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Price: US$377.85 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback 2 volume set of 1st ed's. vol 1 xv, 436, iv supplement, xxx general index, corrections page, 18 catalogue. Vol 2 436 - 1090 pp Both volumes are quarter bound with leather spine, plane boards, and are in very good condition. There is an armorial bookplate on the front paste down of each volume and a long inscription on both front endpapers. All plates are present although 2 are bound out of order.
Seller: P Rulton Rare Books, Leominster, United Kingdom
Price: US$384.26 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. 2 vols., tall 8vo, engr. frontis. to each vol., engr. plates, illus. in text, recent half crushed morocco, marbled sides, red leather title and numbering labels by Paul C. Delrue, with his stamp at foot of front paste-down e.p.'s, and his invoice loosely inserted, the plates are foxed, with the frontis. to vol. 1 being another copy of 'The regeneration of the heart' (foxed) which is also present in the volume. The plate of 'Grey Street' is inserted at page 366, all plates are present but foxed to various degrees, the worst being at page 54 of vol.2, the text is clean. [Extra charges required for overseas]
Seller: Spike Hughes Rare Books ABA, Innerleithen, United Kingdom
Price: US$704.48 + shipping
Description: 2 vols, original pinkish-brown boards, neatly rebacked in stiff paper with facsimiles of the original printed spine-labels laid down, royal 8vo, 25.5 cm, xv, [6], xxx, [6], 436 + [1], [439] -1090 pp,43 (of 44) plates and numerous text ills, with 18pp Jame The last of Dibdin's bibliographical tours in which he comments discursively on books, libraries, collectors, antiquities and whatever else catches his attention on his travels. This work was based on a 1700-mile tour of the north of England and Scotland that Dibdin made over four months in 1836, accompanied by his daughter Sophia, and concluding at the home, near Skipton, of his patroness Frances Mary Richardson Currer, to whom Dibdin dedicated the work. Alas for all Dibdin's great efforts in researching, producing and promoting the book it was not a financial success and its publication left him at a low ebb. This set closely conforms to Windle & Pippin A65. It has the 'first issue' list of plates which does not mention the 'Seal of Cardinal Beaton', although the plate is present in the book. Similarly it has the first issue list of subscribers, wthout the ten 'additional names'. In our set the contents pages and list of plates are bound before rather than after the list of subscribers. Of the cancel leaves listed in Windle & Pippin, 10 of the 13 replacements have been made, with leaves 2A2 and 2A3 in Vol. I and leaf 3A1 in Vol. II remaining in the original state. Nineteenth century signature of Henry Campbell in Vol I and printed label of Revd H. Campbell. in Vol. II. [This would seem to be the bibliophile Henry Campbell (1783-1874) who owned some fine and rare illuminated manuscripts (including the Kirkstead Psalter circa 1300, a 13th century Vulgate Bible andthe 15th Century Booke of Good Condicions) and whose library passed to the Jesuit school Beaumont College, Windsor.] Recent pencil signature and bookplate of two other collectors in each volume; the endpapers also have some pencilled price codes and clippings from bookseller's catalogues, and the binder's stamp of J. MacKenzie, Westminster. Lacking plate 6 in Vol II (the second Macdonald plate). Boards unusually well preserved with slight rubbing and some minor dents to edges. Old waterstaining to head of front endpapers and frontispiece in Vol I, and both vols with foxing, sometimes heavy, to plates and (generally mild where it is present) to text, tissue-guards browned. About average internally, but appealing -and uncommon - for having the original boards in good state.
Seller: Wykeham Books, LONDON, United Kingdom
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volumes. 436; 1090 pp.+ 40 plates. Hardcovers, bound in brown morocco over marbled boards. Some edge wear and scuffing to the boards; solidly bound; prior owner's name and blindstamp; marginal toning throughout with foxing to the two frontispiece portraits and a few minor blemishes.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$767.61 + shipping
Description: With 44 engr. plates incl. 2 frontispieces, text illus. and tipped-in woodcuts and facsimiles. XV pp., (5) leaves, 436 pp., XXX pp. index to the whole work; (2) leaves, pp. (439)-1090. Large 8vo. Red cloth. London, printed for the author by C. Richards, and sold by James Bohn (a.o.), 1838. First edition of Dibdin's account of his tour of libraries in England and Scotland, a companion to his "Tour in France and Germany" of 1821, "which have long ago experiences the favourable patronage of the public. In labour, anxiety, and cost, these volumes have greatly exceeded all that have gone before them ." (preface). Written for a wide readership with interests in bibliophily, Dibdin included anecdotes and personal observations; he also cared for his works to be well-produced and adorned with illustrations. - Ex library copy with perforated stamps to titles and plates; some foxing. - Brunet II, 686; Graesse II, 384. BIBLIOGRAPHY ;
Seller: Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat, Zurich, Switzerland
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. With 41 plates and 2 not called for in list. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. In Boards. Jackson 89; Windle and Pippin A65 Original drab terracotta boards by J. Mackenzie, Westminster, with printed paper spine label, yellow endpapers, uncut. Front joint of vol. I split. With two ad pamphlets loosely inserted. Custom half morocco folding box With 41 plates and 2 not called for in list. 2 vols. Tall 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 2 volumes. xv, [xi], 436, xxx, [2]; [iv], [437]-1090 pp. Engraved frontispieces and 40 engraved plates and facsimiles, many engraved illustrations in text. Plates and text illustrations all with tissue guards. (8vo) 24.4x15.2 cm (9¾x6"). Magnificently restored and rebound preserving the original polished tan calf boards with inner gilt dentelles, gilt-tooled spine, marbled endpages, and gilt outer page edges. Hinges are tight and strong. Pages are generally clean with light toning, occasional foxing. Some scratches and stains to the boards and spine but a very handsome set nevertheless. They will be bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. They are very heavy so shipment outside of the United States will require extra funds. Please inquire.
