The Library Companion or the Young Man's Guide and the Old Man's Comfort in the Choice of a Library by Dibdin Rev T F (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. lii + 912pp, title vignette, title slightly foxed o/w VERY GOOD, half red morocco, gilt lettered, marbled boards, top edge gilt, Provenance: bookplate of Frank Spicer (owl under crescent moon), Printed for Harding, Triphook etc., Shakspeare Press, London, 1824. * a second volume was never published according to Lowndes.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. lii + 912pp, title vignette, bound in new quarter calf by Stephen Conway, raised bands, quarter red morroco, title label inset on black morocco, marbled boards, 4to format, a very bright crisp copy with no markings, VERY GOOD, Harding, Triphook and Lepard, London, 1824. * covers every aspect of book collecting - a joy to read and a valuable addition to anyone's library. The ultimate treatise on book collecting.

(2) ff., LI, 912 pp., lég. rouss. In-8 - demi-chag. vert de l'ép., rel. sur brochure, dos lisse un peu épid., coiffes et plats frottés. Edition originale.

6 x 9 inches. Second edition. In this work the author has endeavoured to furnish his countrymen with a manual towards the acquisition of useful and valuable, as well as rare and curious works, in the several departments of Divinity, History, Biography, Voyages and Travels, the Belles Lettres, Poetry, and the English Drama. Prices of the more valuable and uncommon works are noticed for the conveniences of purchasers, Synoptical Table of subjects and authors and a General Index. l, 899 pp + 1 pp ads + extra title page in case the volume was bound in two. Some very light browning of text of preface pages and first 200 pages of text. Otherwise text very clean. Three short tears on ffep. Front hinge cracked. Edges untrimmed. Bound in brown hard paper boards. Spine replaced with stiff cream paper with home-made spine label. Internally binding tight and sound. Edges and corners of boards rubbed. Overall condition Good+.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8.75 X 5.75" in leather with 5 raised bands. Light water(?) stain across lower corners of covers - NOT inside book. Some rubbing at extrmities. Both ends spine just starting to fray. Spine darkened and rough feeling as though exposed to fire. Gilding on spine, cover design and page edges still bright. Binding good. 912pp. Armorial bookplate inside front cover: (The Earl Gower). An Early bibliography. D.D.

8vo. [vi], l, 899[1]pp. Recent ¼ black calf gilt, raised bands, spine lettered direct, marbled boards, old eps, sprinkled leaf edges. Ex 'The Philosophical Institution' Library, Edinburgh - small oval lib stamps to title-page, dedication leaf & upper margin of 1st page. Feps & last few leaves spotted.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. contemporary full-leather, skilfully re-spined, decorated in gilt, corners badly rubbed, marbled edges, later endpapers, occasional off-setting and spotting, a nice copy. first edition; 912 pages including index of books.

Condition: Fair. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued. First Edition. Printed by W. Nicol at the Shakespeare Press. li, [1], 400, Part Second title page, 401-912 pages. Finely bound by Whitman Bennett of New York in mid 20th c. half red morocco over red buckram boards, gilt back in five raised bands, marbled end papers, top edge gilt. Near Fine, small rubs at corners and edges, toning primarily at first several pages front and back. A quite handsome copy, "The Bennett Book Studios of New York City was established in the late 1920s by bookman and binder Whitman Bennett (b. 1884 in Cambridge, MA; d. 1968 in New York). The business sold rare books, particularly first editions and sets of American and English literature classics, and also operated as a fine bindery. Bennett Studios was known for crafting fine leather bindings, and the term "Bennett copy" arose in the book trade to refer to the binder's work in upgrading a second or third issue text with a first edition binding" (Lilly Library, Bennett mss., 1929-1968). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Fine binding by J. Clarke, 8.5 x 5", gilt ruled full brown leather, highly gilt dec spine and inner dentelles, aeg, marbled endpapers, 912pp. Covers have light wear and scratches, spine has edge wear at top and bottom and wear along outer hinges else fine. Covers a variety of topics: divinity, history (starting with ancient times), voyages and travels, biographies, philosophy, poetry, etc. John Clarke (J. Clarke) was one of the preeminent London bookbinders of the mid 19th century. An absolutely beautiful book with very interesting content. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of the combined two volumes in one.

Condition: Good. London: Printed for Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, 1825. 2nd edition. 8vo. lxx,899pp. Good book. Rebound using original spine covering. Spine rubbed and chipped. Edgeworn. Corners bumped. Owner's name on pastedown and front free endpage. (literature, book collecting) Inquire if you need further information.

Second Edition, [viii], l, 899 + 1pp., advert, cont. half calf, re-backed preserving the orig. spine, a little rubbed. "Dibdin endeavoured in this edition to insert the corrections supplied him by his friends and not very friendly reviewers" - Jackson, 64. Windle & Pippin, A 50b.