Search Results: bibliomania or book madness by thomas frognall dibdin

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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 .

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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: Henry G. Bohn, 1842. New and Improved. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition. The 1842 New and Improved edition, large paper issue. Bound in quarter leather over cloth. Light wear and rubbing to binding, front joint a little weak, scattered minor foxing and spotting internally, light offsetting from engravings here and there, but generally clean and bright. Pencil inscription dated 1939 detailing the purchase of the book.xiv, xxxiv, (4) 618pp. Frontis to the new title and the original 1809 title. Edges gilt. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; Inventory No: 047381.

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 .