Search Results: bibliomania or book madness by thomas frognall dibdin

Boston:: Bibliophile Society,. Very Good. 1903. Hardcover. B00A6D0JMU . Volume I only. Limited edition of 483 copies. Moderate shelf wear and aging, else very good in green, marbled paper covered boards with gilt lettering and design on the spine. ; 273 pages .

Chatto & Windus. Used - Good. 1876. Hardcover. Stout 8vo., 617 pp. (+ index)., illus. Rebound in black and red cloth, with gilt stamped titles on spine. Internally mostly very good, with some pages rather brittle. Title page, back FEP, and p. xxix detached but present. Approx. 6-in. closed tear to p xxxi. A good working copy, neatly rebound. Good.

London: printed for the author, by J. McCreery ... and sold by Messrs. Longman [et al.], 1811. Second edition, 8vo, pp. ix, [3], 275, [1]; [7], 280-782, [2]; engraved title page in volume I, 1 engraved plate, illustrations in the text, decorative page borders at the beginning of each of the six sections of the book; contemporary calf, smooth gilt-decorated spines, black morocco labels, rear joint of volume I cracked (cords ho0lding), upper joint on volume II starting; all else very good. Early ownership signature of Robt. Entwhistle and armorial bookplate of George Montgomery Traherne. A separate issue was printed in imp. 8vo, 2 vols. Lowndes notes that the Bibliomania is written in dialogues or conversations, the characters introduced are well-known book collectors of the author's acquaintance. Jackson identifies these "interlocutors" as J. Rennie, J. Dent, P. Bliss, B. Botfield, Sir F. Freeling, R. Lang, J. North, Lord Aberdeen, J. Markland, Sir G.H. Freeling, R. Wilbraham, and Thomas Hill. Jackson… Read More

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1809. FIRST EDITION. Title in black with red. Half calf over linen; preliminary and last leaves foxed, interior and text in generally excellent condition. First edition of this popular book which passed through many later editions. This work was inspired by another, published under the same title, by John Ferrier, M.D. Ferrier had extensive medical experience and did himself suffer from the disease which he named Biblio-Mania. His work, in verse, begins: What wild desires, what restless torments seize The hapless man, who feels the book-disease.Dibdin was the originator and vice-president of the Roxburghe Club, founded in 1812, the first of the numerous book clubs which have done such service to literature.

London: Privately printed, (1811). Second edition. Greatly expanded from the 1809, 80-page first edition, THIS IS THE VERSION THAT BROUGHT HIM FAME. Two volumes bound in one; this copy with volume II title page (from the large-paper issue) inserted following p.[276], as sometimes seen [Windle A11c]. "...dialogues on books and book-collecting conducted by a set of male characters (many based on Dibdin's actual friends), two of whom court shadowy female figures in the intervals between their more intense romancing of books .... embellished with extensive footnotes on bibliography and the history of book collecting" (Wikipedia). Bound in 8vo period polished calf boards decorated and ruled in gilt and blind; sympathetically re-backed with a fresh brown leather spine ruled in gilt and decoratively in blind, with gilt-lettered red-leather spine label; 782 pages including indexes plus 1-page errata followed by second half-title leaf with handwritten "manuscript key" on verso naming 11 of the figures from… Read More

Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1903. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto, Limited wition of 483 sets bound in green and ivory paper over boards. Each with a frontis with an etching by W.H.W. Bicknell after a painting by Howard Pyle. A light abrasion on front cover of volume 4 otherwise a very good sound set. Laid into volume 1 is a unique disclaimer from the printer indicating a misprint on one page and the determined to be a misprint by members of the 'Council' in charge of the printing. He goes on to dramatize the comic decisions made by the printers, proof readers and editor. Inspite of this it still slipped through the cracks and "idioddities" went topress. The errata is printed on Bibliophile Society watermarked paper.

