spenceriana or A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century . in the Library of George John Earl Spencer.
London: Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer Shakspeare Press and published by Longman Hurst etc. 1814-15. 4 vols. 8vo ix lii i 383; 503; 509 3; vii 509 lxxvii pp. with 22 plates including one double-page as called for and numerous additional woodcuts some in red in the text of all four volumes. These woodcut facsimiles are by the Byfield family. Full red morocco gilt dentelles. Bookplate of Ross Winans on the front pastedown of vol. one. Some occasional spotting or foxing especially in vol. 4 upper joint of vol. 4 beginning to split at head generally a very good set complete as issued. § First edition of Dibdin’s great work. Loosely inserted at the front of vol. 1 is a manuscript note from Dibdin: “Subscription for copy of the Bibliotheca Spenceriana herewith sent £8.8. T.F. Dibdin Mar. 31.†500 copies were printed according to the prospectus and most nineteenth-century sources though A.N.L. Munby states that there were 550 copies; the prospectus states 50 copies on large-paper but Dibdin Bibliographical Decameron vol.II p.392 says: ‘There were only 55 copies struck off on Large Paper.’. Regular and large-paper copies collate and paginate identically. In vol.I leaf M4 pp.87-88 occurs in two states both usually found together with and without the engraved facsimile of Polish type; the text of the bottom nine lines of p.87 is reset with the headline in a different type face; and there are minor changes in p.88. Ross Winans 1796–1877 was an American inventor mechanic and builder of locomotives and railroad machinery. He was one of the United States' first multimillionaires. His “small but choice†library Dickinson was bought en bloc by G.D. Smith and sold through various auctions though his copy of the First Folio was last recorded by Lee in the Census and is now unlocated. Windle and Pippin A25. Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer Shakspeare Press and published by Longman unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
Prospectus Aedes Althorpiane: or a Descriptive Catalogue of the Pictures and a Portion of the Library in the Ancestral Residence of George John Earl Spencer . . . at Althorp.
4pp. London: Spring 1822. 4pp. 8vo fine & uncut. § Windle and Pippin p. 85: "The price intended was ‘Six Guineas in Boards’ for the imperial octavo set according to a single-sheet two-page prospectus in the collection of John Priddy with a publication date of ‘Spring of 1822.’ . A volume of Dibdiniana at the Bodleian 258.h.215 contains six specimen leaves with two small MS corrections they are numerical but look to be in Dibdin’s hand. with the phrase within ‘This publication will form one handsome imperial octavo volume’ being altered in MS to ‘two’ and ‘volumes’ i.e. preceding the next prospectus you note also here". Spring hardcover books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
Reminiscences of a Literary Life.
2 vols. London: J. Major 1836. 2 vols. royal 8vo. i-v vi-xxxii 41 2- 556 pp.; 2 557-982 pp. 44 pp. index. 10 plates. Later polished brown calf gilt backstrips red and green labels gilt edges bookplates of Charles Sebag-Montefiore. § First edition the regular edition which was printed in an edition of 1250 copies. A handsome set. Dibdin’s autobiography contains a wealth of information on bookselling and collecting at the beginning of the nineteenth century when “bibliomania†was born. Includes the index "the 44 page index issued some months later is often lacking". Windle & Pippin A62 J. Major unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall.
Typographical Antiquities or the History of Printing in England Scotland and Ireland: containing memoirs of our ancient printers and a register of the books printed by them 1810 begun by the late Joseph Ames; considerably augmented by William Herbert; and now greatly enlarged with copious notes and illustrated with appropriate engravings comprehending the history of English literature and a view of the progress of the art of engraving in Great Britain.
