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Diary And Correspondence Of Samuel Pepys From His Ms Cypher In The Pepysian Library
by Samuel Pepys
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
BICKERS AND SON, 1879. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1879. No Edition Remarks. 526 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrative plates throughout. Notes and biography by Richard Lord Braybrooke. Additional notes by Rev. Mynors Bright. Volume 6. Additional notes for volume 1 and 2 to back of book, paginated separately.Binding remains firm. Crinkling to gutters. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Occasional foxing. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and loss to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is darkened.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1632827315CLB
- Title
- Diary And Correspondence Of Samuel Pepys From His Ms Cypher In The Pepysian Library
- Author
- Samuel Pepys
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- BICKERS AND SON
- Date Published
- 1879
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- Cloth
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- Acceptable
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- Edges
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- 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.
- 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....
- Jacket
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