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Author: Dibdin, Thomas
Title: The Reminiscences of Thomas Dibdin, of the Theatres Royal, Covent-Garden, Drury Land, Haymarket, &c. And the Author of the Cabinet, &c.
Place: London
Publisher: Henry Colburn
Date: 1827
Item # : 125443
Sale Number   257
Lot Number   25
Sale Name    
Fine & Rare Books
Sale Date   02/10/2003
Price realized   $ 287
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Description:
2 vols. xii, 446; xi, [1], 431 pp. Stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait, engraved by H. Meyer from the drawing by Wageman. 8¼x5, 20th century ¾ gilt-ruled red levant morocco, spines tooled and lettered in gilt, raised bands, all edges gilt. First Edition.
Reminiscences of the noted actor and dramatist Thomas John Dibdin (1771-1841), not to be confused with Thomas Frognall Dibdin, the noted bibliophile. With the bookplates of John F. Helgoth.
Condition:
Foxing to the frontispiece, some faint foxing within, near fine, handsomely bound.
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