London: William Miller 1810-1812: John Murray 1816: Longman Hurst Rees. Orme and Brown 1819. 4 vols. 4to 285 220 mm. untrimmed 324; 328; 313; 316 leaves paginated as in Windle and Pippin. With 14 mezzotint portraits 24 other engraved plates numerous engravings and illustrations in the text some in red and black titles printed in red and black. Some occasional spotting and dust soiling in text and some offsetting of plates onto the text as always. Full red hardgrain morocco extra covers richly gilt gilt backstrips with green and black labels joints a bit scuffed and upper joint of vol. 1 repaired. Generally a very good set with distinguished provenance. With the index in a separate volume. § First edition thus. “Dibdin's voluptuously copious account of stories and characters connected with book production book trading and book collecting which inspired generations of bibliophiles and bibliographers. The work came as an enlargement of Joseph Ames's account of printing in England from 1471 to 1600 published 1749. Ames's intuition was the prime importance of first-hand knowledge of books the primacy of the title-page on printed lists and catalogues. Dibdin adopted this innovative rigor and endowed it with his own taste for anecdote and romance. The compelling quality of his writings was acutely felt by Isaac D'Israeli who on receiving a copy of Dibdin's Bibliomania wrote to him: "I have not yet recovered from the delightful delirium into which your Bibliomania has completely thrown me." A major player in the process of rationalisation of the book trade and the sharp rise in prices that took place in the middle decades of the nineteenth century Dibdin's flamboyant character is well reflected in Walter Scott's words: 'All bibliomaniacs must remember you long Dibdin as he who first united their antiquarian details with good humored raillery and cheerfulness'. Dibdin's passion for books together with several personally financed lavish publishing undertakings which never provided a worthy return threw him and his family into misery.†Finch. Windle & Pippin A15. In this copy vol. 1 p. 377 reads “377â€; vol. IV page 121 reads “120†335 “533†and 623 “623â€.Provenance: Marquess of Stafford who is listed as a subscriber 1758-July 1833 created 1st Duke of Sutherland in January 1833. Thence by descent to Lord Francis Egerton 1800-1857 created 1st Earl of Ellesmere in 1846. In 1833 this fortunate man inherited the estates houses art collection the Bridgewater Canal and a huge income from his great-uncle the 3rd and last Duke of Bridgewater. Bound for George Francis Granville Egerton 2nd Earl of Ellesmere 1823-1862 with his full name in gilt on two interlocking triangles. Bookplate in each volume of Charles Sebag-Montefiore. William Miller unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall. Lewis George.
A Series of Groups illustrating the Physiognomy Manners and Character of the People of France and Germany.
London: Arch Triphook and Major 1823. Roy. 8vo t/p list of plates directions for placing the plates engraved dedication advertisement: i.e. 7 1 1-15 pp. 60 illustrations on 52 plates on India paper numbered 1-60. Old polished calf rebacked retaining the original backstrip. Occasional slight spotting generally very good. § A pleasant copy of the volume of engravings that were intended to accompany Dibdin’s A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany but were famously rejected by Dibdin as unworthy of his book -- hence Lewis issued them himself. He alludes gently to this in the preface but mostly adds commentary to the illustrations here presented. “Lewis presents his case in an eight-page 'Advertisement' separately printed NUC locates only the Harvard copy and W.A. Jackson knew of one other but Korey has located many more including variants. Dibdin refrained from consigning his views to print although he voiced his feelings freely; he did though in his Reminiscences II 685 record his judgment that A Series of Groups 'are clever but they are coarse . I never wish to see them mixed up with their precursors ie. the illustrations for the published Tour - without the slightest personal feeling upon the subject but only from their own distinct individual character; they are a thing apart and should be kept apart.'†The 60 illustrations depict people from across the social spectrum including many uncommon scenes and are perhaps interesting for the same reasons Dibdin found them coarse. Jackson 56. Windle and Pippin A44. Arch unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall; George Robert Lewis.
A bibliographical antiquarian and picturesque tour in France and Germany.
