1826. [N.p.]: Oct. 19, 1826. 4to, 3 pp. Small tear from breaking the seal, othewrwise fine. § A deeply moving and sad letter about the illness of Arch’s brother Arthur, and Dibdin’s own ailments. "As I was very nearly "going the way of all flesh" from the same complaint... I...... More

1822. [N.p. but surely London]: Oct. 12, 1822. Cut from a sheet, 3 1/2 x 5 inches, 1 p., in very good condition, with address on verso. § To Messrs. John and Arthur Arch, consisting of a four-line rhyme promising a visit on ‘Tuesday next’. " On Tuesday next (at..... More

1799. [London]: Sept. 9, 1799. 4to, 1 p., tiny hole in centre, text unaffected. § A highly important, very early, and previously unrecorded letter, tasking his correspondent to give the bearer two copies of “my Charts of the Rights of Persons,” one colored and one plain, without charge, “in..... More

1822. [London]: Spring, 1822. 4pp., 8vo, fine & uncut. § Windle and Pippin p. 85: "The price intended was ‘Six Guineas in Boards’ for the imperial octavo set according to a single-sheet, two-page prospectus in the collection of John Priddy, with a publication date of ‘Spring of 1822.’ ... A...... More

1805. Bassano: Tipografia Remondiniana, 1805. 8vo, xxix, [2], 226 pp. Crusca woodcut device on title and at the end. Contemporary Italian printed paper wrappers. § Large-paper copy (possibly proof sheets). Gamba's own copy of the first edition, with numerous autograph corrections and additions for the second edition. Gamba's classic bibliography..... More

1840. London: June 1, [18]40. 4to, 2 pp., (with conjugate leaves) written in ink. With two wax seals still present but mostly illegible -- one possibly has the monogram TFD. § Dibdin writes slightly testily to the addressee: "... the weather is hot, my paper of limited dimensions, and a...... More

1815. London: Dec. 11, 1815. 4to, 1p., written in ink. Addressee illegible but possibly J.O. Downey? § Dibdin apologises for the late delivery of "your copy of the 4th volume", probably the Bibliotheca Spenceriana. He ends (typically) with a sales pitch: "I enclose a prospectus of my new work which..... More

1798. London: Feb. 6, (17)98. 4to, 4 pp., written in ink. Fold neatly restored, in very good condition. § This is one of the earliest, and by far the most important, Dibdin letters extant. It is fully described and transcribed in Windle and Pippin E2 and it describes Dibdin's first..... More

1921. New York: The Grolier Club, 1921. Thick large 4to, xvi, 516 pages, with 4 color plates, 40 black-and-white plates, and 12 illustrations in the text. Original blue quarter morocco lettered in gilt, buckram boards, a bit worn but internally very good. § Limited to 250 copies; the original Blake..... More

1892. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1892. Large 8vo, xvi, 411 pp. Ten tinted plates and 67 text illustrations after sketches by Frederic Remington. Original mustard cloth, backstrip lettered & decorated in gilt, front cover lettered in gilt and elaborately decorated in gilt, red, blue, & black, gilt top. Backstrip..... More

1971. San Francisco, CA: John Howell - Books, 1971. Folio, unpaginated. Illustrations in black white throughout. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to backstrip and upper cover. Covers faintly scuffed, text block edges spotted, internally a fine copy. § A comprehensive, fully illustrated catalogue of Borein's engravings with an index of..... More

1985. Pasadena, California: Twelvetrees Press, 1985. Oblong folio, unpaginated. Blue cloth, photo-illustrated dust-jacket. Small owner's inscription on front pastedown, light edgewear to dust-jacket now protected in mylar. Very good. § First edition of Kurt Markus' first book of photographs of cowboy life and style in 1980s America. The photographs are..... More

1957. London: Trianon Press, 1957. Folio, with 9 color plates and 156 illustrations. Original quarter morocco, a superb copy virtually mint, preserved in a quarter blue morocco box lettered in gilt § Limited to 460 copies, this is #219. A very scarce book in good let alone fine condition as..... More