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1179674049.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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2011B76666Lexington KY: University of Michigan Library 2011. Reprint. Softcover. Fine. Two volume complete set! Printed paper wraps octavos 403pp. and 407pp. illustrated in b&w. Books have handsome wraps and tight bindings texts clean bright and unmarked. Facsimile reprint. University of Michigan Library unknown
180270603London: G. Goulding 1802. First edition. Full Leather. Very Good. Two volume set. 31 x 24.5 cm. Quarto. 404pp 407pp. Bound into full red leather with 5 raised bands to spine and gilt spine lettering. Marble endpapers. Gilt top foredges. 60 plates as well as a table vol 1 p 314-315 and a fold-out plan vol 2 p 360-361. Several of the plates are followed by a duplicate of the same plate including views 1 27 30 31 and vignettes 14 and 16. Rubbing to the edges of the covers especially at the front hinges. Two previous owner's small 20th century book labels on front fixed endpaper John Farquhar Fulton and Leonard G. Wilson. Both were science historians and physicians. Dibdin was best known as an English composer. Lowndes p 579. Mitchel & Cash vol 2 p 651. G. Goulding unknown
06432London: Published by the Author at His Music-Warehouse. 1803. Sixty Aquatint Plates Illustrating Charles Dibdin's Songs<br /> Delicately Designed Etched and Hand-Colored by Dibdin's daughter<br /> <br /> DIBDIN Charles. The Professional Life of Mr. Dibdin Written by Himself. Together with the Words of Six Hundred Songs Selected from His Works and Sixty Small Prints Taken from the Subjects of the Songs. And Invented Etched and Prepared for the Aqua Tinta by Miss Dibdin. Embellished Also with an Elegant Engraving by Mr. Smith from a Portrait of Mr. Dibdin a Striking Likeness and an Admirable Picture Painted by Mr. Devis. In Four Volumes. London: Published by the Author at His Music-Warehouse.And may be had of Longman and Rees. 1803.<br /> <br /> First edition. Four octavo volumes 8 3/16 x 5 1/8 inches; 208 x 130 mm. xxv 1 blank 229 1 printer's imprint 5 index 1 blank; 2 303 1 blank 7 index 1 blank; 2 387 1 blank 7 index 1 blank; 2 328 8 index pp. Volumes II-IV bound without half-titles. Added engraved title in Volume I with hand-colored portrait by Mr. Smith after Mr. Devis and sixty circular hand-colored aquatint plates.<br /> <br /> Early to mid twentieth-century full tan scored calf by Bayntun of Bath stamp-signed on the verso of the front free endpaper. Expertly rebacked with original spines laid down. Covers decoratively bordered in gilt and blind spines decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments with maroon morocco gilt lettering labels board edges and turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt all edges gilt marbled endpapers. An excellent copy of this very rare color-plate book.<br /> <br /> A lively and highly important account of Georgian theatrical and musical life by "our great sea-song writer" whose patriotic songs - Tom Bowling Poor Jack and others - became synonymous with the British naval spirit during the Napoleonic era. More than a memoir the work preserves the words of some 600 songs and offers a vivid firsthand record of the late eighteenth-century stage.<br /> <br /> Particularly appealing are the sixty charming circular aquatint plates delicately hand-colored and designed and etched by Miss Ann Dibdin his daughter a rare early example of female participation in English color-plate production. These small scenes of sailors taverns and domestic life - perfectly complement the tone of the songs and give the work a distinctive visual character.<br /> <br /> Rare: OCLC/RLIN locate just six copies in libraries and institutions worldwide: University of Illinois IL USA; University of Miami FL USA; Toronto Public Library ON CA; British Library UK; University of Aberdeen Scotland; Bibliotheque Nationale de France France.<br /> <br /> Charles Dibdin 1745-1814 "our great sea-song writer. In addition to his musical gifts he possessed considerable as a comedian and was also a successful dramatic writer" English Theatrical Literature.<br /> <br /> Song-writer dramatist and actor Charles Dibdin Dibdin the elder "is best known for his popular songs about the sea and his dramatic monologues. He also wrote an autobiography The Professional Life of Mr Dibdin 1803 which contains interesting details about life in the theatre at the time and which includes transcriptions of 600 fashionable songs. One of his sons followed him into the world of entertainment Charles Dibdin 1768-1833 who became a dramatist. His nephew Thomas Dibdin was the renowned bibliographer" Marion Wynne-Davies Dictionary of English Literature <br /> <br /> Abbey Life 413; English Theatrical Literature 2677. London: Published by the Author, at His Music-Warehouse..., 1803 unknown