London: Henry G. Bohn. Very Good-. 1842. New Edition. Hardcover. Several "books" bound together, 618pp, 63pp, postscript and indexes. Bound in full brown Morocco, raised bands, gilt titles, top edge and dentilles, marbled endsheets. Binding is very solid, showing a bit of leather wear at the joints. Previous ownes handsome bookplate on front pastedown, interior pages all clean and bright. An uncommon edition. ; 8vo .

London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme: & Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1811.  Together two volumes in one.  Thick 8vo.  [iv], 87 pp.; x, [2], 782 [2] pp.  Bound in full contemporary green morocco, gilt decorated borders on the boards, gilt spine; joints expertly repaired; some residual rubbing and some foxing to the text throughout.  The 1809 edition, number of copies printed unknown, is illustrated with a title-page vignette only.  Its great success The 1811 edition, printed in an edition of 700 copies, is illustrated with printer's marks, portraits, views of libraries etc.., plus two plates, one a hand colored caricature of a bibliophile.  Called by William A. Jackson "Dibdin's best known, and in later editions, most useful book.  Written in less than a month, it marks the first full flowering of Dibdin's love affair with books; it had the effect of producing much innocent mirth and exciting a general curiosity after rare and precious volumes."  A facsimile… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

Boston: 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.

Tall thick 8vo. London: Bohn, 1842. Tall thick 8vo, (2), [i-vii], vii-xiv, 618, 63, (1), xxxiii pp. Full pebbled brown morocco with gilt fillet borders, gilt turn-ins, gilt-panelled backstrip, raised bands, gilt top, rebacked retaining original backstrip. Bookplate on front pastedown of Francis Frederick Fox and Charles Sebag-Montefiore. § First combined edition, large paper copy. The book that introduced the concept of “bibliomania” to the world. “Dibdin's best-known, and, in the later editions, most useful book.” Jackson 19. 500 copies were printed, of which 50 (according to Huth) or 55 (according to Church) were large-paper. The Huntington and Rabaiotti large-paper copies state 55 copies on plate 2 (see above). Bound in white boards (in the Huth sale, in two volumes). Price 3 guineas and 5 guineas according to Lowndes. A sometimes confusing book. The Grolier Club copy has the 1809, 1811, and 1842 prefaces bound at the front; then the 1811 edition precedes the 1809 edition, and the indexes… Read More

Boston / London: The Bibliophile Society, 1903. First Edition . Full Color Morocco. Fine. 9 1/4" Tall. 273, 247 Pp. Volumes One And Two Of Four, Only. Full Green Morocco, Inlays Of Red Flowers And Green Leaves, Gilt Stems, Gilt Lettering And Design On Spine, Top Edge Gilt, Deckled Foredge And Bottom Edge, White Morocco Inlaid Doublures Ornately Illustrated With Green And Red Design With Gilt, Silk Endpapers, Silk Bookmarks Bound In, Gilt Rules Along Foredges Of Boards. Special Edition And Binding, With Introductory Leaf Stating "Six Copies Of This Edition Are Printed On Japanese Vellum; One Of Which Is Assigned To The Library Of The British Museum; One To The Library Of Congress; One Is Presented To Dr. Richard Garnett; One Is Retained By The Society, And Two Will Be Sold By Auction". Vellum Paper Watermarked "Bibliophile Society" In A Vertical Strip Near The Foredges. Extra Illustrated With Extra Frontispieces, The Extra Frontispieces Being The Usual Frontispiece Engravings Entirely Hand Colored… Read More

Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1903. Four volumes; one of 483 copies. Illustrated with four etchings by W.H. W. Bicknell after paintings by Howard Pyle. A near fine set. [With] Etchings by W.H.W. Bicknell after Original Paintings by Howard Pyle. Large folio; publishers boards with metal clasps; soiled and worn; one of 320 sets. These plates were made in a much larger size, each plate signed by Bicknell and Pyle. Aside from the four illustrations in the Dibdin, this folio included one of Richard DeBury. The etchings are slightly larger than 18 x 25”, image approximately 10 x 17”; with the original matting and tissue guards. All five cancelled proofs are present, but this set lacks the finished etching of Walton. The illustrations are in excellent condition.