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1829réf. 429816London: Jennings and Major 1829. Hardcover. Near Fine. Second edition. Three volumes. Octavos. 421; 428; 481 1pp. Illustrated. Rebound probably in early 20th century in half brown morocco gilt and pale marbled paper over boards. Small bookplate of Morris F. Tyler on the front pastwedown of each volume. A little rubbing at the extremities a few very faint spots on the boards a near fine set. Laid in is a brief Autograph Letter Signed by Dibdin to William Priestley Bookseller. Bifolium: first page used for the note the last page used as an address leaf interior pages blank. Old folds from mailing a couple of small holes and tears postmark remnant of a wax seal about very good. Dibdin writing for the noon post asks Priestley to send him the nine volumes of Burcard Gotthelf Struve's Biblioteca Historica. Besterman 2865 "in boards - as soon as conveneient today. Jennings and Major hardcover
1811réf. 56175London: Privately printed 1811. Second edition. Greatly expanded from the 1809 80-page first edition THIS IS THE VERSION THAT BROUGHT HIM FAME. Two volumes bound in one; this copy with volume II title page from the large-paper issue inserted following p.276 as sometimes seen Windle A11c. ".dialogues on books and book-collecting conducted by a set of male characters many based on Dibdin's actual friends two of whom court shadowy female figures in the intervals between their more intense romancing of books . embellished with extensive footnotes on bibliography and the history of book collecting" Wikipedia. Bound in 8vo period polished calf boards decorated and ruled in gilt and blind; sympathetically re-backed with a fresh brown leather spine ruled in gilt and decoratively in blind with gilt-lettered red-leather spine label; 782 pages including indexes plus 1-page errata followed by second half-title leaf with handwritten "manuscript key" on verso naming 11 of the figures from the book e.g. "Sir Tristram - Walter Scott". Very good with noted rebacking plus hinges strengthened and touch ups to boards; just a smattering of foxing throughout and slight offset from title vignette to frontis and surrounding leaves. Privately printed unknown
1810réf. 276651810 Dibdin Rare Book Printing 1ed William CAXTON Golden Legend Woodcut ART Ames A fine 1810 edition of "Typographical Antiquities" by Thomas Dibdin and William Ames. This work was bibliographical reference on the history of early printing known for its impressive illustrations depicting artwork of 15th-century woodcut masters. This particular volume focuses primarily on the work and published works of William Caxton. Of course no bibliography of Caxton would be complete without "Mirror of the World" and "The Golden Legend" both of which are described in detail in this volume from the 1810 first edition. Item number: #27665 Price: $750 DIBDIN Thomas Frognall Typographical antiquities or The history of printing in England Scotland and Ireland…vol I London: Printed by William Savage Bedford Bury for William Miller 1810. First edition. Details: <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages; <!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->2 xx 2 95 1; cxxxviii 390 <!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->14 engraved plates numerous in-text throughout <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~11in X 9in 28cm x 23cm Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation! Photos available upon request. William Savage, Bedford Bury, for William Miller hardcover
1829réf. 429816London: Jennings and Major 1829. Hardcover. Near Fine. Second edition. Three volumes. Octavos. 421; 428; 481 1pp. Illustrated. Rebound probably in early 20th century in half brown morocco gilt and pale marbled paper over boards. Small bookplate of Morris F. Tyler on the front pastwedown of each volume. A little rubbing at the extremities a few very faint spots on the boards a near fine set. Laid in is a brief Autograph Letter Signed by Dibdin to William Priestley Bookseller. Bifolium: first page used for the note the last page used as an address leaf interior pages blank. Old folds from mailing a couple of small holes and tears postmark remnant of a wax seal about very good. Dibdin writing for the noon post asks Priestley to send him the nine volumes of Burcard Gotthelf Struve's Biblioteca Historica. Besterman 2865 "in boards - as soon as conveneient today. Jennings and Major hardcover books