Seller: Argyl Houser, Bookseller, Turlock, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2340.00 + shipping
Description: tall 8vo. modern half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, gilt on spine. xv,(v),436,xxx,(ii); (iv),(437)-1090 pages. Two volumes. First edition and only edition. (Windle A65; Jackson no.89). Some minor wear to edges and spine ends. Some of the plates have minor foxing. The publication date on the spine is mislabled '1858' instead of the correct '1838'. Overall a beautiful set. Provenance: Each volume bears on the front pastedown the bookplate of James Fenimore Cooper, Jr., grandson of the famed American author. The additional bookplate of Dean Sage in each volume on the front pastedown. Dean Sage was a noted businessman, philanthropist, investor, a major figure in the establishment of Cornell University, and a respected collector and author on the subject of sport fishing. Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) wrote in praise of the elder Dean Sage's sense of citizenship as well as his sense of humor, and depended on his hospitality and business acumen. (Cornell University was founded in 1865). Dibdin's last major work. Dedication to Frances Marry Richardson Currer, preface, table of contents, list of plates, list of subscribers, supplement, general index, corrigenda. Profusely illustrated with 44 separate plates, tipped-in woodcuts, and facsimiles. Volume one has twelve unnumbered plates, volume two has 32 unnumbered plates. The work is dedicated to Frances Mary Richardson Currer, who subscribed to nine copies of the work. According to Windle, Dibdin began to contemplate writing a tour of England after the publication of his continental tour in 1821. A notebook of Dibdin's kept in the course of visiting the libraries of Cambridge University marks the preparation for this work. A facsimile of this notebook was published by Oak Knoll Press in 1989. modern half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, gilt on spine
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Price: US$3016.00 + shipping
Description: 251 x 156 mm. (9 7/8 x 6 1/8"). With the list of subscribers in volume I. Two volumes. HANDSOME EARLY 20TH CENTURY RED MOROCCO, GILT, BY MATTHEWS (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with gilt French fillet border enclosing a simple lobed panel, raised bands, spines very attractively gilt in compartments with spiral cornerpieces and centerpiece featuring either a fleur-de-lys, a manuscript scroll and quill, or Dibdin's cipher, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With numerous engravings in the text, and 44 ENGRAVED PLATES, as called for, including portraits, views, antiquities, and manuscript facsimiles. Jackson 89; Windle & Pippin A-65; Lowndes I, 641. âPlates with occasional minor foxing, otherwise A VERY PLEASING SET IN ESPECIALLY FINE CONDITION, the text clean and bright, and the decorative bindings unworn and remarkably lustrous. This charming bibliographical travelogue takes us from Peterborough to London and on to Lincoln, York, Durham, Newcastle, Carlisle, Dumfries, Edinburgh, Glasgow, St. Andrews, and the border lands of Sir Walter Scott, with many stops along the way at libraries, cathedrals, castles, and ruins. Dibdin (1776-1847) was perhaps the most visible figure among the bibliophiles and bibliographers of the first half of the 19th century. His "Bibliomania" (1809) was an amusing account of the then-current craze of book collecting among wealthy English aristocrats, and the book, while cynical, did much to encourage the mania. And it was at his suggestion that the Roxburghe Club was founded in 1812. Our binding is typical of the elegant work produced by William Matthews, a Scot who became the leading binder in America during the second half of the 19th century. He was head of the bindery at D. Appleton and Company, was an early member of the Grolier Club, and was an important advisor in the formation of the Club Bindery, a firm organized with the (generally realized) intention of executing fine American bindings that rivalled the best being produced in Europe.
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.