London: Printed for the author by W. Blumer and W. Nicol Shakespeare Press 1821. First edition. References: Jackson 48; Windle and Pippin A38a; Windle and Pippin A44 "A Series of Groups." Extra-illustrated edition includes George Lewis's "A series of groups illustrating the physiognomy manners and character of the people of France and Germany" with separate title page pagination and extra engraved title page inserted after the dedication page. . 3 volumes royal octavo 26 cm; I: xvi 2 16 6 xxvi 6 462 lxxx including extra engraved title and Lewis's "Series of Groups"; II: 4 556; III: 4 622 lxii and 83 plates 1 in color 3 in sepia and 5 double page 64 india paper prints mounted in text. Extra illustrated with 52 plates by George Lewis printed on india paper and mounted illustrating "the manners and characters of the inhabitants of France and Germany" according to the extra engraved title page. Lacks half titles. Dedication page in volume 1 engraved with crest of the Roxburghe Club rather than with portrait of Dibdin. Bound in green straight-grain morocco ruled in gilt with corner ornaments in gilt and armorial crest stamped on all boards. All edges gilt. All three volumes with mid-nineteenth-century armorial bookplate of Robert Walters along with engraved pictorial bookplate dated 1919 of Leroy Crummer MD 1872-1934 and of the American artist Robert Bruce Moyer 1913-1969. Volume II with the additional bookplate of Myrtle A. Crummer. All three volumes rebacked hinges reinforced with linen tape; joints strengthened with application of Japanese paper; edges and extremities renovated. Frequent offsetting of plates; most plates clean although some have toned to various degrees. Occasional scattered foxing. Condition generally good to very good. Printed for the author, by W. Blumer and W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press, hardcover books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall; Lesne Maturin Marie.
Lettre d’un Relieur Francais a un Bibliographe Anglais.
Slim 8vo. Paris: Crapelet 1822. Slim 8vo 28 pp. Old yellow-ochre wrappers untrimmed slightly foxed. Presentation copy inscribed "A Monsieur de la part de l'auteur." § First edition of this response to Dibdin's "Continental tour": presentation copy inscribed: “A Monsieur de la part de l’auteur." Windle & Pippin D 10. Jackson 53: “an example of nationalistic spleen. Crapelet unknown books
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Dibdin Thomas Frognall; Renato Rabaiotti ed.; David McKitterick comp.
Horae bibliographicae cantabrigiensis. A facsimile of Dibdin's Cambridge notebook 1823. With readings from the Library Companion 1824.
New Castle DE: Oak Knoll colophon: Verona: Martino Mardersteig in the Stamperia Valdonega 1989. 4to 24.8 cm 9.75". 6 1179 3 pp.; facs. <br><br>Well-constructed facsimile of Dibdin's 1823 notebook with a detailed introduction by Renato Rabaiotti excerpts from Dibdin's Library Companion facing appropriate facsimiles and a then-current finding-list of books manuscripts and prints examined by Dibdin in Cambridge libraries as compiled by David McKitterick.<br>Â Â Â Â Mardersteig printed 250 copies of the text in Monotype Times 10/11 24 gr. on paper from Magnani of Pescia Italy with plentiful margins and more facsimiles on the endpapers.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard small booklabel "AHA" at rear. Quarter black calf and grey papercovered boards gilt lettering on spine and black ribbon placemarker. Housed in a grey papercovered slipcase with uneven fading from sun; slipcase otherwise as new as the volume itself is. => Worthy of any admirer of Dibdin or McKitterick. Oak Knoll [colophon: Verona: Martino Mardersteig in the Stamperia Valdonega] hardcover books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 37907
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DIBDIN THOMAS JOHN
Portrait of Thomas John Dibdin playwright actor and song writer
London: Drawn etch'd & pub.by Dighton Charing Cross April 1799 1799. The earliest recorded portrait of Thomas John Dibdin. NCBEL III 1129-30. One crease; in fine condition. Rare. Hand-colored etching 20.5 x 16.5 cm with the caption "Sans Souci Jun." With the portrait is the manuscript note: "This Portrait of myself / taken in the palmy days of white neckcloths and frills / when I was as you see rather younger than at present is presented / by Thomas Dibdin April 28 1841." Around the image of Dibdin are depictions of his plays and songs. A fine portrait of the actor and writer Thomas John Dibdin 1771-1841 who like the other famous thespian Dibdins was involved in the English theater from an early age. Thomas John was one of three illegitimate children of Charles Dibdin and actress Harriet Pitt and in his early years on stage he used the name "T. Merchant" and his writings were published anonymously a fact that the artist Dighton makes a playful reference to in giving the subject of his portrait the name "Sans Souci Jun." Charles Dibdin was the owner of the San Souci Theater in London. See the ODNB for both Thomas John and Charles Dibdin. <br/><br/> (London:) Drawn, etch'd & pub.by Dighton, Charing Cross, April, 1799 unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 27328
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Dibdin TJ. Rev T. J.
