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(Children's Books) Moon, Marjorie BENJAMIN TABART'S JUVENILE LIBRARY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS FOR CHILDREN PUBLISHED, WRITTEN, EDITED AND SOLD BY MR. TABART, 1801-1820.
Winchester St Paul's Bibliographies 1990 8vo. cloth. xvii, 180 pages.
First edition. In the early nineteenth century the prevailing influence in children's books was the promotion of morality, coupled with instruction, and fairy-tales and such-like improper subjects were widely discouraged. So Benjamin Tabart showed no little courage when, within three years of opening his Juvenile Library in Bond Street, he launched out into the publication of a series of well-produced fairy-tales and nursery stories.

During his short publishing career, he continued to provide children's bookshelves with light-hearted, attractive-looking books for which he employed excellent artists and some of the best children's writers of the day. Many of his publications are now very scarce, but Marjorie Moon has recorded about a hundred and ninety titles (often in several editions), which have survived the hazards of nursery life. Since Mr. Tabert was not only a publisher but also a bookseller, part two of this bibliography includes other titles which he advertized as being on sale in his shop.

An introduction discussing Tabart's publishing career, his family life, and the very close connection between Tabart and the prolific publisher, Sir Richard Phillips, is included. Brian Alderson has contributed an appendix on the illustrating of two of Tabart's picture-books, and another appendix reprints William Goodwin's remarkable preface to his book of Bible stories which so horrified Mrs. Trimmer, the self-appointed critic of Georgian children's reading matter.
Price: $ 36.00 other currencies Order nr. 32779

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(Children's Books) Moon, Marjorie CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF MARY (BELSON) ELLIOTT BLENDING SOUND CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES WITH CHEERFUL CULTIVATION.
Winchester St. Paul's Bibliographies 1987 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxix, 142 pages.
First edition. Mary Elliott (then Mary Belson) began writing for children in 1809, at a time when increasing literacy and wealth and more progressive understanding of the reading needs of children were creating a growing demand for more and more books for young people. Beginning with two books in verse - one a lively tale about town and country mice, the other, an anthology including many of her own poems - she went on to produce a stream of books on a variety of subjects. Her stories, some eventful and exciting, were mostly about real children learning to tackle the everyday circumstances and difficulties which they encountered in the world around them.
These books were made all the more attractive by her publisher, William Darton, who provided them with entertaining illustrations, many of them interesting today for their depiction of contemporary scenes and fashions. Mary Elliott's books soon spread across the Atlantic, and American publishers reissued many of them, sometimes adapting the text to local circumstances. Although her books are now forgotten, they cannot be disregarded by researchers into the history of childhood and of children's literature. This bibliography contains about 470 entries, detailing not only each known edition of her books but also the picture-sheets, reward cards and combined volumes of assorted tales and verses.
Price: $ 28.00 other currencies Order nr. 26560

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(Children's Books) Welch, D'Alte A. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS PRINTED PRIOR TO 1821.
N.P. American Antiquarian Society 1972 7.5 x 10.25 inches cloth. 522 pages
First edition. Full descriptions of over 1000 books. Excellent reference tool.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 25465

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Christianson, C. Paul A DIRECTORY OF LONDON STATIONERS AND BOOK ARTISANS 1300-1500.
New York The Bibliographical Society of America 1990 8vo. cloth. 254 pages.
The history of the book trade in Medieval London before the age of print has long remained a matter of speculation. Few records survive that name the book artisans and entrepreneurs involved with this early trade venture or that document directly their methods of producing books and creating markets for them. In this directory, C. Paul Christianson assembles an extensive body of alternative data drawn from archival documents that identifies 262 participants in the London trade during a period of 200 years. This group includes stationers, manuscript artisans (called limners), textwriters, bookbinders, parchment sellers, and other London citizens active in book production and sale. This book provides a summary of information about the independent book craftsman working in London during this period. Four appendices contain indexes, and two maps, one modern and one from the sixteenth century, illustrate the historical area of the craft community around St. Paul's. Manuscripts and books cited are also listed. Designed by Abe Lerner. Distributed for the Bibliographical Society of America.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 29985

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Claes, F. LIJST VAN NEDERLANDSE WOORDENLIJSTEN EN WOORDENBOEKEN GEDRUKT TOT 1600.
Nieuwkoop HES & DE GRAAF 1974 24.5x16 cm cloth 104 pages.
Full bibliographical descriptions of 335 Dutch vocabularies and dictionaries printed before 1600.

