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Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme 1809. REBOUND- different text from much expanded 1811 edition, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, iv + 87pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps with moderate pencil annotations to front eps, age appropriate foxing/discolouration to pages)

Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London, 1809. Hardback, half-morocco over marbled paper covered boards. Aeg. 22 x 14.5cm. Vignette title in red and black. iv, 87pp, [1] ads. Portrairt frontis. First edition. Red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown. A closed tear to a couple of early leaves, nicely restored. Slightest wear to extremities. A very good copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London:: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme by W. Savage,, 1809.. First edition.. 8vo. Hardcover.. Fine binding modern quarter calf over marbled boards gilt rules at spine ends and gilt black title label. New endpapers. Title page and B1 printed in black and red. Outer margin textblock edges uncut (not uncommon) .A2 & B1 with tiny repair to outer margin edge no affect. Some minor foxing. Presentation inscription from author removed from original front pastedown and adhered to new pastedown. A nice copy of a rare first edition signed by the author. ÒThomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847) English bibliographer who helped to stimulate interest in bibliography by his own enthusiastic though often inaccurate books, by his share in founding the first English private publishing society, and by his beautifully produced catalog of Lord SpencerÕs library (which collection later became the nucleus of the John Rylands Library, Manchester). His father, the captain of a sailing ship, was the inspiration… Leer más

London: 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… Leer más

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1811. 19th century quarter calf over marbled paper-covered boards, leather spine label with author and title in gilt, second edition date of 1811 at foot of spine, gilt borders on spine, marbled paper pastedowns and endpapers, all edges gilt. 8vo. 19th century quarter calf over marbled paper-covered boards, leather spine label with author and title in gilt, second edition date of 1811 at foot of spine, gilt borders on spine, marbled paper pastedowns and endpapers, all edges gilt. (iv), ix, 782, (2); iv, 87, (1) pages. In an Epistle addressed to Richard Heber, Esq. "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). First and second editions, bound in one volume. (Windle A11a / A11c; Jackson no.16 / 18; S-K 1523 for binding reference). The first and second edition of perhaps the most famous… Leer más