A bibliographical antiquarian and picturesque tour in France and Germany
London: printed for the author by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol Shakespeare Press 1821. First edition 1000 copies printed this one of 900 of the regular issue; 3 volumes large thick 8vo vignette title pages in each volume 83 plates 5 double-page 3 printed in sepia and 1 colored 64 other illustrations on India paper mounted in the text plus a multitude of textual illustrations throughout 4 printed in red; bound without half-titles in slightly later full tan calf double gilt rules on covers black morocco labels on gilt decorated spines a.e.g.; edges worn upper joint on vol. III restored a number of the plates foxed largely confined to the margins; a good sound set. This copy enhanced with a presentation in each volume to "B. C. Brodie Esq. from the author." With the bookplates of B. C. Brodie and B. H. Goldschmidt in each volume. Benjamin Collins Brodie was author of the classic Pathological and Surgical Observations on the Diseases of the Joints G-M 4311. "The collation is very irregular by reason of the fact that all illustrations in the text being printed on India paper pasted-in are on separately inserted leaves . This Voyage Pittoresque is lavishly illustrated mainly with copperplates after drawings by G.R. Lewis and others. Dibdin says he spent over 7000 pounds on the book being the first patron to pay 100 guineas for a plate . It has been unkindly said of this book that it would have been better without any text. However it does contain a modicum of bibliographical information that is still useful if used with due caution" Jackson. Lowndes notes that it "contains much useful and curious information" on the libraries and private collections of Europe. The second edition of 1829 is abridged and omits all but 5 of the original plates. Windle & Pippin note but a single presentation copy that from Dibdin to his son. Jackson 48; Lowndes I 641; Windle & Pippin A38a. <br/><br/> printed for the author, by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 31659
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DIBDIN TJ. Rev T. J.
Reminescences of a literary life
London: John Major 1836. First edition 2 vols. 8vo pp. xxxii 4 556; 2 557-892; 10 engraved plates a number of illus. in the text; contemporary calf-backed boards joints restored old library pocket inside back cover of both vols.; generally a good sound set or better. Windle A62; Jackson 86; Lowndes I 642. <br/><br/> John Major hardcover books
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Dibdin (Charles) [Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin, aka Charles Pitt, or Charles Dibdin the Younger].
Mirth and Metre: Consisting of Poems Serious Humorous and Satirical; Songs Sonnets Ballads & Bagatelles.
London: Printed for Vernor Hood and Sharpe 1807. First edition. 12mo. Full calf spine gilt. Considerable wear to corners both hinges repaired covers likely re-attached small chip from spine label just touching title numerous annotations and marginalia; basically very good otherwise. A somewhat rough but interesting copy of this collection of the younger Dibdin's verse and songs with many comical and curious entries. <br/><br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 54358
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DIBDIN (Rev Thomas Frognall)
A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany.
