DIBDIN, Thomas Frognall (1776–1847). Reminiscences of a Literary Life. London: John Major, 1836. 2 volumes, royal 8vo. 10 engraved plates including an engraving on india paper on blank leaf facing 3Q7b (some browning to frontispieces, offsetting to title). Full dark olive morocco framed in gilt, fleuron cornerpieces, raised bands, compartments elaborately tooled in gilt, all edges gilt, stamp–signed by J. Mackenzie “bookbinder to the king” (spines and extreme edges darkened, few minor spots of rubbing along spines). Includes index (“the 44-page index issued some months later is often lacking” Windle & Pippin). Provenance: William Henry Rossington (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, limited to 1250 copies of Dibdin’s autobiography that contains a wealth of information on bookselling and collecting at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Windle & Pippin A62.