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2026réf. LRB51001589Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 620 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1821. Text in English. This work by Thomas Frognall Dibdin offers a detailed account of his travels through France and Germany focusing on bibliographical discoveries antiquarian observations and picturesque descriptions. It provides valuable insights into the literary and cultural landscapes of the early 19th century making it a significant resource for scholars of European history and bibliography. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB51000534Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 510 pages. Volume 3 of a multi-volume work. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1829. Text in English. This work by Thomas Frognall Dibdin offers a detailed account of his travels through France and Germany combining bibliographical insights with antiquarian observations and picturesque descriptions. It provides a valuable perspective on the cultural and literary landscapes of early 19th-century Europe particularly focusing on libraries book collections and historical sites. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB541159Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 556 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1888. A substantial study of the Edinburgh stage and the development of dramatic writing in Scotland with attention to theatrical history performers repertories and the wider cultural context of the Scottish stage. An important reference for readers interested in theatre history Scottish literature and the evolution of dramatic criticism in the nineteenth century. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
réf. B9781016896429Hardback. New. hardcover
réf. 1421968045.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2026réf. LRB46009748Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Hardcover binding. Language: English. Approximately 959 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1906. Text in English. This comprehensive catalogue lists the books held in the library of Gray's Inn one of the four Inns of Court in London. It includes a detailed index of subjects making it a valuable resource for legal historians and researchers interested in early 20th-century legal scholarship. The work provides insights into the intellectual and legal environment of the time reflecting the library's holdings and the interests of its members. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB51017026Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Hardcover binding. Language: English. Approximately 968 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1825. Text in English. This comprehensive guide by Thomas Frognall Dibdin a celebrated English bibliographer offers invaluable advice on selecting and organizing a personal or institutional library. The work is divided into two parts: the first serves as a practical manual for young collectors while the second provides comfort and wisdom to seasoned bibliophiles. This edition includes corrections of the principal errata and the insertion of supplementary material in its proper place. A detailed synoptical table of subjects and authors pages xxix-l enhances the work's utility as a reference tool. Dibdin's insights into book collecting literary history and the preservation of knowledge make this a foundational text for bibliophiles and antiquarian booksellers. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
1810réf. 437London: William Miller John Murray & Longman et al. 1810. 1st Dibdin Edition. Modern calf reback over contemporary calf boards. Very Good. The first Dibdin edition of Typographical Antiquities is a seminal work in the history of printing scholarship providing a comprehensive account of early English Scottish and Irish printing and serving as a foundational reference for bibliographers and collectors. The work was highly anticipated amongst English bibliophiles booksellers and dignitaries. Subscribers included King George III prominent British Institutions like the British Museum and Cambridge University and numerous prominent publishing houses some of which bought dozens of copies. PROVENANCE From the library of Arthur Dalrymple 1808-1868 FSA Fellow Society of Antiquaries a solicitor and antiquary from Norwich England. He was a major collector of historical manuscripts books and prints. His library was well known among contemporary historians for its rare volumes and meticulously affixed armorial bookplates. Overall Condition: Very Good SET INFO Published in London by William Miller Vol I and II John Murray Vol III and Longman Hurst et al. Vol. IV. Each volume published separately between 1810-1819 and issued to subscribers: Volume I 1810 Volume II 1812 Volume III 1816 Volume IV 1819. Each volume is a preferred first Dibdin edition when his influential and impressive book scholarship greatly expanded the work. Authors: Thomas Frognall Dibdin Joseph Ames William Herbert. Bound in contemporary fine calf binding with spines rebacked in modern gilt calf. Boards with thick gilt vine-patterned roll paneling. Spines with five raised bands separating compartments ruled and tooled in gilt. All board edges with gilt rolls. All page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and leather-turn ins tooled in blind. Quarto 11" x 8. 