Diary of Samuel Pepys in Two Volumes
1937.
J.M Dent and Sons Ltd
, London, England
Originally published in January 1660 in six volumes, this is a useful and only slightly abridged rendition of the most famous of early literary diaries by a member of the English Parliament and a President of the Royal Society whilst also being a reformer of the British Navy as the principal Admiralty administrator. The diary from 1660 to 1669 is one of the most important sources of all knowledge of the English Restoration period, with personal revelations and eye witness accounts of great events such as the Great Plague, the Second Dutch War and the Great Fire of London. The bookplate reveals prior ownership by the famous Australian book collectors Geoffrey and Nicholas Ingleton . Not the Everyman Edition.
$95.00
Specifications
| Author | deciphered by Rev. J Smith |
| Illustrator | Illustrated by Benton Fletcher |
| Publisher | J.M Dent and Sons Ltd |
| Place Published | London, England |
| Year Published | 1937 |
| Date of First Edition or Edition Notes |
1924 (First Edition Thus) |
| Size | 8vo - Octavo, 152mm x 229mm |
| Chapters | Unspecified |
| Pages | Vol I - 660pp, Vol II - 719pp |
Condition Report
| Cover | Hardcover (no dust wrapper) in light blue cloth in good condition with gold embossing of and old ship original front board and title original spine both with bruised corners and some storage crease mark original top edge of front board of Vol. II. |
| Overall | Text in excellent condition with all black and white illustrations on semi-gloss paper scattered throughout in very good order as well as a great many other black and white illustrations. one intricate signature of a prior owner inside front board of both volumes with a neat bookplate as well in both books and small bookshop stickers from two famous Sydney bookshops of the past. |