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Oak Knoll. Used - Like New. 1989. Hardcover. Hardcover in a Slipcase. Fine. No Dust Jacket.

HardPress Publishing, 2012-08-01. Paperback. Good.

Oak Knoll Press, 1989. Hardcover. As new, clean, tight & bright condition with glassine wrapper and just slightly scuffed box. Limited edition to 250 copies. 79pp., boxed.

Oak Knoll Pr. Used - Very Good. 1989. Hardcover. Cloth, acetate cover, in slipcase. Some shelf-wear to slipcase. Else clean copy. Very Good.

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Oak Knoll Pr, 1989-04. Hardcover. Good.

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London: Harding, Triphook, Lepar, 1824. Hardcover. Good. . 2-volume set. Ex-library copies with usual markings. Half-leather covers with marbled boards, spines rebacked, covers show heavy wear and rubbing, edgewear and loss on the corners, spine of volume 2 starting. Pages with very minor scattered foxing.

Harding, Triphook & Lepard, London: 1824., 1824 pp. li, 912. 8vo. Rebound in library buckram. First edition, one volume issue. Great classic of bibliophilia. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF7 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

1824. London, Harding (etc.), 1824. (4),lii,912pp. 8vo. Buckram (binding slightly soiled & traces of use). First edition. The advertised intention of 'The Library Companion' was to provide a guide to the best books for study and reference in all parts of learning, seasoned with literary and bibliophilic anecdotes. But his passions for the rare and curious diverted Dibdin from these worthy aims and, as one of his friends remarked, he once again 'became rampant' on editions, typography, illustrations, bindings and rare book prices. However, the modern reader will find a good many interesting details about books, collectors and book trade personalities of the time. [c.f. O'Dwyer, Thomas Frognall Dibdin; Jackson 63; Windle & Pippin A50a].

London: Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, 1825. Hardcover. Second Edition revised. 8vo. 2 volumes. Volume I. pp. [6], 448. Volume II. pp. [2], 449-899, [1]. Bound in modern quarter calf with marbled boards and endpapers after 19th century style. Pages are generally clean with occasional mild scattered marginal foxing; a few minor tears are professionally sealed; a tiny hole in pp. 723/24 effects a couple letters of text; a name is lightly written in an early hand on corner of front fly-leaf of each volume. Dibdin discusses the best books with which to fill an English gentleman’s antiquarian library. Primarily covers works in the humanities - history, voyages and travels, belles letters, poetry, English drama etc. Copious notes are included on many titles in regards to content, scarcity, best editions etc.

The Library Companion; or, The Young Man's Guide, and The Old Man's Comfort, in the Choice of a Library. by the Reverend T F Dibdin. Second Edition. London: Printed for Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, Fionsbury-Square; and J Major, Fleet-Street. 1825. W Nicol, Printer, Successor to W Bulmer and Co., Shakspeare Press. Two Volumes in One. 899 pages.
Condition: NOT a library book. Modern 3/4 leather with marble boards. Two volumes in one. Sound binding, Clean interior with almost no foxing. No crimps, stamps, signatures or notes found within. Excellent condition for a book from 1825. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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London: Harding, Triphook, Lepard, J. Major, 1824. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, spine elaborately gilt; preliminary and last blanks are foxed, interior and text in excellent condition. First edition. Dibdin's descriptive catalogue of his ideal library was published in an edition of two thousand copies. It contains much curious and important bibliographical information not elsewhere to be found. According to John Carter, Dibdin (1776-1847) "was considered the most enthusiastic and prolific chronicler, anecdotist and publicist in the history of bibliophily.