Reminiscences of a Literary Life.
1836. London: J. Major, 1836.
2 vols., royal 8vo. (i-v), vi-xxxii, (4),(1) 2- 556 pp.; (2), 557-982 pp.+ 44 pp. index. 10 plates. Later polished brown calf, gilt backstrips, red and green labels, gilt edges, bookplates of Charles Sebag-Montefiore.
§ First edition, the regular edition which was printed in an edition of 1250 copies. A handsome set. Dibdin’s autobiography contains a wealth of information on bookselling and collecting at the beginning of the nineteenth century, when “bibliomania” was born. Includes the index ("the 44 page index issued some months later is often lacking"). (Windle & Pippin A62). Item #122752
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