London: Published by Robert Jennings and John Major. 1829. Second Edition 3 vols. frontispiece in each volume offset 9 plates illustrs. in the text orig. cloth hinges torn one spine lacking. Windle & Pippin A38b; Jackson 49. London: Published by Robert Jennings, and John Major. 1829 hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 33838
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DIBDIN (Rev Thomas Frognal)
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. Shakspeare Press 1817. First edition 3 vols. 4to 270 x 185 mm 6 vi 2 ccxxv 1 410 2; 4 535 3; 4 544 4pp. with half-titles ONE OF 50 LARGE PAPER COPIES 37 engraved plates without the 'Presentation in the Temple' plate which was not ready at publication and occurs in only a very few copies and the 'Portrait of Los Rios' which Windle & Pippin suggest is an extra-illustration also without the engraved portrait of Dibdin by Henry Mayer numerous woodcuts engraved vignettes several printed in red or blue some mounted some light spotting and offsetting as usual marbled endpapers contemporary full blue-green morocco decorated in gilt with interlacing geometrical design on the covers richly tooled gilt morocco doublures flat spines lettered in gilt direct all edges gilt spine slightly faded corner of lower board of vol. II bumped some slight edge-wear to bindings otherwise a handsome set. A fine copy of the rare large paper issue of the author's most lavish publication and the high water of Dibdinian Bibliomania. Jackson 40; Windle & Pippin A28. London: Printed for the Author, by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakspeare Press, 1817 unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 38324
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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
London: Printed for Harding Triphook and Lepard. 1825. Second Edition viii l 899 1pp. advert cont. half calf re-backed preserving the orig. spine a little rubbed. "Dibdin endeavoured in this edition to insert the corrections supplied him by his friends and not very friendly reviewers" - Jackson 64. Windle & Pippin A 50b. London: Printed for Harding, Triphook, and Lepard. 1825 unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 18449
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Dibdin (Thomas Frognall)
A bibliographical antiquarian and picturesque tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland
Printed for the author by C. Richards 1838. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. 2 volumes 1st edition London printed for the author 1838 engraved plates with tissue guards to almost every illustration later endpapers some plates cut to the margin some slight spotting & toning to plates text very clean all edges gilt uniform later 19th century gilt decorated full green calf spines slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot 8vo Near Fine Finely bound set. Printed for the author by C. Richards hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 106710
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DIBDIN (Thomas Frognall)
A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany.
London: Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol at the Shakspeare Press 1821. First edition 3 vols. bound in 4 4to 279 x 185 mm ONE OF 100 COPIES PRINTED ON THICK AND LARGE PAPER WITH EXTRA PLATES 4 xxv 7 462lxxix 1; 2 555 1; 2 298; 2 299-622 lxiipp. with the author's wood-engraved device on each title-page a wood engraving of the elaborately-quartered coat of arms of the Roxburghe Club on the dedication page 85 engraved plates including the private plate of 'Diana de Poictiers' in vol. 2 which was apparently destroyed after only 50 copies had been printed and a proof of the 'Prater' plate in vol. 3 62 illustrations printed on fine and thin "India" paper and mounted on the text leaves 55 other illustrations in the text with the additional sixty engraved plates on 52 leaves from Lewis' Series of Groups bound in at the appropriate places as designated by Lewis in his 'Directions to the binder' contemporary notes in pencil to several endpapers and a few within the text text and plates have staining of varying degrees pale stain to many lower margins a little damage to endpapers where bookplates have been removed full red hard grain red moroccocovers waterstained spines lettered in gilt all edges gilt. Unfortunately this handsome large paper copy has suffered from water damage sometime in the past additional photographs are available upon request. This set with the additional set of etchings on india paper by George Lewis of a classic work of the utmost importance for its wealth of eye-witness information and anecdotes about printed books manuscripts buildings other artefacts and people both from past centuries and from the author's own day for the