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The Director: a Weekly Literary Journal: containing I. Essays, on subjects of Literature, the Fine Arts and Manners. II. Bibliographiana. Account of rare and curious books, and of the book sales in this country, from the close of the seventeenth century. III. Royal Ins
by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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About This Item
Volume 1 only of 2 volumes.
Half title, volume 1 title-page, 379 pages, [1], errata, [4], list of subscribers.
Leather covered boards with buckram spine (presumably for repair or strengthening), inner joints strengthened with tape, joints of rear end-papers also strengthened with paper repair tape. Neat repair to small tear on title-page. End-papers browned. Considerable wear to covers – rubbing, splitting and some marks, corners heavily worn with loss of leather and board. Binding firm however. Ink and pencil annotations to front and rear end-papers, Internally very clean, with minor staining to pages 28-33.
Ex-library book with library sticker to inside front cover. Library stamp to title-page and library markings on spine.
Dibdin wrote a good portion of this weekly which lasted only 24 numbers. The philanthropist Thomas Bernard and Dibdin were associated together on this publication. Dibdin said that he wrote two thirds of the magazine. This volume contains issues no. 1, January 24th 1807 to 12, April 11th 1807 (Windle and Pippin, pp. 21-22).
Windle and Pippin A6 [volume 1 only]
This is a heavy volume and, as consequence, the shipping cost will be higher than the average quoted in my store listings.
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Details
- Seller
- John Atkins
(ES)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 0017
- Title
- The Director
- Author
- Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
- Format/Binding
- Leather covered boards with buckram spine (see description for more details).
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Savage
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1807
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography; TF Dibdin;
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About the Seller
John Atkins
Biblio member since 2020
Barcelona, Barcelona
About John Atkins
Direct sales, occasional catalogues, and book search service.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Errata
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