1 026 résultats
1989029873New 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
196937570Hildsesheim: Georg Olms 1969. Cloth bound in fine condition. Four volumes; Facsimile of 1810 edition edited by Thomas Frognall Dibdin; pp. xx 390 1 v 614 4 iii 615 ii 623. Georg Olms unknown
18381410326London: C. Richards 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto two volumes. In Good condition. Bound in green Morocco leather with gilt ornamentation. Paneled spines with gilt titling. Boards have discoloration to spines chipping to extremities and wear throughout. Volume 1 rear board is detached from spine. Volume 2 front board is detached from spine. Textblocks have gilt ornamentation to turn-ins marbled end pages age toning throughout and chipping to edges. Volume 2 has a loose plate titled "Hugh Stewart". Both volumes contain the bookplate of Alexander Cochrane 1758-1832 to the front pastedowns. Shelved in Room F. This two volume set is bound in a signed Zaehnsdorf binding. 1410326. Special Collections. C. Richards hardcover
19789016London: Jonathan Cape 1978. Wrap around art cover by Tom Adams. . First Edition First Printing. A Hardbound Book. Fine/Fine in Mylar Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Trade Book Price Clipped. Jonathan Cape Hardcover
1978A105471London: Cape 1978. 1st edition. Near Fine. small octavo. hardback with dust jacket 192pp. Neat ownership signature o/w very nice copy in clipped dust jacket Cape hardcover
1804BBDIDIBD17London: Printed For W.Dwyer. 1804. 1804. 8vo. pp. xx lxxii 571 1errata. frontis. facsimile of Complutensian Polyglot text. with half-title. contemporary calf gilt back covers detached some foxing. Jackson 4. Hardcover. London: Printed For W.Dwyer., 1804. Hardcover
1836001672London: John Major 1836. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 parts bound in 1 volume xxxii 4 982 44 p.: frontispiece title vignette 8 additional leaves of plates 1 folded in-text illustrations and facsimiles; 22 cm. Contemporary three-quarter dark green morocco with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled spine title: Dibdin's Literary Reminiscences. Gilt- and blind-tooled spine decoration. All page edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Paginated continuously. Includes list of subscribers and index. Frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by J. Posselwhite from a painting by George Richmond. Volume 2 title page omitted in binding. Armorial bookplate on front fixed endpaper for William Horatio Crawford Lakelands Cork with motto: Durum Patientia Frango. William Horatio Crawford 1812-1888 was a member of the prominent Crawford family in Cork and a renowned book collector and gardener. In Very Good Condition: binding is rubbed; slight loss of leather at head of spine; leather is separated along back joint from head of for 2 cm. and just starting to tear across spine; front endpapers slightly scraped; something formerly taped on blank page preceding frontispiece and back of frontispiece now removed leaving discoloration; frontispiece separated along gutter for 4 cm. from head; pages and plates are clean and tight. John Major hardcover
1829023287London: Robert Jennings and John Major 1829. Scarce in the original cloth which is in Good condition. Some chipping at spine heads. Internally Very Good. Square and tight. Pages are clean and unmarked with only minimal foxing. PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. NOT library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Inner hinges are perfect. 1829. Second edition revised. 3 vols: 6 xlii 2 421 3; 6 iv 428; 2 iv 481pp. Illustrated with 12 plates and 33 autograph facsimiles. Frontispiece tissue guards are still present in all three volumes. This edition has additional information that Dibdin included to satisfy criticism of the first edition. There are seven new plates. Windle/Pippin describe 3 variant bindings. This set agrees with the variant described as "pebbled dark brown cloth lettered in gilt Huntington." The spines have uniformly mellowed but only a shade. PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. Jackson 49. Bigmore & Wyman I 172. Windle/Pippin A38b. Second edition revised. Hardcover. Good-Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT library discards. 3 volumes complete. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Robert Jennings and John Major Hardcover
1813227638London: Printed for the Proprietor By Joseph Hartnell 1813. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Frontispiece; No pencil or ink markings in text. Full brown leather binding. Archivally rebacked. Very light edgewear to boards. Very Good binding. Printed for the Proprietor, By Joseph Hartnell unknown
18480The five on letterheads of the Walker Art Gallery City of Liverpool and dating between 27 November 1915 and 23 February 1916. The letters total 5pp. 4to; and 1p. 12mo. In good condition on lightly-aged paper. With stamps of the Royal Society of Arts. On the reverse of one letter are pencil notes presumably by Wood. The correspondence - brought about because of a monograph Dibdin is writing 'on the Liverpool 18th century artists' begins with an enquiry about the painting 'The Fishery' by Richard Wright in the Walker Gallery for which the artist received a premium of thirty guineas from the Royal Society of Arts and proceeds with discussion of the other Liverpool artists Peter Perez Burdett and William Tate with a final discussion regarding the Society of Artists. Dibdin's papers are in the British Library. The five on letterheads of the Walker Art Gallery, City of Liverpool, and dating between 27 November 1915 and 23 February 1916. unknown