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Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 103437

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(Cleveland, John) Morris, Brian JOHN CLEVELAND (1613-1658) A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS POEMS
London The Bibliographical Society 1967 8vo. cloth. 54 pages.
First edition. Distributed for the Bibliographical Society.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 60369

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(Cobbett, William) Gaines, Pierce W. WILLIAM COBBETT AND THE UNITED STATES, 1792-1835. A BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH NOTES AND EXTRACTS.
Worcester American Antiquarian Society 1971 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxi, 249 pages
First edition. In the early 1790s, William Cobbett, an ex-plowboy and soldier, arrived in Philadelphia and set off a journalistic explosion. In an age of slashing and scurrilous pamphleteering, Cobbett, better known under the pseudonym of Peter Porcupine, proved to be the most hard-hitting, fearless, prolific and irrepressible bully-boy with pen and types that America had ever seen or possibly ever was to see. Pierce Gaines provides an in-depth guide to Cobbett's literary and publishing activities, covering all his writings published in America, all the items he issued as a publisher, and all those that he wrote or published elsewhere but that relate to America. Extracts are furnished from the original publications to convey their character and flavor. Though this is primarily an author bibliography, it also provides a racy account of journalism.
Price: $ 27.50 other currencies Order nr. 12382

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(Cochläus, Johannes) Spahn, Martin JOHANNES COCHLÄUS. EIN LEBENSBILD AUS DER ZEIT DER KIRCHENSPALTUNG.
Nieuwkoop HES & DE GRAAF 1964 8vo cloth. xvi, 377 pages.
Reprint of the 1898 edition published in Berlin. pp. 341-372: Verzeichnis der Schriften Cochläus' von 1522 bis 1550 ( 202 entries).

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Price: $ 170.00 other currencies Order nr. 103568

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Cohen, Ben THE DELAWARE RIVER AND BAY 1600-1999: A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2008 8.5 x 11 inches Hardcover 276 pages
First edition. This work is a new bibliography on the Delaware River and Bay by Ben Cohen, the author of similar bibliographies on the Thames and the Clyde. The author first became interested in the Delaware River when he read D.B. Tyler's The Bay and River Delaware, which refers to the Delaware as the "American Clyde." Tyler writes poetically of the Delaware: "Its upper reaches have the beauty and vigor of youth. When, at Trenton, it turns adventurously westward, growing bigger and straighter, it has the solidity and single-mindedness of maturity. At the end, when it swings southward to lose itself in the greater ocean, it takes on the grandeur and dignity of age conscious of its past." This comparison to the Clyde in Scotland, where Cohen was born, ignited the bibliographer's interest in the Delaware. The Delaware River and Bay bibliography includes chapters on photographs, bridges, maps, fish, ports and commerce of the Delaware, containing hundreds of annotated entries, and concludes with four useful appendices, including one on Delaware River shipwrecks. As with his other books, original title spellings have been retained for historical purposes. Author Ben Cohen, F.R.C.S., is a graduate of Glasgow University and bibliographer of The Thames, 1580-1980: A General Bibliography, first published in 1985, and The River and Firth of Clyde, 1549-1993: A Selective Bibliography, first published in 1995.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 95869

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Cohen, Ben THE RIVER AND FIRTH OF CLYDE 1549-1993: A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2008 8.5 x 11 inches cloth 290 pages
Reprint of the out-of-print 1995 first edition, with index revised to include place names. This bibliography of the River Clyde and Firth of Clyde covers a period of over four centuries. The material derives from collections in libraries and institutions in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Clydeside and on the Firth. All items are collated in full, illustrations are itemized and engravings are described with details of measurements and the identification of artists. There are numerous annotations and many excerpts from the texts. Original spellings have been retained throughout, adding to the authenticity and general interest of the work. The contents, including five appendices, are alphabetically arranged in fourteen sections. An author, title and place name index facilitates the identification of particular items.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 95871