1806réf. 608963Published by D. Longworth at the Dramatic Repository Shakspeare-Gallery et al. 1806. First Thus. Leather Binding. Very Good. 8 very scarce early American editions published in New York and Boston 1805-1806 of popular farce and musical farces bound together in 1 volume. Period boards expertly and attractively rebacked in brown calf boards rubbed some browning and foxing to parts of text. PROVENANCE: pictorial bookplate of Samuel Parker reading 'Samuel Parker's No.' with several of his ownership signatures. For this scarce bookplate - see Slater BOOK PLATES AND THEIR VALUE page 189: 'Parker Samuel. Pictorial a Muse under a tree with lyre and books one of which she hands to a man who is kneeling as he receives it in the distance a landscape. Inscription : ' Samuel Parker's No.' No date but about 1810. An American plate. Contents: 1. Hotel: Or the Servant With Two Masters. A Farce by Robert Jephson New York Printed and Published by D. Longworth at the Dramatic Repository Shakspeare-Gallery 1805. 2. My Grandmother A Musical Farce by Prince Hoare. New York Printed and Published by D. Longworth at the Dramatic Repository Shakspeare-Gallery 1806. 3. Paul and Virginia A Musical Entertainment by James Cobb. Published by D. Longworth at the Dramatic Repository Shakspeare-Gallery 1806. 4. Of Age Tomorrow: A Musical Entertainment by Thomas Dibdin. Published by John West Boston 1806. 5. The Delinquent; or Seeing Company by Frederick Reynolds. A Comedy. Printed by D. Longworth New York for George E. Blake Philadelphia 1806. 6. The Lock and Key A Musical Farce by Prince Hoare. Published by David Longworth at the Dramatic Repository Shakspeare-Gallery 1806. Includes: Tid-Re-I or The marriage of Miss Kitty O'Donovan to Mr. Paddy O'Raffety p. 1-2 at end. 7. The Road to Ruin a Comedy by Thomas Holcroft. Published by D. Longworth at the Dramatic Repository Shakspeare-Gallery 1806. 8. More Ways than One. a Comedy by Mrs. Hannah Cowley. Printed by Russell and Cutler for John West Boston 1806. Published by D. Longworth at the Dramatic Repository, Shakspeare-Gallery, et al. unknown
1919réf. 10105Liverpool: Unpublished 1919. Unpublished manuscript identifying and classifying the song lyrics written by the English dramatist composer and theatre manager Charles Dibdin Junior 1768-1833 researched and written by his descendant. Edward Rimbault Dibdin has adapted a tabbed notebook to contain around 800 single line song entries noting titles first lines plays and books as well as including a list of 63 actual book titles to the rear - this latter list including manuscript resources available to Dibdin for his research. Prolific and successful Charles Dibdin ended up managing Sadler's Wells Theatre in London where he staged variety shows which included a new kind of aquatic theatre in a large water tank. Edward Rimbault Dibdin 1853-1941 was a curator and writer who collected material relating to his distinguished forebear and published a bibliography of Charles Dibdin in 1938 - for which this manuscript was no doubt preparatory work. DESCRIPTION: Black roan notebook 195x125mm with leather reinforcement to the spine and Edward Dibdin's paper label; wear to corners. Decorative endpapers with bookseller's ticket for a Liverpool stationer where Dibdin has just retired as Director of the Walker Gallery and below Dibdin's bibliophilic bookplate. Dibdin has written and corrected a manuscript title page removing the phrase 'books relating to' and replacing it with 'the songs and other lyrics by' Charles Dibdin. Overleaf Dibdin sets out his bibliographical criteria for his listings - plays underlined in red with further codes for Epigrams and 'poems not lyrics'. He notes that he had indexed 716 songs by 1925 and a reached 753 by 1926. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item 1919 Unpublished hardcover