1137129 Walcot Place Kennington; 14 June 1833. 1p. 4to. 15 lines. On aged and worn paper. The letter reads 'Dear Sir/ A general meeting of all the Dramatic Authors will take place at the Garricks head in Bow Street on Monday nexxt at One o'Clock. Can you continue to come among us as it is for the purpose of making some arrangements and appointing an agent under the new act - As many of your plays have been written within the last ten years the act being so far retrospective it is to your interest to understand all its advantages - I undertook to write you on the subject and also to inform you that Douglas Jerrold and Thomas James Serle will become subscribers to your work. One copy each - Am very happy to hear that your list of names are sic increasing'. The final reference is to Dibdin's 'Last Lays of the Last Three Dibdins' 1833 a collection of 200 songs which according to the Oxford DNB he published 'encouraged by Bulwer-Lytton's copyright reform . under royal patronage and wide theatrical subscription'. Dibdin is not named as the recipient but the item comes from a small collection of his papers. 29 Walcot Place, Kennington; 14 June 1833. unknown
1978002113London: Jonathan Cape 1978. First book by Michael Dibdin Black boards with gold lettering in a wrap-around dustwrapper by Tom Adams. Near fine book in a near fine price intact £3.95 net dustwrapper which has slight sunning to the spine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Jonathan Cape Hardcover
1989ABE-17758852863OAK KNOLL BOOKS 1989 Gorgeous example of a facsimile from this wonderful small press. Monotype Times printed on a special paper made by Magnani of Pesci Italy and printed in a tiny edition of 250 copies by Martino Mardersteig in the Stamperia Valdonega. Bound in quarter leather with acetate dust jacket slipcase. 79 3 pages. With an introduction by Renato Rabaiotti. First edition limited to 250 copies. Printed by Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega Verona on Magnani mould-made paper. A hitherto unpublished notebook reproduced in facsimile and accompanied by corresponding readings from the 1824 first edition of the Library Companion. It contains Dibdin's comments on books manuscripts and prints examined by him in the University Pepys St. John's College and Trinity College libraries. The introduction by the editor Renato Rabaiotti describes the events surrounding Dibdin's life in the 1820's and places the notebook in the perspective of Dibdin's career. There is also a current finding-list of the books manuscripts and prints Dibdin examined compiled by David McKitterick. A fine production of one surviving testament of Dibdin's ambition to publish a Tour of England. Quarter leather with acetate dust jacket slipcase. As new. Language: eng Language: eng. Limited Edition. Hardcover. As New/New. OAK KNOLL BOOKS hardcover
26788Premises of his publisher James Bohn 12 King William Street Charing Cross 18 March 1837. Letter written across two pages 8vo small tear with no loss of text small hole at fold mainly good address on verso counter-signed Free Post "H.Gally Knight" M.P. traveller and writer. Notation top left corner "F.66.Cole. CR". Text as follows: "The enclosed will prove to you that you are not forgotten. I am but just recovered from a dreadful illness which has shared one half of my person and two thirds of my purse: but the Tour Northern Counties and Scotland see full details below has been triumphant - and will I trust be profitable. I hope you continue well - . and that the dear bokes sic inclduing the Shakespeare and the Missals have escaped the Influenza. Shall we ever meety again - and will my fragile and tempest-beaten bark ever get again into smooth water I hope so. I think so. I am proud as I ought underlined to be of my new frioends and alliances in the North underlined. I have already got about £250 worth of sweet engravings and more to the tune of £800 are to follow. I do not forget the joyous days .". Note 1: The "Tour" referred to is "A bibliographical antiquarian and picturesque tour in the northern counties of England and in Scotland" London : printed for the author by C. Richards St. Martin's Lane: and sold by James Bohn 12 King William Street Strand London: Laing and Forbes Edinburgh: John Smith and Son Glasgow: and E. Charnley Newcastle 1838. Note 2: James Bohn "in February 1834 started bookselling on his own account at 12 King William Street Strand. Here his great knowledge of books soon attracted many customers and his shop became a meeting-place for some of the most learned men of the day." [Premises of his publisher, James Bohn], 12 King William Street, Charing Cross, 18 March 1837. unknown