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Cohen, Ben THE THAMES 1580-1980: A GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2008 8.5 x 11 inches cloth 400 pages
Reprint of the out-of-print 1985 first edition with the addition of an index which was lacking from the first edition. This book represents the first bibliographic attempt to record the vast amount of literature on the River Thames written between 1580 and 1980. Annotations are grouped by topic and arranged alphabetically by author, when available. Topics include floods, bridges, fishing, frost fairs, journals and river police. For historical purposes, original spellings of titles have been retained. The section on Guides and Maps includes an appendix listing the Thames map list for the British library and additional maps from the Bodleian and Cambridge University Libraries. The index added to this edition includes authors, titles and place names.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 95870

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(Colines, Simon De) Schreiber, Fred SIMON DE COLINES, AN ANNOTATED CATALOGUE OF 230 EXAMPLES OF HIS PRESS 1520-1546.
Provo Friends of the Brigham Young University Library 1995 small 4to. cloth, paper spine label. lxxxiv, 242, (4) pages.
First edition, limited to 750 copies. The first true Renaissance printer, Colines worked with the finest French book decorators and type designers to transform the French book. By using the format pioneered by Aldus Manutius, his press (1520-1546) published reasonably priced "pocket" classics, making them affordable by students and popularizing italic and cursive types in France. De Colines holds the distinction of having prepared the first critical text of the Greek New Testament, and the first printed in France. He produced the earliest accented Greek type in France, fifteen years prior to the Grecs du Roi. In 1528, de Colines introduced an elegant cursive, derived from Arrighi, followed by a smaller italic based on the Aldine. The 230 books described in this work, one-third of de Colines's actual production, illustrate de Colines's types, ornamental initials, printer devices and title borders. A catalogue of the books published and facsimiles of two of Colines's publisher catalogues are also included. Designed by W. Thomas Taylor. Illustrated.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 42579

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(Colines, Simon De) Schreiber, Fred SIMON DE COLINES, AN ANNOTATED CATALOGUE OF 230 EXAMPLES OF HIS PRESS 1520-1546.
Provo Friends of the Brigham Young University Library 1995 small 4to. sewn unbound sheets. lxxxiv, 242, (4) pages.
First edition, limited to 750 copies. Unbound in sheets.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 45505

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(Connecticut) Johnson, Hazel A. CHECKLIST OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT, IMPRINTS 1709-1800
New York The Bibliographical Society of America 1978 8vo. cloth xlviii, 492, (2)
According to the Introduction, this book attempts to record over 1,400 of the publications, almost all with exceptions noted, of New London printers from May 1, 1709 through the year 1800. The output of the several presses was surprisingly large because all the printing done between the spring of 1709 and the autumn of 1754 in the Colony of Connecticut was done in New London. Johnson also includes twenty-three British Royal coats-of-arms used on New London printings of colony laws from 1709 to 1775. The appendices include sections on the Rogerenes, newspapers published in New London in the 18th century, election sermons printed in New London, and New London printers and booksellers.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 44037

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(Connecticut) Parks, Roger (editor) CONNECTICUT, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ITS HISTORY.
Hanover University Press of New England for the Committee for a New England Bibliography 1986 small 4to. cloth. xlii, 591 pages.
First edition. Volume Six of the series entitled Bibliographies of New England History. Preface by John Borden Armstrong and Foreword by Roger Parks. 9,778 entries.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 57058

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Coumont, Jean-Pierre DEMONOLOGY AND WITCHCRAFT. AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. WITH RELATED WORKS ON MAGIC, MEDICINE, SUPERSTITION, & C.
`t Goy-Houten HES & DE GRAAF 2005 8.25 x 12 inches cloth x, 586, lxxx pages.
Extensive bibliography on demonology and witchcraft systematically describing all materials -including books, monographs, conference reports and doctoral dissertations- covering these subjects subjects from the 15th century to the 21st century. 5000 entries and indices on author, subject and anonymous works. 320 b/w illustrations of title-pages.

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Price: $ 400.00 other currencies Order nr. 103675

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Crawford, Mary E. and Bruce J. Crawford MARY WEBB: NEGLECTED GENIUS
2, With contributions by Gladys Mary Coles and Thomas A. Goldwasser. Illustrations by William Bishop. New York The Grolier Club 2010 6 x 9 inches hardcover, slipcase 234 pages
Mary Webb was an extraordinary poet well known for her writings about the English countryside and rural England. Webb recorded her own observations while making readers feel as if they were living in her landscape. Webb brought people closer to nature with vivid expressions of the outdoors. She wrote in a lyrical quality with her characters encompassing emotions of sympathy, love, joy, and genuine pleasure. She has been reviewed as a poet with excellent work.

