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194352292La Crosse: Emerson G. Wulling 1943. Edition limited to 125 copies square 12mo pp. 9; red device on title 3 woodcuts reproduced from a book printed by Lucantonio De Giunta in the sixteenth century; self wrappers stapled; fine. Rulon-Miller Wulling 40. <br/><br/> Emerson G. Wulling unknown books
1993704719London: Faber & Faber. 1993. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Faber & Faber hardcover books
0275<br/><br/>12mo disbound 26pp. Frontispiece. Notes: "Duncombe's Edition. The only edition correctly marked by permission from the prompter's book. As performed at the London theatres. Embellished with a fine engraving by Mr. Findlay from a drawing taken in the London Theatre. unknown books
1809306695London: Printed for Longman Hurst Rees and Orme by W. Savage 1809. First edition. Title vignette. iv 87 1 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Circa 1914 full crushed brown morocco gilt a.e.g. the rest uncut by the Booklover's Shop signed in gilt on front and rear turn-ins "Bound by The Booklovers Shop Cleveland. Hardy Maillard Pilon". Small paper repair to margin of title else fine. First edition. Title vignette. iv 87 1 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine Copy in Booklover's Shop Binding. An amusing work; Dibdin's best known. The real action takes place in the footnotes so copious and detailed that they overwhelm the main text. This copy finely bound by Henry Hardy Leon Maillard and Gaston Pilon of the Booklover's Shop bindery in Cleveland. The bindery traces its lineage back to The Club Bindery founded in 1895 by members of the Grolier Club to provide exceptionally fine binding for American collectors. The Club Bindery moved to Cleveland where it was successively renamed the Rowfant Bindery 1909-1913 the Booklover's Shop 1914-1917 and finally The French Binders 1918-1920s as in-house bindery to Doubelday in Garden City New York cf. Martin Antonetti's essay in Bound to Be the Best: The Club Bindery. Jackson 16; Neuburg 5; Windle and Pippin A11a. Provenance: Henry Alden Sherwin morocco booklabel Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme by W. Savage unknown books
180942460London 1809. <p> With an Autograph Letter from Dibdin</p> <p>Dibdin Thomas Frognall 1776-1847. The bibliomania; or book-madness; containing some account of the history symptoms and cure of this fatal disease . . . iv 87pp. London: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1809. 214 x 124 mm. 20th century half calf marbled boards a few tiny scuff-marks on back cover. Light toning but very good. With an Autograph Note signed by Dibdin dated Jan. 25 1841 tipped to the front pastedown mended with clear tape.</p> <p> First Edition. "Dibdin's Bibliomania first published in 1809 is an anthem to the printed book a warning to the unwary about the perils of obsessive book-collecting and the confessions of a rabid book-collector" Danckwerts p. vii. Written in less than a month The Bibliomania marks "the first full flowering of Dibdin's love affair with books" Windle and Pippin p. 35; it had the effect of "producing much innocent mirth and exciting a general curiosity after rare and precious volumes" Dibdin Reminiscences of a Literary Life p. 272. Dibdin a clergyman and inveterate book-lover was a lively and engaging writer whose works enjoyed great popularity and helped to stimulate enthusiasm for book collecting in the nineteenth century. The autograph note tipped into this copy reads: "Good Mr. Warren If I had not been cheated of £37.10 that Monday you would have had your £5 with fresh boards last week. As it is please to wait until Saturday next. Always your obliged T. F. Dibdin." Danckwerts "Introduction" in Dibdin The Bibliomania 2004 pp. vii-xxxvi. Jackson Thomas Frognall Dibdin: An Annotated List 16. Windle and Pippin Thomas Frognall Dibdin: A Bibliography A11a. </p> <p>. unknown books
190348637Boston: Bibliophile Society 1903. Edition limited to 473 copies printed for members only; 4 volumes 8vo frontispiece in each volume in two states one a remarque proof on Japanese vellum the other on Holland paper without remarque from original oil paintings by Howard Pyle etched by W.H.W. Bicknell; title pages printed in colors on Japan paper; original full blue morocco gilt-paneled spines in 6 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 2 seal of the Bibliophile Society gilt stamped on covers gilt turn-ins t.e.g.; spines a touch discolored bookplates in all volumes; a fine copy. This edition contains "Rare Books and Their Values" by William P. Cutler and an introduction by Richard Garnett. <br/><br/> Bibliophile Society hardcover books