7/8". Each volume richly illustrated in addition to the plates - full page woodcuts within text woodcuts decorated initials head-and tail-pieces. Collated and textually complete including half-titles lacking a few binder's notes for plate placement and ads and all 38 plates: Volume I: xx 2 95 1 cxxxviii 2390 pp. 15 plates with Binder's Instructions leaf. Volume II: 4 v 1 30 2 xii 33-399 1 x 401-614 pp. 15 plates without Binder's Instructions leaf and publisher ads. Volume III: 4 iv 615 3 pp. 5 plates with Binder's instructions leaf. Volume IV: 4 ii 2 623 1 pp. 3 plates with Binder instruction's leaf. Dibdin's four-volume edition substantially built upon the earlier works of Joseph Ames and William Herbert. Descriptions of the earliest and most important English printers and publishers are described in detail including their typography genres and key works published printer devices and ornamentation devices like woodcuts head and tail pieces and decorated capitals and initials. Dibdin's edition is highly valued for several key reasons: 1. Comprehensive Documentation: It systematically covers printers from Caxton onwards tracking their known works and offering historical context; 2. Biographical Detail: Volume 1 includes lives of Ames and Herbert followed by accounts of early printers providing insight into the development of the printing profession; 3. Bibliographical Utility: By consolidating prior editions with new editorial notes it has enabled subsequent scholars and collectors to identify locate and study early printed books with greater accuracy; 4. Cultural and Historical Importance: Recognized as a work of cultural significance it serves as part of the knowledge base of civilized bibliographical scholarship preserving the history of early printing practices. ABOUT THE AUTHOR EDITIOR AND BIBLIOGRAPHER Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1776 - 1847 was an influential English bibliographer and Anglican clergyman best known for popularizing book collecting and producing landmark bibliographical works such as Bibliomania Bibliotheca Spenceriana and his revised edition of Typographical Antiquities. Dibdin was one of the founders and vice-president of the Roxburghe Club established in 1812 considered the first English bibliophile society. The club encouraged the production and reprinting of rare books stimulating a culture of book collecting that profoundly influenced English literary and bibliographical history. Dibdin's legacy lies less in his enthusiasm for books colorful writing style encouragement of book collecting and role in creating bibliophile societies that preserved rare works for future generations. His works remain referenced both for their historical contents and for their influence on the culture of bibliophilia. CONDITION REPORT The books are in Very Good antiquarian condition. Exterior and binding: firm hinges and joints tight pages. Rubbed and worn edges rubbed boards. Top edge darkened per usual. leather darkening in multiple areas particularly along the edges and board perimeters dry areas with cracking. Interiors: Flaking and darkening of leather turn-ins. Generally lightly toned pages which are clean and bright. Offsetting from plates and occasional light offsetting from woodcuts. Moderate to heavy foxing at extremities of each volume and on and near plates. Signs of handling - some smudges creases bent corners small ink spills and multiple instances of marginal reading tears and some paper repairs with tape not affecting text a few leaves with small holes or feathered edges. Armorial bookplate of Dalrymple on front pastedowns. Volume I: light oxidation of text block. Small water dampening stain at head of first few leaves and bottom fore-edge corners of pp. cvii-cxxiv. Light and scattered foxing most main text. This volume GOOD to GOOD due to the text block oxidation. Volume II: Mostly white to lightly toned pages. 2" tear at title page foot. A few pages with small waterdrop along a margin. An occasional spot of foxing in the main text. Some charring along fore-edge of rear cover leather. Volume III: Head of margins of leaf 461-462 and adjacent plate with multiple tears and creases not affecting the plate image or text. Volume IV: Several tears and marginal wear of FFEP. Large water dampening stain at foot of frontispiece. All in all a scarce complete first Dibdin set of Typographical Antiquities: Or the History of Printing in England Scotland and Ireland in VERY GOOD antiquarian condition. . William Miller, John Murray & Longman, et al. unknown