003126London: printed for G. Kearsly No. 46 Fleet-Street 1778. . Soft cover. Very Good. Octavo. 28pp. With the half-title present. First edition. Disbound. ESTC T32925. <br/> <br/> London: printed for G. Kearsly, No. 46, Fleet-Street, 1778. paperback
1146246250.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1298909880.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1841051179London: John Murray Albemarle Street 1841. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. George Cruikshank. Signed binding by "Root & Son." Hardcover bound in 20th century 3/4 morocco with raised bands on the spine. Spine designs in gilt and with Cruikshank's facsimile signature in gilt on the spine. The binding shows light to moderate wear; the front hinge shows some rubbing. Top edge gilt. Signed in type by the binder at the top verso of the front flyleaf "Bound by Root & Son". Patterned endpapers. A sound copy with clean text. Illustrated with 10 engravings. The "Songs" are text only poetry; there is no scored music in this work. Please note: Only the binding is signed in type. This book is NOT signed by either the Dibdins or by Cruikshank. <br/> <br/> John Murray, Albemarle Street hardcover
184159843London: John Murray Albemarle Street publisher to the Admiralty 1841. Small 8vo pp. xxxi 1 328; frontispiece and 11 engraved plates after the humorous nautical drawings of Cruikshank; original green cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; small crack at the top of the spine else very good and sound. A member of the circle which included Garrick Sheridan and Harris Dibdin boasted truly "My songs have been the solace of sailors in long voyages in storms in battle; and they have been quoted in mutinies to the restoration or order and discipline." It is said that his sea songs of which he is the indisputable master were responsible for bringing more men into the Navy in war time than could all the press-gangs. Cohen 231. John Murray, Albemarle Street, (publisher to the Admiralty) unknown
1165803755.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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18419002830London: John Murray 1841. Hardcover. Very good condition. George Cruikshank. Collected and arranged by Thomas Dibdin with characteristic sketches by George Cruikshank. Bound in contemporary full brown calf with rules stamped in gilt on the covers and spine. The title is stamped in gilt on a black label on the spine. Five raised bands on the spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled end papers. From a non-circulating library with bookplate and a pocket at the rear. Wear at the head and the heel of the spine. Front board detached. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover
1020290609.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
143725876X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1164930613.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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1253London: John Murray 1841. Hardcover. Good. Small octavo. xxxi 328 pages. Second edition. In a green cloth binding. Illustrated with 12 plates by George Cruikshank. <br/> <br/> London: John Murray, 1841. hardcover
003127London: Printed for T. Sherlock for T. Cadell in the Strand 1778. Soft cover. Very Good. Octavo. iv 30 iipp. First edition. With a final advertisement leaf. Disbound. ESTC T84272. <br/> <br/> London: Printed for T. Sherlock, for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1778. paperback
1831H3671London: William Kidd 1831. Hardcover. Very Good. Published 1831. 12mo early 20th century half caramel calf and marbled boards gilt titled on spine very good light rubbing to binding. 36 pp with illustrations by Robert Cruikshank engraved by Bonner some in-text others full page. Bookplate of Thomas Bartlett. Binder's preliminary and terminal blanks slightly foxed. William Kidd hardcover
183113565London: William Kidd 1831. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. G.W. Bonner; Robert Cruikshank. 36p 10-wood-engravings by G.W. Bonner after Robert Cruikshank. Handsomely rebound in plain boards leather spine; original wrappers bound in. Two old bookplates removed; outer pages lightly foxed. The trajectory of a racehorse's life in verse followed by accounts of famous Thoroughbreds and other material. Nice for a little gift. William Kidd hardcover