Mary Webb: Neglected Genius is a two-volume hardcover slipcased set. The set was published to accompany the exhibition held at the Grolier Club from January 27 to March 13, 2010, and then at Stanford University from May 17 to August 29, 2010. Attempting to bring more attention to the lesser-known works, the catalogue includes the only extant manuscript of a Mary Webb novel, Armour Wherein He Trusted; a letter of appreciation from Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin; a group of letters from Webb to her future mother-in-law; and the manuscript of Clematisa & Percival, an unpublished story written by her as a teenager and reproduced here in the accompanying volume.

The catalogue also includes a foreword, a critical assessment by Bruce J. Crawford, an essay on how Mary Crawford came to collect Webb's work, and a retrospective on collecting Webb by Thomas A. Goldwasser. Containing descriptions of her work, the book is also richly illustrated and includes a selection of poems. The reproduction of Clematisa & Percival is exquisitely illustrated by William Bishop.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 106677

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(Croquet) Drazin, David. CROQUET: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
New Castle Oak Knoll Press 2000 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 528 pages.
First edition. The definitive bibliography on the game of croquet. This scholarly work contains specialists books and pamphlets starting in the earliest times and going to 1997. The literature of croquet has long been of interest to scholars and collectors, but until now, no systematic bibliography of this subject has been published. There are over 1,000 entries, including works in English, French, German, Italian, Swedish, Afrikaans, Chinese, and Japanese.
Price: $ 59.95 other currencies Order nr. 56712

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(Croquet) Drazin, David. CROQUET: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
New Castle Oak Knoll Press and Roefield Press 2004 cd contained in plastic case 940 pages contained in CD form.
Revised edition, expanded from the 2000 first edition. The definitive bibliography on the game of croquet. This scholarly work contains specialists' books and pamphlets starting in the earliest times and going to 1997. The literature of croquet has long been of interest to scholars and collectors, but until now, no systematic bibliography of this subject has been published. There are over 1,700 entries covering 633 titles, 918 subsequent editions and variants, and 181 patent documents including works in English, French, German, Italian, Swedish, Afrikaans, Chinese, and Japanese. Also with a new classified index of titles, and several hundred thumbnail illustrations, mostly in color. With excellent search facilities as it is produced on CD-Rom.
Price: $ 99.95 other currencies Order nr. 78416

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Cunnally, John NUMISMATICS IN THE AGE OF GROLIER: AN EXHIBITION AT THE GROLIER CLUB, 11 SEPTEMBER-24 NOVEMBER 2001.
New York The Grolier Club 2001 9 x 6 inches paperback 75 pages
This checklist contains detailed descriptions of more than 100 numismatic books, coins, and medallions that were on display at the Grolier Club from September 11 to November 17, 2001. The exhibition was curated by John Cunnally, Jonathan H. Kagan, and Stephen K. Scher. A preface by Jonathan Kagan is included that provides a brief overview of numismatic books from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The checklist covers origins of coin-collecting and numismatic science, the first numismatic books, Enea Vico and Classicizing Medals, Contemporary References, and Numismatic Books from Grolier's Library. A bibliography of recent titles is also included. The catalogue was designed by Scott Vile and printed by the Ascensius Press.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 106638

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(Cuspinian, Johannes) Ankwicz-Kleehoven, Hans WIENER HUMANIST JOHANNES CUSPINIAN, GELEHRTER UND DIPLOMAT ZUR ZEIT KAISER MAXIMILIANS I.DER
Nieuwkoop HES & DE GRAAF 1959 24x16.8 cm cloth 344 pages.
The first comprehensive biography of Cuspinian (1443-1529). Part II (Die Werke Cuspinians) is largely of bibliographical interest. With 22 plates and illustrations

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Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 103399

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Danforth, Susan (editor) A. MATTER OF TASTE: DISCRIMINATION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY BOOK COLLECTING
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Rare Books from the John Carter Brown Library Providence The John Carter Brown Library 2008 8 x 11 inches cloth 86 pages
Curated by Susan Danforth, the exhibition that formed the basis for this catalogue demonstrated how the urge to collect, preserve, and ultimately share books can, however subtly, affect the physical character of the book itself. With a focus on acquisitions made in the nineteenth century - including several made by founder John Carter Brown - this exhibition uses selections from the Library collection to illustrate some of the effects that taste and trends in book collecting have had on the book as an object.