181738193London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press 1817. First and Only Edition evidently limited to 750-800 regular and 50 large-paper copies. Three volumes. 8vo pp. ccxxvi 410; iv 536 ii; iv 544 iv. 37 engraved plates two double-page; 35 text illustrations printed on India paper and mounted on pages; one mounted gilt lettered specimen of red pared calf; and hundreds of engraved and woodcut text illustrations several colored. including plate 9 in the first volume Bookplates. Bound in later 3/4 brown morocco all edges marbled. Some minor foxing soiling and offsetting. A handsome copy. Hart 186. Jackson 40. Lowndes 1885 edition II p. 640. Windle & Pippin A28. "In 1817 appeared the most amusing and the most successful from a pecuniary point of view of his works the 'Bibliographical Decameron' on which a great sum was spent for engravings and woodcuts. The reader will find a great deal of gossip about books and printers about book collectors and sales by auction." DNB. Perhaps the most lavish of all Dibdin's works.Its publication was a financial success and doubtless marks the high-water mark of the Dibdinian bibliomania." Jackson 4. Lowndes says of this work: "From the information which it contains and the splendor of the decorations and printing it will ever be considered as a model of excellence and good taste in typography and the arts. Printed for the author, by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press unknown books
1817306781London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press 1817. First edition. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. Slip announcing vol. IV of Typographical Antiquities inserted before half title of Vol. I. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo. Original drab boards printed spine labels untrimmed. Old clean repairs to the joints of vol. I; joints of vol. III a bit rubbed. Ownership signature of Mary Curteis Dec. 29 1817 on pastedown in each volume; bookplate of Charles Sarolea and his signature on title page; small morocco label; printed label of Claude Smith on flyleaf. Very good. Cloth slipcases. First edition. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. Slip announcing vol. IV of Typographical Antiquities inserted before half title of Vol. I. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo. Windle & Pippin A28; Jackson no.40; Hart no.186; Bigmore and Wyman pp. 169-70 Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press unknown books
1817306787London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press 1817. First edition with half-titles and errata. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. some tinted in red and blue. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo. Contemporary straight-grained red morocco by Charles Smith covers gilt ruled with gilt side-pieces along central panel spines in six compartments with elaborate gilt scrollwork gilt turn-ins blue silk doublures with gilt cornerpieces duplicated on silk free endpapers a.e.g. Foxed minor rubbing to boards an attractive copy. First edition with half-titles and errata. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. some tinted in red and blue. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo. Bound by Charles Smith. Dibdin's lavish work in an ornate binding by Charles Smith one of the more active and competent binders in London of the 1810s-'30s with his "13 Church St Soho" ticket in volume 1. Windle & Pippin A28; Jackson no.40; Hart no.186; Bigmore and Wyman pp. 169-70. Provenance: R.P. Hooper bookplate Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press unknown books
1817261849London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press 1817. First edition with half-titles and errata. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. some tinted in red and blue and slip of gold printing with directions to binder slip at vol. II p. 417. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo 9-3/4 x 6 inches. Bound in contemporary three quarters blue pebbled morocco spine gilt and marbled boards and edges. Fine small bump to some pages in Vol. I. Bookplate of The Right Hon. Charles Abbot prob. Charles Abbot 1st Baron Colchester in Vols II & III. First edition with half-titles and errata. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. some tinted in red and blue and slip of gold printing with directions to binder slip at vol. II p. 417. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo 9-3/4 x 6 inches. Windle & Pippin A28; Jackson no.40; Hart no.186; Bigmore and Wyman pp. 169-70 Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press unknown books
