diary vols i iii von pepys samuel (8 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. 1952. Thin Paper Edition. 371 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Volumes I-III. Light foxing and noticeable tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Hinges are moderately cracked causing boards and binding to be loose. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Zustand: Good. 1924. Reprinted. 371 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Vols. I-III. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning to text block edges. Cracking to front hinge, with exposed netting. Moderate rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with plate to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and heavy crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed with water stains.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good Plus. 5 x 7 1/2", Three volume set: I. 1659-1663 (371 pages), II. 1664-1667 (385 pages), & III. 1667-1669 and Index 514 pages. Black cloth covers, spine ends very slightly worn. India Paper edition.

Blue Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. Type: Z The compact 3 volume set in india paper of The Diary of Samuel Pepys covering the years 1659-1669. All volumes have gilt embossed top fore edges adn gilt lettering to the spines. Edited with additions by Henry B. Wheatley. The first volume, comprising Vols I-III has a frontispiece of Samuel Pepys with tissue guard. Two corners lightly bumped. A newspaper cutting of Sir John Minnes has been stick to the page between volumes II and III. Very occasional foxing to the fore edges. Otherwise the book is clean and tight. The second volume, comprising Vols IV - VI has light foxing to the prelims and fore edges. There is a picture of London Bridge stuck to page between Volume V and Vi of the book. Otherwise the book is clean and tight. The third volume has two lightly bumped corners and light rubbing to the front board. Light foxing scattered to some pages of the book. A picture of a london carriage has been stuck to the page between Vol VII and Vol III. Very light rubbing to the edges of the board. The books are in very good condition.

Hardback. Zustand: VG-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: G+ DW. Thin Paper Edition. Dark blue cloth with gold lettering to spine. In very good clean tight condition BUT back cover is noticeably marked and bottom of spine a bit bumped. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in good plus condition with very noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. A compact and elegantly produced India Paper edition of one of the most important and entertaining historical diaries in the English language. The Diary of Samuel Pepys offers a vivid and personal account of life in 17th-century London, documenting events such as the Great Plague, the Great Fire, and the Restoration of Charles II, alongside the author's everyday observations on politics, society, and personal affairs. This edition, transcribed from the shorthand manuscript by Rev. Mynors Bright and edited by Henry B. Wheatley, remains a benchmark in Pepys scholarship, combining comprehensive annotation with an accessible format.  The Diary of Samuel Pepys, M.A., F.R.S.; Clerk of the Acts and Secretary to the Admiralty. Transcribed by the Late Rev. Mynors Bright, M.A. from the Shorthand Manuscript in the Pepysian Library, Magdalene College Cambridge. Edited with Additions by Henry B. Wheatley, F.S.A. Bound in 3 books, complete; Vols. I-III; 1659-1663;  Vols IV-VI; 1664-1667;  Vols. VII-VIII; 1667-1669 + Index.  Published by G. Bell and Sons Ltd, London and New York, 1928. Printed in Great Britain by William Clowes. First published between 1893 and 1899, it was then reissued in 8 volumes in 1904, and this India Paper edition was first issued in 1923. This 1928 copy is a reprint of the 1923 printing. A very good hardback set of this classic work. Rebound securely in modern blue cloth, sunned to a lilac colour on spine. The use of India paper makes it possible for each volume to have many hundreds of pages, and reproduce the diaries in a convenient form for readers. The text is very good throughout - bright and clean with only occasional light usage mark or page crease. Some finger marks to text block edges and with gilt top edge. Volume I with tissue guarded portrait frontispiece in lovely condition. Text in English. Vols. I-III; 1659-1663; lix + 342pp + 407pp + 371pp;  Vols IV-VI; 1664-1667; (iv) + 424pp + 424pp + 385pp;  Vols. VII-VIII; 1667-1669 + Index; (iv) + 387pp + 313pp + (1) + 315-514pp Index. Dimensions: Approximately 191mm high x 131mm wide x c.30-40mm deep. Weight approximately 1.6kg unpacked.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good -. Hard cover blue cloth bds, Good-, some rubbing at spine ends and edges, gilt titles to spine, cloth a little faded and sl. mottled in places, tissue-protected fronts., leading pge edge block a little marked, contents clean, tight and bright, hinge cracked at the end of the 2nd volume but holding, first 77 pges slightly crinkled, last pge folded at btm corner, prev. owners label to front pastedown. A sound reading copy.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: no DJ. Reprint. 8 volumes published as 3 books. Cloth is a little worn, edges lightly soiled. Slight discolouration to eps.