2026réf. LRB43000111Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 582 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1827. Text in English. This seminal work by Thomas Frognall Dibdin provides a comprehensive introduction to rare and valuable editions of Greek and Latin classics as well as an account of polyglot Bibles Hebrew Bibles and the works of the Greek and Latin Fathers. It is an essential reference for bibliophiles and scholars interested in classical and religious texts. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB43000112Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 586 pages. Volume 2 of a multi-volume work. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1827. Text in English. This scholarly work by Thomas Frognall Dibdin offers a comprehensive introduction to rare and valuable editions of Greek and Latin classics as well as an account of polyglot Bibles psalters and works by the Greek and Latin fathers. It serves as an essential reference for bibliophiles and scholars interested in classical and religious texts. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB46005999Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 524 pages. Volume 3 of a multi-volume work. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1829. Text in English. This work by Thomas Frognall Dibdin is a second edition of his celebrated travelogue offering a blend of bibliographical insights antiquarian observations and picturesque descriptions of France and Germany. The volume includes critical notes replies and biographical memoranda that enhance its scholarly value. Dibdin's erudition and engaging style make this a valuable resource for historians bibliophiles and travelers alike. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB46005996Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Hardcover binding. Language: English. Approximately 920 pages. Volume 3 of a multi-volume work. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1821. Text in English. This work by Thomas Frognall Dibdin offers a detailed and engaging account of a bibliographical and antiquarian journey through France and Germany. The three-volume set combines scholarly research with vivid descriptions of historical sites libraries and cultural landmarks. Dibdin's observations provide valuable insights into the literary and antiquarian landscape of early 19th-century Europe making this a significant resource for historians bibliophiles and travelers alike. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB46003034Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 511 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1888. Text in English. This comprehensive work by James C. Dibdin provides a detailed account of the Edinburgh stage and the development of dramatic writing in Scotland. It offers valuable insights into the theatrical history of the region making it an essential resource for scholars and enthusiasts of Scottish theatre. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
1832réf. 53459London:: Henry Bohn 1832. First edition. old half morocco over marbled boards. Front cover detached; two short tears to title page not affecting lettering; engraved bookplates; binding worn and soiled. 8vo. With Notes by Cato Parvus. Henry Bohn, hardcover
1824réf. 474651London : T. Williams 1824. 1st edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in contemporary leather-backed marble boards. Spine bands worn; panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description: 1 score 150p. ; 29cm. Contents: Bleak was the morn -- Blow high blow low -- Bonny Kate -- Ben Backstay -- Here a sheer hulk -- I locked up all my treasure -- I went to sea -- It blew great guns -- Joltering Giles -- Lovely Nan -- Life's like a ship -- Love me evermore -- Little Ben -- Meg of Wapping -- Nautical anatomist -- Naval victories -- Poor Tom -- Poor Jack -- Rational vanity -- Saturday night -- The village clock -- The soldier's adieu -- The lad's of the village -- The sheep shearing song -- The woodman -- The poet and the paper -- The high mettled racer -- The breeze was fresh -- The anchorsmiths -- True courage -- The Cornish miners -- The Greenwich pensioner -- The last shilling -- Tom Tackle -- The veterans -- The sailor's journal -- The can of grog -- The moon on the ocean -- The lucky escape -- The flowing bowl -- The look out -- The wind was hushed -- Victory's laurel -- When Bibo went down. Subjects: Songs English England. Songs High voice with piano. Songs with piano Arranged. London : T. Williams hardcover
1825réf. 441387London : Harding Triphook and Lepard 1825. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Former library book with minor marks remaining. Finely bound in contemporary leather over boards. Title to spine with raised bands. Marbled edges. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed and bumped as by age. Light foxing. Well-preserved overall. Further scans images and additional bibliographical material available on request. Physical description: 3 preliminary leaves l 899 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects: Book collecting Great Britain. Bibliography Best books. London : Harding, Triphook, and Lepard hardcover
1942réf. 458765London : How & Parsons 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copies only in contemporary half calf over marble boards with raised spine bands gilt-tooled and in the compartments. Boards somewhat scuffed and worn along the edges and joints with some surface loss to the leather. Spines heavily worn with a tear to the headband of volume 2. Endpapers and edges marbled. Very good internally with text blocks remaining surprisingly tight bright and clean. Despite evidence of heavy use a well-preserved set overall. Physical description: complete in 2 volumes xxviii 318 pages; 368 pages : portrait music ; 23 cm. Subjects: Dibdin Charles 1745-1814. Songs English - England - 18th century - Scores. Ballads English - 18th century - Scores. Sea songs - England - 18th century - Scores. Folk songs English - 18th century - Scores. Songs with piano - 18th century - Scores. Composers - England - Biography. London : How & Parsons hardcover