181748738London: printed for the author by W. Bulmer & Co. Shakespeare Press 1817. First edition 3 volumes imp. 8vo 37 plates including 2 folding plus many other engraved vignettes and woodcut illustrations and facsimiles in the text several printed in color several mounted plus one mounted red leather label printed in gold; later full tan morocco triple gilt rules on covers gilt-lettered direct on gilt-decorated spines a.e.g.; a few of the plates a bit spotted else a very nice copy. Without the oft-missing "Presentation in the Temple" plate in vol. I. This is the only edition of one of Dibdin's most famous books there were 50 on large paper and certainly one of the best printed. Dibdin destroyed the plates for the book at a meeting of the Roxburgh Club. "This work forms one of the monuments of typographical bibliography. As in the style of its production it is the most sumptuous so in the nature of its contents it may be said to be one of the most interesting books relative to ancient and modern printing" Bigmore & Wyman. "The work is written in the same dialogue manner as the Bibliomania with the same interlocutors and may be properly described as a continuation of it. It is perhaps the most lavish of all Dibdin's works" Jackson. Hart 186: "A bibliographer's classic that marks the beginning of the general recognition of bibliomania as a plaything for wealthy." Bigmore & Wyman pp. 169-170; Jackson 40; Lowndes I 640; Windle and Pippen A28. <br/><br/> printed for the author, by W. Bulmer & Co., Shakespeare Press hardcover books
193722992London: Gerald Howe Ltd. Very Good. 1937. 2nd printing. Softcover. illustrated French wrappers covers a little edgeworn small tear in spine covering at base of spine a little discoloration to spine itself. Barnstormer Plays Series This is "a Traditional Acting version" of the classic 4-act melodrama first performed in 1847 which was in turn adapted from a British "penny dreadful" that had not yet completed its publication in serial form when the dramatic version was first performed. Originally entitled "The String of Pearls; or The Fiend of Fleet Street" it was one of several hundred plays authored by George Dibdin Pitt from approximately 1831 through his death in 1855. It was Pitt who made Todd the murderous "demon barber" into the primary figure of the tale and its popular success has led to a long afterlife in almost every entertainment medium most notably the Broadway musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler. This particular edition of the play seems likely to have been inspired by two British film versions: according to the copyright page it was first published in this form in 1928 the release year of a silent film adaptation starring Moore Marriott and reprinted here in February 1937 shortly after the release of what is probably the best-known film version starring the evocatively-named Tod Slaughter. Interestingly this entire "Barnstormer Plays" series seems to have been inspired by Tod Slaughter's films since the preceding and first title in the series was "Maria Marten" the basis for Slaughter's 1935 film MURDER IN THE RED BARN. The introduction by Montagu Slater editor of the series gives some background information about Pitt and his work. . Gerald Howe Ltd. paperback books
1860115276London: Bohn 1860. hardcover. near fine. Collected and Arranged by T. Dibden. Frontispiece & illustrations by George Cruikshank. 328pp. small 8vo 3/4 brown morocco gilt-stamped raised bands t.e.g. London: Henry G. Bohn 1860. Near Fine.<br/><br/> Bohn unknown books
186335738London: Henry G. Bohn 1863. Third edition. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. With a Memoir. London: Henry G. Bohn 1863. Third edition. Numerous full page character sketches by George Cruikshank. xxxi 328 pp. Hardcover. 16mo size. 3/4 polished black calf over purple cloth. 5 raised bands ruled in gilt contrasting leather spine label all edges speckled. Mild edge wear. Top corners split bottom starting. Boards lightly rubbed. Edges and pages toned with minimal scattered foxing. Overall quite good. Plates clean and crisp. Binding tight. A nice little book. Very good/. Henry G. Bohn hardcover books
18391177671839. CRUIKSHANK George. Songs Naval and National of the Late Charles Dibdin; with a Memoir and Addenda. xvi 336 pp. With 12 etchings including frontispiece by George Cruikshank. Small 8vo. 165 x 115 mm bound in late 19th century blue sheepskin over marbled boards red morocco spine label. London: John Murray 1841. First Edition. A collection of patriotic songs by the talented songwriter Charles Dibdin complemented perfectly by Cruikshank's illustrations. Despite Dibdin's lack of experience at sea his songs were extraordinarily popular in his time with the public and the British Navy. With bookplate of John Francis Neylan on front paste-down bookstore stamps of Hunt Books and S. W. Lord. Headcap chipped spine worn some very light foxing a very good copy. Cohn 231. hardcover books
184133088London: John Murray 1841. First edition sm. 8vo pp. xv 1 336; frontispiece and 11 engraved plates after the humorous nautical drawings of Cruikshank; a very good copy in later half green pebble-grain morocco over marbled boards gilt-decorated spine t.e.g. 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. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
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. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
18417299London: John Murray 1841. Later printing. 1/2 calf. Very good -. Cruikshank George. Sm. 8vo. xvi336pp. Illus. with numerous plates by George Cruikshank. Later 19th century 1/2 green calf gilt tooled spine with red calf label over cloth some rubbing of extremities outer front hinge starting but holding fine. A.e.g. A presentation copy inscribed & signed by Thomas Dibdin in 1841 on a preliminary blank. Cohn #231. John Murray unknown books
18361227522 vols. London: J. Major 1836. 2 vols. royal 8vo. i-v vi-xxxii 41 2- 556 pp.; 2 557-982 pp. 44 pp. index. 10 plates. Later polished brown calf gilt backstrips red and green labels gilt edges bookplates of Charles Sebag-Montefiore. § First edition the regular edition which was printed in an edition of 1250 copies. A handsome set. Dibdin’s autobiography contains a wealth of information on bookselling and collecting at the beginning of the nineteenth century when “bibliomania†was born. Includes the index "the 44 page index issued some months later is often lacking". Windle & Pippin A62 J. Major unknown books
183626684London: John Major 1836. First edition 2 vols. 8vo pp. xxxii 4 556; 2 557-892; 10 engraved plates a number of illus. in the text; contemporary calf-backed boards joints restored old library pocket inside back cover of both vols.; generally a good sound set or better. Windle A62; Jackson 86; Lowndes I 642. <br/><br/> John Major hardcover books
1997UDIBRAT00MELVintage Crime 1997. Very Good. Dibdin Michael. Ratking. New York: Vintage Crime 1997. 266pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed edges. Vintage Crime paperback books
198981117NY: Bantam 1989. First US edition first prnt. Signed on the title page by Dibdin. Additionally he has written above his signature "From Aurelio and me" a reference of course to his Police Commissioner main character Aurelio Zen. Dustjacket with touch of shelfwear on the front panel bottom edge. Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Ratking is the first in Dibdin's Aurelio Zen series and winner the Gold Dagger Award in 1988. Signed by Author with Inscription. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bantam Hardcover books
18221238324pp. London: Spring 1822. 4pp. 8vo fine & uncut. § Windle and Pippin p. 85: "The price intended was ‘Six Guineas in Boards’ for the imperial octavo set according to a single-sheet two-page prospectus in the collection of John Priddy with a publication date of ‘Spring of 1822.’ . A volume of Dibdiniana at the Bodleian 258.h.215 contains six specimen leaves with two small MS corrections they are numerical but look to be in Dibdin’s hand. with the phrase within ‘This publication will form one handsome imperial octavo volume’ being altered in MS to ‘two’ and ‘volumes’ i.e. preceding the next prospectus you note also here". Spring hardcover 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
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