The library companion, or, The young man's guide, and the old man's comfort, in the choice of a library
By: by the Rev. T.F. Dibdin
Series: Open Collections Program at Harvard University
Publisher: Printed for Harding, Triphook, and Lepard
Published: 1824
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 912
Subjects: Best books; Book collecting; Bibliographies as Topic; Book Collecting
Other titles: Library companion; Young man's guide, and the old man's comfort, in the choice of a library; Choice of a library
Notes: First edition, printed in both regular and large paper copies.

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William Beckford's copy, heavily annotated with remarks, some quite caustic; collation marks of Beckford's dealer, George Clarke; scant manuscript notes of the Beckford scholar Robert J. Gemmett.

Large paper copy, untrimmed.

Bound in two volumes in the Fonthill binding style with cinquefoils and crosses on the spine, in brown half calf black paper boards, by Charles Lewis.
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