Bibliotheca Pepysiana. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Library of Samuel Pepys. Part IV : Shorthand Books
by Tanner, J.R. & Others
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Untrimmed fore-edges duststained, endpapers faintly foxed, otherwise a Near Fine unopened copy in a faintly spotted dustwrapper
- Seller
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Sidgwick & Jackson, London, first edition, 1940. Cloth, printed paper spine-label, small 4to. xvii, 124 pp. A very thorough bibliographical catalogue of Pepys collection of shorthand books, which includes many of the rarest works. Untrimmed fore-edges duststained, endpapers faintly foxed, otherwise a Near Fine unopened copy in a faintly spotted dustwrapper.
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- Bookseller
- Wykeham Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-32137
- Title
- Bibliotheca Pepysiana. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Library of Samuel Pepys. Part IV : Shorthand Books
- Author
- Tanner, J.R. & Others
- Format/Binding
- Cloth, printed paper spine-label, small 4to
- Book Condition
- Used - Untrimmed fore-edges duststained, endpapers faintly foxed, otherwise a Near Fine unopened copy in a faintly spotted dustwrapper
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sidgwick & Jackson, London, first edition, 1940
- Date Published
- 1940
- Pages
- xvii, 124 pp
- Keywords
- Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703 diarist seventeenth 17th century Great Britain British English Literature author diary diaries early books 15th fifteenth 16th sixteenth library Magdalene College Cambridge shorthand early books stenography stenographiana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books (Bibliographies);
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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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- Foxed
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- Dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- Unopened
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- Cloth
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