1811réf. 905F35London: F. C. and J. Rivington; T. Payne; Wilkie and Robinson; et al 1811. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 12" by 10". Not Stated. A very smart facsimile of this sixteenth century chronicle of English history by John Rastell. Complete with eighteen charming woodcuts. A faithful facsimile of a work which was originally published in 1529.Illustrated with eighteen woodcut plates. Collated complete.The plates in this work depict Popes Emperors and Kings of England.A wonderful facsimile of John Rastell's important chronicle of English history from the earliest times up to the reign of Richard III.Bound without the half title.It is believed that only five-hundred copies of this facsimile were produced.Notable contents include biographies of Richard I William Rufus and King John as well as histories of other kingdoms in the Northern Hemisphere.This new edition was edited by Thomas Frognall Dibdin. Rebacked in a full calf binding with original boards restored. Externally smart. Rubbing to board perimeters. Endpapers renewed. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright with only one or two spots. Bound without the half title. Very Good Indeed F. C. and J. Rivington; T. Payne; Wilkie and Robinson; et al hardcover
1811réf. 75349ix 3 782 1 pages much extended and enlarged second edition of the 1809 work with illustrated head and tailpieces decorated title pages for each section decorated capitals vignette to title page woodcuts in the text and one plate complete edition with all six parts Printed for the author by J. McCreery and sold by Longma, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown hardcover
1811réf. 55999London: Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington; T. Payne; Wilkie and Robinson etc. 1811. Now First Reprinted and Systematically Arranged one of 500 according to Lowndes. With 18 Fac-simile Wood-cuts of the Portraits of the Popes Emperors &c and the Kings of England by John Nesbit one headpiece & a number of small woodcuts in the text. viii 299 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary calf boards stamped in blind and gilt neatly rebacked. Extremities lightly rubbed else Fine. Now First Reprinted and Systematically Arranged one of 500 according to Lowndes. With 18 Fac-simile Wood-cuts of the Portraits of the Popes Emperors &c and the Kings of England by John Nesbit one headpiece & a number of small woodcuts in the text. viii 299 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Jackson 30; Windle & Pippin A19 Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington; T. Payne; Wilkie and Robinson, etc. unknown
1811réf. 55999London: Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington; T. Payne; Wilkie and Robinson etc. 1811. Now First Reprinted and Systematically Arranged one of 500 according to Lowndes. With 18 Fac-simile Wood-cuts of the Portraits of the Popes Emperors &c and the Kings of England by John Nesbit one headpiece & a number of small woodcuts in the text. viii 299 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary calf boards stamped in blind and gilt neatly rebacked. Extremities lightly rubbed else Fine. Now First Reprinted and Systematically Arranged one of 500 according to Lowndes. With 18 Fac-simile Wood-cuts of the Portraits of the Popes Emperors &c and the Kings of England by John Nesbit one headpiece & a number of small woodcuts in the text. viii 299 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Jackson 30; Windle & Pippin A19 Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington; T. Payne; Wilkie and Robinson, etc. unknown books
1842réf. 047381London: Henry G. Bohn 1842. New and Improved. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. The 1842 New and Improved edition large paper issue. Bound in quarter leather over cloth. Light wear and rubbing to binding front joint a little weak scattered minor foxing and spotting internally light offsetting from engravings here and there but generally clean and bright. Pencil inscription dated 1939 detailing the purchase of the book.xiv xxxiv 4 618pp. Frontis to the new title and the original 1809 title. Edges gilt. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; Inventory No: 047381. Henry G. Bohn hardcover
1822réf. 243344London: Shakspeare Press 1822. hardcover. very good. Volume I only. 30 engravings including 1 folding architectural plan all with tissue guards.Small 4to full brown calf inner dentelles ornately gilt spine with gilt crest on covers; spine rubbed and hinges reinforced the interior is fine. London: Shakespeare Press 1822. Very good. Shakspeare Press unknown
1822réf. 243344London: Shakspeare Press 1822. hardcover. very good. Volume I only. 30 engravings including 1 folding architectural plan all with tissue guards.Small 4to full brown calf inner dentelles ornately gilt spine with gilt crest on covers; spine rubbed and hinges reinforced the interior is fine. London: Shakespeare Press 1822. Very good. Shakspeare Press unknown books
