The Diary of Samuel Pepys Esq., F.R.S. From 1659 to 1669. With Memoir. by Pepys, Samuel (ed. Braybrooke, Lord):

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 639 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1905. hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). with Memoir: Chandos Classics. Undated, circa 1905 Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

GB: Pearson, 1899. Bugundy cloth lettered in gold on spine and with extensive blind decoration including heraldic lion on spine and heraldic achievment on front cover. Endpapers and edges spotted. some spine wear to top and bottom edges.. Hardback. G++/No DW.

London: Frederick Warne, No date [c.1900]. [Diaries] FINE LEATHER BINDING, reprint. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] xii; 639 [1]. Red full calf, boards gilt-ruled. Brown label lettered in gilt, gilt-tooling, and raised bands to spine. Dentelles in blind to turn-ins. Marbled endpapers and matching marbled edges. Some toning to first 50 or so pages, light spotting to preliminaries and rear leaves. Ownership inscription in purple pencil to front blank. Small binder's label to flyleaf verso. Heavy dulling to marbled edges. Gentle scuffing to boards, sunning to spine. Mild rubbing to extremities. Very good. The detailed private diary that Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669, first published in the 19th century. It has become one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. Although detailing major events throughout the period such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War, and the Great Fire of London, his diary still includes the trivialities of everyday life one would… Read More