11431Dramatic Author's sic Society 42 King Street Covent Garden; 5 March 1838. 2pp. 12mo. The letter is on the recto of the first leaf of the bifolium with the list in three columns on the recto of the second. Fair on lightly-aged paper. Dibdin reminds Davidge that at his 'first Anniversary Dinner' he expressed a great wish to serve Dibdin by his patronage but that 'absence from Town' prevented him. 'The Company were so well pleas'd that each present sign'd a Paper to come again - it is now fix'd for my Birthday the 21st. Inst and I take the freedom of enclosing you a List of the Patrons in the Hope I may be allow'd to add yours and enclose you a Ticket'. The cost is 'One Guinea each Transferable - Half presented to me & for the other Half the Landlord gives a very good Dinner and a Bottle of Wine & Desert'. Dibdin invites Davidge's 'Commands' 'in Memory of Auld lang Syne' Davidge was lessee of the Coburg and Surrey Theatres. The list names more than eighty individuals in alphabetical order beginning with 'The Hon. Edd. Byng' and including 'Chas. Kemble Esqre' 'S. Sheridan Knowles Esq' 'Rt. Hon. Lord Tenterden' 'Rt. Hon. Earl Waldegrave' and three Members of Parliament. Dramatic Author's [sic] Society, 42 King Street, Covent Garden; 5 March 1838. unknown
184050054London: John Chidley William Kidd 1840. Hardcover - as published. A collection of five 19th century humorous pamphlets from the 1830s and 40s. Illustrated by Cruikshank. Good with book plate. Sold by W. Smith Reading. Hinges repaired damage to spine red cloth with gilt decoration to spine. Minimal foxing. . John Chidley, William Kidd hardcover
1829781291829. DIBDIN Thomas Frognall. A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany. 19th-century 3/4 gilt-ruled brown morocco and marbled boards raised spine bands compartments decorated in elaborate floral gilt marbled endpapers T.e.g. London: Robert Jennings and John Major 1829. 3 Vols. Second edition. Dibdin revised this edition to answer critics of the first. Front hinge of Vol. One a bit tender else a very good set. unknown
19034739The Bibliophile Society 1903 Limited edition of 483 copies. 203 pp. Volumes 2 & 4 only of 4 volume set. 9.5 x 7 inches. b/w frontis 247; 203 pp. Marbled paper boards lettered in gilt at spine. Minor offsetting to endpapers previous ownership bookplate at front pastedown spine-ends rubbed and worn sunned. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The Bibliophile Society hardcover
1827242220London: Henry Colburn 1827. First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Nineteenth Century polished tan calf t.e.g. Very good. Bookplates of Henry Marquand and St. Paul's School. Small nick to title label of one volume. First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Henry Colburn unknown
1823SKU1171126Payne and Foss and R. H. Evans 1823. Hardcover. Used; Very Good. London 1823; marbled paper covered boards; spine and corners calf; edge and corner wear with board exposed at corners; spine edges chipped; Mylar cover; joints split; 4to9 3/4" to 12" tall; interior foxed; Interior is clean and unmarked; 295 pages. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book. Payne and Foss and R. H. Evans hardcover
MA08C-03544printed for Harding Triphook and Lepard; and J. Major. Collectible - Acceptable. London : Harding Triphook and Lepard 1825. 2nd edition. 2 volumes. Sm 4to. 895pp. Fair book. Full leather five raised bands to spine gilt design to boards and dentelle to board insides. Front boards detached. A few light pencil marks inside. book collecting Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. printed for Harding, Triphook and Lepard; and J. Major hardcover
180829880Longmans Green & Company. Very Good. 1808. Third Edition. Hardcover. Two matching 12mo in full leather signed binding: T. Sowler polished calf dentelled edges vintage bookplate gutters started rubbing at spine tips pages clean and unfoxed wear to edges of covers else G to VG- This is the more expansive third edition.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . Longmans, Green & Company hardcover
1804BIBLIO-08322Printed for W. Dwyer etc. London second edition enlarged and corrected regular issue 1804. Rebacked with the original spine label laid down on the new spine contemporary blue-grey boards 8vo 22 cm. xx lxiii 1 571 1 pp 16 pp publisher's catalogue. The second edition of Dibdin's first bibliography Windle & Pippin A3b . The publisher's catalogue at the end also unopened is dated July 1 1806 and headed "Modern Publications and New Editions Printed for Longman Hurst Rees and Orme Paternoster-Row. Old "N132" on front pastedown endpaper. Spine-label rubbed and darkened boards a little scuffed a trifle worn at corners light offsetting to title-page from frontispiece a largely unopened copy. Very Good. Printed for W. Dwyer [etc.], London, second edition, enlarged and corrected, regular issue, 1804 hardcover
182564825London Harding Triphook And Lepard Etc. 1825. Second Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in full contemporary aniline calf. Spine bands somewhat worn. Raised bands with gilt cross-bands; Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt boards gilt-bordered. An uncommonly good example - scans &c. On request. ; 899 pages; Description: 3 p. L. l 899 p. 23 cm. ""Synoptical table of subjects and authors"": p. xxix-l. Subjects: Book collecting--Great Britain. Best books--Great Britain. London, Harding, Triphook, And Lepard, [Etc. ] hardcover
1827011049London: Harding and Lepard and G.B. Whittaker 1827. Hardcover. Fair. 'Together With an Account of Polyglot Bibles Polyglot Psalters Hebrew Bibles Greek Bibles and Greek Testaments; the Greek Fathers and the Latin Fathers'. The Fourth edition greatly enlarged of Dibdin's important 1802 bibliographical account of Classical texts and early bibles. With a facsimile plate of a polyglot bible. Half leather with rubbing and wear cracking to joints with loss to spines. Some toning offsetting and occasional spotting within. Binding sound. Fair <br/> <br/> Harding and Lepard and G.B. Whittaker hardcover