1836réf. 134551836. DIBDIN THOMAS FROGNALL. Reminiscences of a Literary Life. London: John Major 1836. 2 vols. xxxii 4 556 2 557-982 p. 44 p. index. Plates. Full modern morocco gilt and marbled doublures. Some light foxing on frontispiece and a few plates else a fine copy. First edition. Dibdin's bookish memoirs. unknown books
1800réf. 321271London: Jordan 1800. hardcover. very good. Charming copperplate frontispiece and title page. 174 pages age toned all edges gilt decoratively gilt spine early rebinding in 3/4 green calf with decorative boards inner hinges strengthened all edges gilt. London: Jordan 1800 A very good copy. Scarce. "Containing a candid analysis of all dramatic writings a liberal and impartial criticism on the merits of merits of theatrical performers". Jordan unknown
1800réf. 321271London: Jordan 1800. hardcover. very good. Charming copperplate frontispiece and title page. 174 pages age toned all edges gilt decoratively gilt spine early rebinding in 3/4 green calf with decorative boards inner hinges strengthened all edges gilt. London: Jordan 1800 A very good copy. Scarce. "Containing a candid analysis of all dramatic writings a liberal and impartial criticism on the merits of merits of theatrical performers". Jordan unknown books
1829réf. BIBLIO-59777Robert Jennings and John Major London second edition 1829. 3 vols later buckram with leather spine-labels 8vo 22 cm. xlii 421 1 iv 428 iv 481 1 pp ills plates. Dibdin's 'most readable book' according to Lister and Southey had welcomed the first edition as "one of the most beautiful and covetable books of modern times". It charts in wonderful detail his six and a -half months tour buying -or where unavailable admiring - book treasures in France and Germany. Dibdin is at his most exuberant - abroad for the first time in his life - and recounting his adventures with great spirit and a degree of self-congratulation : his complicated exhange negotiations which secured for Earl Spencer the 'Stuttgart Virgils' from le Brett the Royal Librarian and the King of Wurtemburg were described in a letter to Spencer as 'one of the most difficult cautiously and delicately-conducted negotiations in the annals of bibliographical diplomacy'.and Dibdin does not stint the reader in his account. Of this second edition he wrote in his Reminiscences: "A second edition - not divested of ornaments but contrariwise possessing some which do not appertain to its precursor. possessing in the running notes critical replies and biographical memoranda advantages which in these respects give it a superiority over the first."-Dibdin's Reminiscences v. 2 p. 696. Windle & Pippin A38b. A presentation set and subsequently owned by one of Dibdin's bibliographers. Volume 1 has an inscription in Dibdin's hand but unsigned on the verso of the front free endpaper: "The Reverend Bryant Burgess with the Author's sincere Regards"; it is signed on the recto of the front free endpaper by Bryant Burgess in ink and underneath by W. Sidney Scott in pencil. Bryant Burgess 1778-1846 a graduate of Exeter College Oxford was a curate at St. Marylebone and later Rector of St Benet Gracechurch and St Leonard Eastcheap. He is listed as a subscriber to Dibdin's Sermons 1825 and was described by Isaac N. Arnold as "an amateur artist of considerable merit a fine scholar and a very agreeable gentleman". Walter Sidney Scott 1900-1980 an author was the owner of an impressive Dibdin collection and spent considerable time working on a bibliographical catalogue of Dibdin's works "A Dibdin Library" 1962 which was never published he briefly mentions these volumes his second edition of Dibdin's "France and Germany" in that catalogue noting the binding as by Forbes. Generally a Good set soundly bound with some offsetting from the plates occasional foxing spots to the text and some browning and foxing to the plates tissue-guards where present and endpapers; volume 1 has staining to the frontispiece and volume 3 has staining to the lower fore-edge corners; there is a small piece of paper adhered to the contents page in volume 3. Robert Jennings and John Major, London, second edition, 1829 hardcover
2015réf. x-110807717XCambridge University Press 2015. 4 Paperback books. New. 1st edition. 2632 pages. 11.25x8.25x5.50 inches. Cambridge University Press paperback
réf. 304825June 11. 3 pp. 12mo. removed some minor loss. 3 pp. 12mo. Reading in part: ".as I shall want £40 tomorrow at my banker's I am in full peparation for my farewell address on Friday. unknown
