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1773D2311Dublin: Printed for H. Saunders et al 1773. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Plain paper-covered boards. Crack in the gutter after title-page else fine. The authorship of this play was at first concealed which led to a legal squabble with Newbery publisher of the "Public Ledger;" Dibden having avowed himself the writer to the anger of Garrick after surmises that it was a work of Bickerstaffe. <br/><br/> Printed for H. Saunders, et al hardcover books
1790287051London: Printed for the author: and sold by him at his warehouse No. 411 Strand opposite the Adelphi 1790. Second Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The Second Edition of A Collection of Songs Selected from the Works of Mr. Dibdin. Complete with half title; 4 iii 1 vi 2 231 1 vii 1 pp. Vol. I only as issued in this edition. Bookplate bookseller's ticket and previous owners' names on the front endpapers. Wear to the front joint and minor loss to the top of the spine. Full calf with a red leather label. Very Good. ESTC T83589. Very Good binding. Printed for the author: and sold by him, at his warehouse, No. 411, Strand, opposite the Adelphi unknown books
179927328London: 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
17991238331p. 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
1797239979London: Privately Printed 1797. First. hardcover. very good. Copper engraved vignette on title page. Viii 2 117pp slim small 8vo 3/4 tan calf brown leather spine label marbled boards lightly rubbed t.e.g. London: Printed for the author 1797. First Edition. Scarce. Very good .<br/><br/> ".these poems from which it appears that 500 copies were printed the major part of which were destroyed. `My only consolation is says the author that the volume is exceedingly rare.'" Lowndes I 642.<br/><br/> Privately Printed unknown books
17991238344to. 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
1800012937London: Printed for the Author and sold by him at his warehouse Leicester Place Leicester Square 1800. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. Five volume set complete. Published between 1797-1800. Vol. I: iv iv vi ii 386 pages. Vol. II: 400 pages. Vol. III: 392 pages. Vol. IV: 458 pages. Vol. V: 487 pages i viii pages of index. Original full mottled calf bindings with moderate to heavy rubbing to the extremities. A few corners lightly bumped. Hinges remain strong and spines are attractive with black leather labels and circular red volume numbers. About half of the head- or tail-bands are exposed from rubbing. Minor foxing to first and final few pages of text and scattered lightly here and there. Previous owner's engraved bookplate on the inside front cover of each volume: Sir Hew Dalrymple Hamilton of North Berwick Bargany. Title continues: Introduced by a comparative and comprehensive review of the Asiatic the Grecian the Roman the Spanish the Italian the Portugese the German the French and Other Theatres and involving Biographical Tracts and Anecdotes. From the collection of Louis Marder Shakespeare historian and collector of books by on or referring to William Shakespeare. Printed for the Author, and sold by him at his warehouse, Leicester Place, Leicester Square Hardcover books