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Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: vi, (2), ccxxv, 410 pp. with numerous plates and vignette illustrations. Hardcover, bound in contemporary gilt and blind embossed straight grain morocco. Neatly recased; bookplate; foxing to the plates and facing leaves, and occasional leaves.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$895.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [vi], vi, [ii], ccxxv, 410; [iv], 535, [2]; [iv], 544, [1] pp.; illustrated; half-titles; 8vo; later tan polished calf over boards, four raised bands, gilt titles on spines, marbled endpapers, speckled text block edges. Thirty-seven of 38 plates called for are present; the Presentation in the Temple plate, not ready at publication and included in only a few copies is, as is the case in most copies, not present here. With numerous prints, linecuts, woodcuts and engravings printed within the text. "From the information which it contains, and the splendor of the decorations and printing, it will ever be considered as a model of excellence and good taste in typography and the arts" (Lowndes, p. 580). "It is perhaps the most lavish of all Dibdin's works and the best printed" (Jackson, p. 31). An attractive, pleasing set. Bindings are tight and solid and handled with ease. Small abrasions and rubbing to a few corners; spines a touch faded; light-toned foxing/spotting, mostly in vols. I and II; three plates in vol. I cropped close, with loss of a few letters at the captions. Jackson 40; Windle & Pippin A28.
Seller: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Tall octavo. Three volumes. I: [vi], vi, [ii], ccxxv, [i], 410, [2] pages; II: [iv], 535, [3] pages; III: [iv], 544, [4] pages. With half-title to each volume present. Quarter black calf over black cloth. Title label. Illustrated as follows: I: 16 plates facing pages xiii, xcii, cxii, cxii, cxiii, cxiv, cxv, cxxxviii, cxlii (not found in all copies, since it was not ready at publication & absent here), clxxi, clxxix, clxxx, cxcix, ccxi, ccxvi, 204-205 (double-page), textual engravings & woodcuts, and 15 prints on india paper at pages xiv, xcii, ci, cxxviii, cxlvii, cli, cliv, clxi, clxvii, clxxi, clxxii, clxxxii, ccii (etching in sepia), 44, & 340; II: 6 plates facing pages 27 (double-page), 108, 157, 175, 458, & 466, textual engravings & woodcuts, and 11 prints on india paper at pages 157, 172, 380, 395, 401,403, 417 (red pared calf with gold letterpress), 466 (two prints), 490 (etching in sepia), & 518; III: 16 plates facing pages 51, 199, 206, 249, 263, 281, 293, 302, 327, 344, 351, 368, 435, 440, 475, & 477, textual engravings & woodcuts, and 10 prints on india paper at pages 51, 177, 194 (sepia), 284, 361, 362, 364, 445, 456, & 466. Jackson 40; Bigmore & Wyman I, pp. 169-170; Lowndes II, p. 640; Windle & Pippin A28. Ex-library copy, with the library's perforated stamp on each title-page. Some browning. A very good copy.
Seller: Sam Gatteno Books, Grosse Pointe, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Three volumes. Hardcovers, bound in tan calf over marbled boards, all edges gilt, by Frost and Co., Bath. The bindings rubbed along the bottom edge and joints, spines with some fading.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$1988.80 + shipping
Description: 3 volúmenes. V-410-1 - IV-535 -1 - IV- 544pp. Ilustrado con 37 láminas grabadas al cobre (2 a doble página) y numerosas ilustraciones en el texto. Alguna ligera sombra obscura, pero muy buen ejemplar. Bella edición en grueso papel. Ex libris Frédéric te Anne Max.