1827réf. 216873London: Harding 1827. hardcover. poor. Together with an Account of Polyglot Bibles Polyglot Psalters Hebrew Bibles Greek Bibles and Greek Testaments; the Greek Fathers and the Latin Fathers. 2 volumes 8vo crudely rebacked in modern cloth. London: Harding and Lepard 1827. Fourth Edition enlarged and corrected. Internally a very good copy could use rebinding. Harding unknown
1809réf. 12989London: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1809. FIRST EDITION. Title in black with red. Half calf over linen; preliminary and last leaves foxed interior and text in generally excellent condition. First edition of this popular book which passed through many later editions. This work was inspired by another published under the same title by John Ferrier M.D. Ferrier had extensive medical experience and did himself suffer from the disease which he named Biblio-Mania. His work in verse begins: What wild desires what restless torments seize The hapless man who feels the book-disease. Dibdin was the originator and vice-president of the Roxburghe Club founded in 1812 the first of the numerous book clubs which have done such service to literature. Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme unknown
1814réf. 001146London: Whittingham and Arliss. Chiswick Press 1814. Full Calf. Very Good Plus. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. 26 volumes issued between 1814 to 1818 with a total of 104 plays four per volume. Extremely rare in this full and continuous set. A few illustrations accompany each play. This is an extraordinary collection of the popular and canonical theater of the day with some informative notes about the plays premier and players sometimes listing those of contemporary performances sometimes those who originated the plays. The plays include farces burlesques operas essentially musicals or operettas not full-fledged operas masques tragedies etc. Some from playwrights still revered and even performed such as Sheridan Congreve Milton Garrick Colley; others by now obscure writers. Also curious is the number of plays written by women and this might constitute an interesting springboard for study on female writers in the theater. Plays include in order of volumes up to just volume 18 to provide a sense of the range: The Rivals - Sheridan The Beggar's Opera - John Gay Venice Preserved - Thomas Otway The Irish Widow - David Garrick The West Indian - Richard Cumberland A Bold Stroke for a Wife - Mrs. Centlivre Isabella - David Garrick The Quaker - Charles Dibdin The Provoked Husband - J Vanbrugh and Cibber Colley Douglas - John Home Love in a Village - Isaac Bickerstaff Fortune's Frolic - John Till Allingham The Belle's Stratagem - Mrs. Cowley The Gamester - Edward Moore The Brothers - Richard Cumberland Richard Coeur de Lion - General Burgoyne Man of the World - Charles Macklin The Grecian Daughter - Arthur Murphy Maid of the Mill - Isaac Bickerstaff High Life Below Stairs - The Rev. James Townley She Stoops to Conquer - Oliver Goldsmith The Revenge - Dr. Young The Busy Body - Mrs. Centlivre Rosina - Mrs. Brooke The Fashionable Lover - Richard Cumberland Jane Shore - Nicholas Rowe Lionel and Clarissa - Isaac Bickerstaff Three Weeks After Marriage - Arthur Murphy The Hypocrite - Isaac Bickerstaff Cato - Joseph Addison George Barnwell - Mr. Lillo Midas - Kane O'Hara The Beaux Stratagem - George Farquhar The Fair Penitent - Nicholas Rowe The Critic - Richard Brinsley Sheridan Miss in Her Teens - David Garrick All in the Wrong - Arthur Murphy Alexander the Great - Nathaniel Lee The Way to Keep Him - Arthur Murphy Comus -- altered from John Milton The Jealous Wife - George Colman The Mourning Wife - William Congreve Tancred and Sigismunda - James Thompson The Guardian - David Garrick The Clandestine Marriage - George Colman and David Garrick The Roman Father - W. Whitehead The Inconstant - George Farquhar The Padlock - Isaac Bickerstaff Tamerlane - Nicholas Rowe The Wonder - Mrs. Centlivre Rule a Wife and Have a Wife - David Garrick The Tobacconist - altered from Ben Jonson by Thomas Gentleman A Trip to Scarborough - Richard Brinsley Sheridan Suspicious Husband - Dr. Hoadly The Siege of Damascus - John Hughes The Apprentice- Arthur Murphy Oroonoko - Thomas Southern Count of Narbonne - Robert Jephson Confederacy - Sir John Vanbrugh The Devil to Pay - C. Coffey She Would and She Would Not - Colley Cibber Love for Love - William Congreve Mahomet - The Rev. Mr. Miller The Citizen - Arthur Murphy The Orphan of China - Arthur