extraordinary collection of illustrations mostly drawn during the tour itself and finally as a sumptuous piece of book production. As soon as the book appeared leading scholars derided Dibdin for his lack of scholarship especially concerning early manuscripts and printed books. But one must distinguish between the extensive and extremely useful information about things and people Dibdin saw during his 1818 tour and his own interpretations and conclusions which now serve only as a window to the attitudes of the time. Dibdin's enthusiasm readable style and entertaining anecdotes moreover caught the mood of his age making the book extremely popular and influential. Lewis' A Series of Groups. was intended to accompany Dibdin's Tour but was rejected by Dibdin as unworthy of his book. Lewis most perturbed issued them at his own expense and presented his case in the eight-page Advertisement which was separately printed. Jackson 48; 56; 56n: Windle & Pippin A38a; A44; D13. London: Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol at the Shakspeare Press, 1821 unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 38292
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DIBDIN (Thomas Frognall)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century Lately Forming Part of the Library of the Duke di Cassano Serra and now the property of George John Earl Spencer
London: Printed for the Author by William Nicol Shakspeare Press 1823. First edition 4to 272 x 175 mm 2 x 295 1pp. with half-title unopened and uncut orig. boards spine and printed label chipped with upper spine lacking. Regarded as volume VII of the 'Bibliotheca Spenceriana' but this volume stands alone as a record of the incunabula which was previous in the library of the Duke di Cassano Serra and purchased for Earl Spencer. Windle & Pippin A27. London: Printed for the Author by William Nicol, Shakspeare Press, 1823 hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 40709
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DIBDIN (Thomas Frognall)
Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century and of many Valuable First Editions in the Library of George John Earl Spencer. Vols. I-IV. With: Aedes Althorpianae; or an Account of the Mansion Books and Pictures at Althorp. To which is Added a Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana. Vol. V. With: Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana. Vol. VI. With: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century Lately Forming Part of the Library of the Duke di Cassano Serra. Vol. VII
London: Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer and Co. Later by W. Nicol Successor to W. Bulmer Shakspeare Press 1814-23. First edition 7 vols. complete small 4to 263 x 165 mm. I: 6 ix 3 lii 383 1pp. with half-title 11 engraved plates on 12 leaves as called for without the rarely found india paper print which was to be pasted into the text of p. 79 frontis. offset occasional spotting and offsetting. II: 6 503 1pp. with half-title and fly-title one engraved plate as called for; III: 4 509 1 6pp. with half-title and fly-title no plates called for; IV: vii 3 587 1 lxxvii 3pp. with half-title and fly-title 10 engraved plates as called for occasional spotting and offsetting; V: viii 4 lxii 279 1pp. 32 engraved plates half-title frontis. offset without the plate of the Marchioness Camden which Jackson describes as an 'added plate' present in some copies offsetting from plates; VI: 6 322 2pp. half-title engraved portrait frontispiece offset; VII: x 295 1pp. without half-title no plates called for; numerous illustrations engraved portraits plans and views facsimiles of woodcuts and devices mostly mounted India proofs extensively printed in red and black some spotting and offsetting uniform contemporary calf panels blind-tooled hinges cracked and a couple holding by cords spines and labels chipped see image. Guild p.24. "This superb collection of books contains upwards of 45000 volumes; among them are sixty-four editions from the press of Wm. Caxton. The abundance and beauty of the facsimiles and other embellishments as well as the fineness of the paper and printing render this catalogue one of the most splendid bibliographical works ever published in any country. It describes books printed from wooden blocks about the middle of the fifteenth century early printed Bibles Liturgical works works of the Fathers Greek and Latin Classics & Miscellaneous Literature". Windle & Pippin A25 A26 A27 & E4 a; Jackson 3637 & 38; De Ricci 72-77pp. London: Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer and Co., (Later by W. Nicol, Successor to W. Bulmer) Shakspeare Press, 1814-23 unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 37282
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DIBDIN (Thomas Frognall)
Poems.
