A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors Living and Deceased from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1880-1. Reprint. Large octavo (27cm). Three volumes in half tan calf and marbled paper, all edges marbled, spines tooled in gilt with titles on black and brown spine labels; marbled endpapers; vol. I: [iv],1154pp; vol. II: [vi],1155-2326pp; vol. III: [vi],2327-3140pp. Bookplate of noted zoologist James G. Mead in each volume; ticket of Simon Johnston, Pittsburgh, PA. Sound and straight, lightly rubbed with a few small scuffs, internally slightly toned but clean: Very Good.

Lippincott published the first complete edition of Allibone's dictionary in 1870-71, though portions had been printed by other publishers as early as 1859. The work is still occasionally cited in book dealers' descriptions.