Murphy Every Man in His Humour - David Garrick Recruiting Officer - George Farquhar The Mayor of Garratt - Samuel Foote A New Way to Pay Old Debts - Philip Massinger The Duke of Milan - Philip Massinger The Orphan - Thomas Otway The Recruiting Sergeant - Isaac Bickerstaff and on and on. Condition is very good. There are some dampstains in a few volumes and there is some other soilage here and there but generally the pages are clean and free of issues. Spines rebacked with modern calf featuring five raised boards and embossed title and volume number. Contemporary calf boards preserved and while generally scuffed and with wear along edges and corners these remain attractive. Bindings are tight. Modern endpapers. Whittingham and Arliss. Chiswick Press unknown
1827réf. 415155London: Henry Colburn New Burlington Street 1827. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Two volumes. Octavos. A handsome set bound by Root and Son without the half-titles in late 19th century three-quarter dark blue morocco and marbled paper sides elaborate gilt spines in compartments with raised bands marbled endpapers top edges gilt. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Dibdin in Vol. 1. Contemporary small inscription at the top of the title page on vol. 1 very faded and nearly invisible. Modest rubbing to the joints some light soiling to the front cover of vol. 2 near fine. An English song-writer and dramatist Thomas John Dibdin wrote several popular comedies operas farces &c. and was prompter and pantomime writer at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. A scarce first edition of his Reminiscences attractively bound in morocco with the elaborate gilt spines and covers in bright fine condition. OCLC locates only 3 copies. Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street hardcover
réf. 51-4444Paris Crapelet 1825. 8vo. 13 x 20.3 cm. Contemporary qtr. green calf with matching marbled boards.Lowndes II p. 641; OCLC Number: 603434128. t. I. PreÌface par TheÌod. Licquet. Lettre I-XII.--t. II. Lettre XIII-XXII. Table des matières contenues dans les deux premiers volumes.--t. III. PreÌface par G.A. Crapelet. Lettre XXIII-XXVIII.--t. IV. Lettre XXIX-XXXVI. Talbes des matières contenues dans les tomes 3. et 4. Errata et corrections. 4 volumes in-8 de XXIV 344 pp. - 2 ff. 374 pp. 1 f. d'errata - VIII 383 pp. 1 f. de table - 2 ff. 446 pp.L'illustration une planche dépliante et plusieurs vignettes gravées sur bois dans le texte. Récit sous forme de lettres d'un voyage du bibliographe Dibdin en 1818 à Dieppe Caen Rouen Paris et Strasbourg avec description des curiosités archéologiques et des bibliothèques publiques. Dibdin visita les imprimeurs et les libraires Brunet Debure Renouard etc. acheta quelques ouvrages et invita à dîner avant de quitter Paris Van Praet Langlès Vivant-Denon et Millin. On a reproché à Dibdin un esprit par trop caustique outre le fait qu'il se met souvent en scène avec une vanité naïve. Les traducteurs français Crapelet et Licquet épinglent ses bévues sans ménagement sans toutefois saisir le sel de ses prétentions à l'humour. Les rédacteurs du DNB sont tout aussi sévères. Il fallait attendre le petit ouvrage de O'Dwyer Thomas Frognall Dibdin Londres 1967 pour rendre justice à l'enthousiasme et aux savantes délices du bibliophile anglais.Provenance : Collection Marcel Aubreton 1934-2019. Paris, Crapelet 1825. hardcover
1827réf. 415155London: Henry Colburn New Burlington Street 1827. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Two volumes. Octavos. A handsome set bound by Root and Son without the half-titles in late 19th century three-quarter dark blue morocco and marbled paper sides elaborate gilt spines in compartments with raised bands marbled endpapers top edges gilt. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Dibdin in Vol. 1. Contemporary small inscription at the top of the title page on vol. 1 very faded and nearly invisible. Modest rubbing to the joints some light soiling to the front cover of vol. 2 near fine. An English song-writer and dramatist Thomas John Dibdin wrote several popular comedies operas farces &c. and was prompter and pantomime writer at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. A scarce first edition of his Reminiscences attractively bound in morocco with the elaborate gilt spines and covers in bright fine condition. OCLC locates only 3 copies. Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street hardcover books