London: Printed for the Author 1797. First edition viii 2 117pp. with engraved title-page a little foxed and stained final line of imprint cropped text occasional spotted and lightly browned marbled endpapers cont. full straight-grained red morocco gilt border on sides flat spine gilt extremities a little rubbed. Dibdin's rare suppressed first separate publication being preceded only by his contribution to the 'European Magazine'. Dibdin did not think much of his first effort as he emphatically stated in his 'Bibliomania' "I struck off 500 copies and was glad to get rid of half of them as waste paper; the remaining half have been partly destroyed by my own hands. My only consolation is that the volume is now exceedingly rare". Jackson 1; Windle & Pippin A1. London: Printed for the Author, 1797 unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 33645
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DIBDIN (Thomas Frognall)
Voyage Bibliographique Archéologique et Pittoresque en France. 4 volumes
Paris: Crapelet 1825 4 volumes 8vo 28 cm XXIV 344 pp.; 4 374 2 pp.; VIII 384 pp.; 4 446 2 pp. Contemporary red morocco-backed marbled boards spines with raised bands gilt-tooled compartments gilt lettering-pieces polished top edges fore- and bottom edges untrimmed green silk bookmarks marbled endpapers uniformly age-toned with occasional foxing; bookplates on pastedowns of each volume. Large-paper copy on papier vélin the binding signed by Thouvenin. A complete set of the French translation of the celebrated bibliographical travelogue by the Reverend Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1776-1847 the most influential English bibliographer and bibliophile writer of the Romantic period dedicated by the publisher G. A. Crapelet to the members of the Société des Bibliophiles Français. First published in English as the Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany 1821 the work is among Dibdin's most important and one of the great literary monuments of nineteenth-century bibliophily. Structured as 36 letters vols. I-II cover Dibdin's journey through Normandy -- Dieppe Rouen Caen Bayeux Coutances and the return to Paris via Falaise and Versailles -- while vols. III-IV are devoted principally to Paris with extended accounts of the Bibliothèque Royale its illuminated manuscripts and rare early printed books as well as the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal Sainte-Geneviève and the Mazarine concluding with a journey to Strasbourg. Vol. III contains a separate translator's preface by Crapelet who notes the controversial reception of Dibdin's original among the French scholars and institutions it described. A desirable complete set in a distinguished contemporary binding by Joseph Thouvenin 1791-1834 one of the foremost Parisian bookbinders of the Restoration period. Crapelet hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009738
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DIBDIN [Thomas Colman] 1810-1893
Dibdin's Sketches in Wales
Bangor. London.: J. W Ambrose Lith. Printers M&N Hanhart. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. HUGHES H. LYNCH JH. DIBDIN TC. HUGHES S. WITH 21 LITHOGRAPHED VIEWS IN WALES c1845/50 Ultra Rare in contemporary half red morocco over rubbed red cloth some gilt tooling gilt tile. rubbed. Spine raised bands decorative gilt tooling worn along joint edges. Internally 4to not dated but c1845 lithographed title and 20 plates 6 on India paper 1 extra lithographed plate of Cheltenham bound in at end cut down and mounted a.e.g. some tissue guards 1 torn slight foxing empty pocket to epd 2 book labels to fpd Peter Bicknell & Stanley Arnold. 357259 mm. Not listed at COPAC WorldCat or Anderson. No listing on line. see advert in Blacks Iron Highway p50. 0 <br/> <br/> J. [W] Ambrose, Lith. Printers M&N Hanhart hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 007869
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Dibdin Dibdin
The Metamorphoses a Comic Opera: In Two Acts; As It Is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in the Hay-Market Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026728151X.G ISBN : 026728151X 9780267281510
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Dibdin Dibdin
The Metamorphoses a Comic Opera
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1332156991.G ISBN : 1332156991 9781332156993
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Dibdin M
Vendetta
Faber and Faber 2000. Mass Market Paperback. New. 292 pages. 7.01x4.25x0.87 inches. Faber and Faber paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2-0571206298 ISBN : 0571206298 9780571206292
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DIBDIN MICHAEL
A Complete Run of the Aurelio Zen Novels all SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR to the title page.
London. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. The set comprises: Rat King Faber 1988. First UK Edition. Page edges quite tanned due to the poor quality of paper used otherwise a fine copy in like D/W. Signed by the Author on the title page. Vendetta Faber 1990. First UK Edition. Page edges quite tanned due to the poor quality of paper used otherwise a fine copy in like D/W. Signed by the Author on the title page. Cabal Faber 1992. First UK Edition. Page edges just beginning to tan otherwise a fine copy in like D/W. Signed by the Author on the title page. Dead Lagoon Faber 1994. First UK Edition. A very fine copy in like D/W. Signed by the Author on the title page. Cosi Fan Tutti Faber 1996. First UK Edition. Page edges just beginning to tan otherwise a fine copy in like D/W. Signed by the Author on the title page. A Long Finish Faber 1998. First UK Edition. A very fine copy in like D/W. Signed by the Author on the title page. Sunday Times Review laid in. Blood Rain Faber 1999. First UK Edition. A very fine copy in like D/W. Signed by the Author on the title page. And Then You Die Faber 2002. First UK Edition. A very fine copy in like D/W. Signed by the Author on the title page. A couple of book reviews laid in. Medusa Faber 2003. First UK Edition. A very fine copy in like D/W. Signed by the Author on the title page. Back to Bologna Faber 2005. First UK Edition. A fine copy in like D/W. Signed by the Author on the title page. End Game Faber 2007. First UK Edition. A very fine copy in like D/W. Signed by the Author on a book-plate attached to the title page. Recently filmed to great acclaim by the BBC and starring Rufus Sewell as Aurelio Zen and Caterina Murino as Tania Moretti. Zen finds it difficult being the only honest cop in town surrounded by plotting politicians a stressed-out boss and vengeful gangsters. Beautifully shot in Italy. The Author Michael Dibdin died in 2007 aged 60. For the full set of 11 books: £1500. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 355490714733
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Dibdin Michael
A Rich Full Death
London: Jonathan Cape 1986 F/F-. 8vo. original black boards a trifle rubbed & marked faint speckling to top edge in dustwrapper priced £9.95 net a trifle rubbed & nicked; pp. 204 last blank. A near fine copy. Flatsigned by the author 'Michael Dibdin' to title page taken from another book loosely enclosed. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/F-. Jonathan Cape hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 029894 ISBN : 022402387x 9780224023870
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DIBDIN MICHAEL
A Rich Full Death
London: Cape 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition. A fine copy in like D/W. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. An outstanding signed copy and quite scarce thus. Cape hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 355490717022
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Dibdin Michael
Rat King Aurelio Zen 1
New York: Bantam Books 1989 F/F-. 8vo. original black cloth backed boards a trifle rubbed in dustwrapper priced $15.95 net a trifle rubbed & nicked; pp. vi last blank 266. A near fine copy. Flatsigned to title page by the author 'Michael Dibdin'. Ex-libris Colin Steele though not marked as such with his photocopy from a bookseller's catalogue loosely enclosed. The first novel in the Aurelio Zen Venice-based detective series. Signed by Author. First US. Hard Cover. F/F-. Bantam Books hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 029873 ISBN : 055305337x 9780553053371
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Dibdin Michael
Rat King Aurelio Zen 1
London: Faber & Faber 1988 VG-/VG. 8vo. original black boards ex-library with labels RSMs etc. to outer leaves only a little rubbed & bumped slightly toned & marked spine a trifle canted in dustwrapper priced £10.95 net a little rubbed & nicked; pp. vi last blank 282. A good copy of the true first edition in a clean jacket. Flatsigned by the author 'Michael Dibdin' to title page taken from a paperback edition loosely enclosed ex-libris Colin Steele though not marked as such. The first novel in the Aurelio Zen Venice-based detective series. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG-/VG. Faber & Faber hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 029872
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