Seller: Llibreria Antiquària Els Gnoms, Sedó, Spain
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, with half-titles and errata. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc., some tinted in red and blue, and slip of gold printing with directions to binder slip at vol. II, p. 417. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo (9-3/4 x 6 inches). Windle & Pippin A28; Jackson no.40; Hart no.186; Bigmore and Wyman pp. 169-70 Bound in contemporary three quarters blue pebbled morocco, spine gilt and marbled boards and edges. Fine, small bump to some pages in Vol. I. Bookplate of The Right Hon. Charles Abbot (prob. Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester) in Vols II & III Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc., some tinted in red and blue, and slip of gold printing with directions to binder slip at vol. II, p. 417. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo (9-3/4 x 6 inches) First edition, with half-titles and errata.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. Slip announcing vol. IV of Typographical Antiquities inserted before half title of Vol. I. ccxxv. [i], 410;[iv], [1]-535,[iii]; [iv], [1]-544, [iv]pp. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo [10 x 6-1/2 inches]. IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. Windle & Pippin A28; Jackson no.40; Hart no.186; Bigmore and Wyman pp. 169-70 Original drab boards, printed spine labels, untrimmed. Old clean repairs to the joints of vol. I; joints of vol. III a bit rubbed. Ownership signature of Mary Curteis, Dec. 29 1817 on pastedown in each volume; bookplate of Charles Sarolea and his signature on title page; small morocco label of Have O'More (THe Garden Collection); printed label of Claude Smith on flyleaf. Very good. Cloth slipcases Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. Slip announcing vol. IV of Typographical Antiquities inserted before half title of Vol. I. ccxxv. [i], 410;[iv], [1]-535,[iii]; [iv], [1]-544, [iv]pp. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo [10 x 6-1/2 inches]
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: Complete with errata, colophon, and half-titles. With 40 plates, including the oft missing "Presentation in the Temple" in Volume I, portraits, illustrations and facsimiles, engraved vignettes, woodcut and text illustrations (some printed on India paper and mounted). Contemporary full crimson crushed levant morocco bound by St. James' Duke Street, London, a dated binding with the elaborate gilt spine in 6 compartments and "London, 1827" in gilt at the foot. From the library of Thomas Willement (1786-1871), British stained glass artist, called "the father of Victorian Stained Glass," with his signature, a small circular binders label and his personal bookplate from the Society of London Antiquaries. A handsome copy with an important provenance.
Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2898.59 + shipping
Description: First edition, 3 vols., 4to (270 x 185 mm), [6], vi, [2], ccxxv, [1], 410, [2]; [4], 535, [3]; [4], 544, [4]pp., with half-titles, ONE OF 50 LARGE PAPER COPIES, 37 engraved plates (without the 'Presentation in the Temple' plate which was not ready at publication and occurs in only a very few copies and the 'Portrait of Los Rios' which Windle & Pippin suggest is an extra-illustration), also without the engraved portrait of Dibdin by Henry Mayer, numerous woodcuts engraved vignettes, several printed in red or blue, some mounted, some light spotting and offsetting as usual, marbled endpapers, contemporary full blue-green morocco, decorated in gilt with interlacing geometrical design on the covers, richly tooled gilt morocco doublures, flat spines lettered in gilt direct, all edges gilt, spine slightly faded, corner of lower board of vol. II bumped, some slight edge-wear to bindings otherwise a handsome set. A fine copy of the rare large paper issue of the author's most lavish publication and the high water of Dibdinian Bibliomania. Jackson 40; Windle & Pippin A28.
Seller: Forest Books, ABA-ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, United Kingdom
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, with half-titles and errata. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type, etc., some tinted in red and blue. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo. Bound by Charles Smith. Dibdin's lavish work in an ornate binding by Charles Smith, one of the more active and competent binders in London of the 1810s-'30s, with his "13 Church St Soho" ticket in volume 1. Windle & Pippin A28; Jackson no.40; Hart no.186; Bigmore and Wyman pp. 169-70. Provenance: R.P. Hooper (bookplate) Contemporary straight-grained red morocco by Charles Smith, covers gilt ruled with gilt side-pieces along central panel, spines in six compartments with elaborate gilt scrollwork, gilt turn-ins, blue silk doublures with gilt cornerpieces duplicated on silk free endpapers, a.e.g. Foxed, minor rubbing to boards, an attractive copy Hundreds of engravings and examples of type, etc., some tinted in red and blue. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo First edition, with half-titles and errata.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$6441.31 + shipping
Description: First edition, and a splendid copy, of the book which defined a golden age of book collecting, epitomising an era of aristocratic collectors and great libraries, focused on black-letter and early printing, large paper and vellum copies. Dibdin's classic remains eminently readable and is held in high regard by modern collectors, even those collecting in areas alien to Dibdin. Lowndes p. 640; Windle and Pippin, A28. Three volumes, royal octavo (238 x 151 mm). Contemporary green straight-grain morocco, spines gilt in compartments, wide gilt border to covers, broad gilt turn-ins, pink endpapers, gilt edges. With 37 plates, as called for; an additional plate, "Presentation in the Temple" was not ready at time of publication and is, as usual, not present here. Scattered minor rubbing skilfully retouched, contents clean save for occasional light foxing, bound without terminal imprint leaf in vol. I. An excellent copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom