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The Diary of Samuel Pepys, M. A., F.R.S., Clerk of the Acts and Secretary to the Admiralty
by Pepys, Samuel (ed. Henry B. Wheatley, F. S. A.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: George Bell & Sons, 1893. Royal octavo. Ten volumes, uniformly bound. Large paper edition, limited to 250 copies. Bound in half vellum with buff coloured cloth; brown decorations stamped to the front board and gold gilt lettering and decorations stamped to the spine. Top edge of text block trimmed. Illustrated with black and white plates, some folding. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Rubbing along the edges and bumping to some of the corners. Abrasion to the cloth on the back board of the first volume and a small ink stain near the top edge of the back board of the fourth volume. Wear and minor soiling to the spines of the first four volumes. Mild toning to the endpapers and occasional foxing throughout. Overall, a very good and complete set. This set is #202 from a limited edition of 250 copies and contains Lord Braybrooke's notes and was also edited with additions by Henry B. Wheatley, F. S. A.. An attractively bound set of this work by Pepys, who was an administrator of the navy of England and Member of Parliament; Pepys was most famous for the diary that he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man. 1893
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 141586
- Title
- The Diary of Samuel Pepys, M. A., F.R.S., Clerk of the Acts and Secretary to the Admiralty
- Author
- Pepys, Samuel (ed. Henry B. Wheatley, F. S. A.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Bell & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Biography|British History|Diaries|History|Naval History
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
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Glossary
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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