The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature, Containing an Account of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books, Published in or Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Invention of Printing; with Bibliographical and Critical Notices, Collations of the Rarer Articles, and the Prices at Which they Have Been Sold in the Present Century. [4 vols in 2, complete set ]
by Lowndes, W.T
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- An ex-library set with gilt Dewey numbers on the spines, a label on each front pastedown endpaper and withdrawn stamp on the fro
- Seller
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Pickering, London, first edition, 1834. 4 vols in 2, later library buckram, new endpapers, gilt spine-titles, 8vo,. xii, 1054 + 1055-2002, [1] pp title-pages to Vol I and Vol II at start of volumes, others not retained. The first edition of Lowndes' stupendous achievement and the only one to be published by William Pickering, this manual was issued in parts to form four "handsomely printed volumes" (Keynes), here bound in two volumes.Breslauer and Folter annotate this in their catalogue: "First edition of what is still the best general bibliography of English literature from the book collector's viewpoint. An ex-library set with gilt Dewey numbers on the spines, a label on each front pastedown endpaper and withdrawn stamp on the front free endpaper, small library stamp at foot of title-page and final textpage in each volume, accession stamp on verso of each title-page, contents otherwise Good, a soundly bound and well-preserved set.
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- Seller
- Wykeham Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-38393
- Title
- The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature, Containing an Account of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books, Published in or Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Invention of Printing; with Bibliographical and Critical Notices, Collations of the Rarer Articles, and the Prices at Which they Have Been Sold in the Present Century. [4 vols in 2, complete set ]
- Author
- Lowndes, W.T
- Format/Binding
- 4 vols in 2, later library buckram, new endpapers, gilt spine-titles, 8vo,
- Book Condition
- Used - An ex-library set with gilt Dewey numbers on the spines, a label on each front pastedown endpaper and withdrawn stamp on the fro
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Pickering, London, first edition, 1834
- Date Published
- 1834
- Pages
- xii, 1054 + 1055-2002, [1] pp title-pages to Vol I and Vol II at start of volumes, others not retained
- Keywords
- English literature Rare books Great Britain Great Britain Imprints Ireland Imprints Books Prices Lowndes, William Thomas
- Bookseller catalogs
- Universal and National Bibliography;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Wykeham Books
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About the Seller
Wykeham Books
Biblio member since 2005
LONDON, Aberdeen
About Wykeham Books
We specialize chiefly in "books about books", the emphasis being on historical aspects of book collecting, production and distribution. A particular speciality is in bibliographies, of all subjects of interest to collectors, dealers and scholars, with several thousand bibliography titles in stock. Other strengths include extensive holdings of auction catalogues for book sales and a good selction of reference material on and facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts. We also have a special interest in rare material by or about Rudyard Kipling.
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- Gilt
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