1815réf. 456437London : Button & Whitaker ; Michael Kelly ; G. Walker ; G. Goulding & Co. ; etc 1815. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy only in contemporary red leather over grey boards now heavily worn overall and lacking its original front label. Single leaf torn out between a front blank and ""Henry."" Binding remains strong throughout with some marginal tearing and creasing internally. Leaves faintly foxed throughout with some dust-dulling. A strong and very serviceable copy overall. Date is suggested. Physical description; 1 volume variously paginated : music ; 33 cm. Notes; A bound collection of engraved sheet music for voice and piano published in London c.1790-1820. Includes popular songs and ballads of the period including: Gesualdo Lanza's 'Henry' 1809 and 'Mary' 1809; Michael Kelly's 'Ah! why my love'; Charles Dibdin's drinking song 'And this I think a Reason fair'; and Thomas Attwood's 'Ah! once when I was a very little maid' from the farce Fast asleep and others. Subjects; Songs with piano - England - 19th century - Scores Ballads English - 19th century - Scores Operas - Excerpts - Vocal scores with piano Sheet music - England - London - 19th century. London : Button & Whitaker ; Michael Kelly ; G. Walker ; G. Goulding & Co. ; etc hardcover
1838réf. 410924London : Printed for the author by C. Richard 1838. 1st edition. Hardcover. Provenance: Peel Park Royal Museum Library bookplate. Very good copy in gilt-blocked aniline calf over ribbed-cloth boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 1 v. illustrations portraits plates some folded facsimiles. Contents; v. 2 Scotland. Subjects; Bewick Thomas 1753-1828 ; Biography. Burns Robert 1759-1796 Homes and haunts. Libraries England Northern. Manuscripts England Northern. London : Printed for the author by C. Richard hardcover
1823réf. 415729London : Printed for the author by W. Nicol Shakspeare Press and sold by Payne and Foss 1823. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy only in full contemporary aniline calf edges elaborately bordered in blind; all edges marbled. Gilt-blocked title to spine with raised bands and spine compartments uniformly tooled in blind. Boards present but detached. Remains otherwise particularly well preserved overall; internally tight bright clean and strong Further scans images and additional bibliographical material available on request. Physical description; 295 pages ; 27 cm. Notes; Vol. 6 of Dibdin's celebrated book. ""Lately forming part of the library of the Duke di Cassano Serra; and now the property of George John Earl Spencer; With a general index of authors and editions contained in the present volume and in the Bibliotheca Spenceriana and AEdes Altropianae""--ttile page. Subjects; Incunabula ; Bibliography ; Catalogs. Rare books. Printing History ; Bibliography. London : Printed for the author by W. Nicol, Shakspeare Press, and sold by Payne and Foss hardcover
1873réf. 312922London: Nisbet and Co 1873. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Elevated motif to the front board. An attractive historiated initial appears at the beginning of the text. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: 100p. subjects: Story collection. short stories. Collections. Genre: Short Stories. London: Nisbet and Co hardcover
1814réf. 1067671814. 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. unknown
1815réf. 218381London : Whittingham and Arliss 1815 1815. Hardback. Very good copies bound in 1/2 vellum over marbled boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Gilt-blocked leather labels to spine with gilt decorative tooling. Some surfaces scuffs to boards. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further scans images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; Description: 26 v. : illus.; 12cm. Notes: General title pages dated 1815 throughout; special title pages of plays with title vignettes - dated 1814-1825. Most of the plays are preceded by a brief history of the play dramatis personae etc. Subjects: English literature -- Drama and theatre -- Great Britain -- 19th century. London : Whittingham and Arliss, [1815] hardcover
1834réf. 76918London H. Colburn By R. Bentley Bell And Bradfute Edinburgh And John Cumming Dublin 1834. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Finely bound both in the original red Morocco; professionally and very synpathetically re-spined. Raised bands with gilt cross-bands and uniform tooling to the compartments. An uncommonly good example of a now frustratingly scarce set. Minor off-text staining to the prelims. Description: 2 v. : ill. port. facsims. ; 22 cm. pp. 446/431. Subjects: Actors--Correspondence reminiscences etc. Theater--England--History--19th century. Bibliography. Book collecting. Reminiscences . With anecdotes of books and of book collectors. London, H. Colburn By R. Bentley, Bell And Bradfute, Edinburgh And John Cumming, Dublin hardcover