Some typical practices of the era-such as the use of book brands, ink library stamps on title pages and elaborate bindings-did not affect the integrity of the book as an expression of an idea, but according to Danforth, other practices are more problematic. The nineteenth-century collector's acceptance of "sophistication" (the gathering together of bits and pieces of several copies of a publication to make one "complete" volume) is a concern to scholars interested in textual integrity. Similarly, the use of carefully constructed facsimiles to complete imperfect books encouraged the specialized talents of artists and printers; the work of these skilled craftsmen could fool the eye of the casual observer and sometimes cause consternation in scholars' and collectors' circles. Knowledge of these past practices is helpful to today's scholars who use rare books as research material.

The JCB exhibition has been grouped into four broad categories: identification, embellishment, restoration, and an exploration of the challenges presented by facsimiles. Among the items on display are long-collected books published by Aldus Manutius and Theodor DeBry, as well as a section on the Aldines. The latter group of special books was actively collected as early as the sixteenth century and just as enthusiastically presented to the buying public in forged editions.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 100943

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(Davies, W.H.) Harlow, Sylvia W.H. DAVIES: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
New Castle, Delaware and Winchester Oak Knoll Books and St Paul's Bibliographies 1993 8vo. cloth. xii, 259 pages.
First edition. The third volume in the Winchester Bibliographies of Twentieth Century Writers series. W.H. Davies is best remembered as the author of THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP first published in 1908, and still in print, but his reputation is based on his poetry which was published in over fifty books and has appeared continuously in anthologies ever since. This bibliography provides the opportunity for a comprehensive study of this important twentieth-century writer, and it will also be a vital guide to collectors of his work. The sections cover Books, Anthologies edited by Davies and those containing his work, Articles, Broadcasts by and about Davies, and Articles and Books about him. The book also contains a Chronology and Index. Illustrated.
Price: $ 78.00 other currencies Order nr. 36407

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Delgado-Gomez, Angel SPANISH HISTORICAL WRITING ABOUT THE NEW WORLD.
With a Bibliographical Supplement by Susan L. Newbury Including a List of Editions & Translations Published before 1801. Providence The John Carter Brown Library 1992 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 127, (3) pages.
Focuses on 70 significant works of history written in Spanish about America before 1700, including on-the-spot narratives, lives of missionaries, ethnographic studies, and natural histories. Complete bibliographical information on 70 books and short-title entries for 325 later editions and translations. Illustrated.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 53772

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(Dibdin, Thomas Frognall) Windle, John and Karma Pippin. THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN 1776-1847: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 1999 6 x 9 inches cloth. 309 pages.
First edition. This is the definitive bibliography of one of the most influential figures in the annals of 19th-century book collecting. Dibdin was the self-proclaimed "father of bibliomania" and founder of the legendary Roxburghe Club. With his great love for books, he visited and studied the foremost collections in Great Britain and Europe. Dibdin's writings give today's collectors a unique window into early 19th-century collecting. Dibdin's books have appealed to many of the greatest of English and American collectors, especially inspiring the giants of 19th-century collecting to high levels of enthusiasm for early books and manuscripts. If it were not for this interest, many of these works would not have been saved and preserved, and the world of book collecting would certainly be different today. The most lavish of Dibdin's works, THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DECAMERON, marked the "highwater mark of Dibdin bibliomania," stated William A. Jackson, author of THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN, AN ANNOTATED LIST. However, one of Dibdin's most extraordinary achievements may have been THE LIBRARY COMPANION as "history's most voluminous exponent of footnote-authorship as a literary genre in itself," as described by Renato Rabaiotti in HORAE BIBLIOGRAPHICAE CANTABRIGIENSES. Today, this work is still endearing to Dibdin's devotees for its irrepressible flow of idiosyncratic and obscure anecdotes - that is, at least for those who are not bothered by Dibdin's bibliographical inaccuracies. And yet, these inaccuracies have become irrelevant for many 20th-century collectors in the desire to collect Dibdin's works. A growing interest in books by Dibdin has reached levels where collectors need to know if copies under consideration are complete. This new bibliography will inspire new collectors to begin collecting, intermediate collectors to improve their holdings, and advanced collectors, librarians, and book specialists to review and expand their collections as they will feel necessary.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 52910

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