GOOD to FAIR CONDITION

 

This sale is for a vintage hardback COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET entitled “Private Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers of Samuel Pepys, 1679-1703,” subtitled “In the Possession of J. Pepys Cockerell,” edited by J. R. Tabber, Litt.D., with a tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Samuel Pepys in each book.

 

The set was published by G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., of London, in January, 1926 and is the second impression of the January, 1926 FIRST EDITION.

 

Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) was an English Member of Parliament and naval administrator, who is best remember for his famous diaries of 1660-1669.  He is one of the most important primary sources of English history for the Restoration period.  It is a combination of personal revelations and eyewitness accounts of great events of the time.

 

The books measure 8.75 inches x 6.25 inches, will require 2.75 inches along your bookshelf and have 382 + 392 pages, which are gilt edged to the tops and hand-cut to the side and bottom rims. 

 

The books are in good condition for their age, internally generally neat, with heavy wear/bumps and are grubby to the original cloth hardback covers, with an ex-libris sticker at the front, a little light foxing near the covers, and no other ink or pencil markings in either of the books. The bindings are good with no loose or missing pages.  There are no dust-jackets.

 

A good reading copy of this wonderful vintage COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET.

 

COMBINED POSTAGE - ALL BIDDERS: We offer 30% off the total postage & packing (‘shipping’) cost for 2 or more items – Please wait for a combined invoice.

 

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Buyer to pay postage & packing HEAVY – TWO BOOKS!

For UK Postage: 2nd Class = £6.00; 1st Class = £7.50

 

European Union Postage: = 10.45 GB Pounds

 

Rest of the World Postage: Air Mail (Anywhere in the World excluding Australia & New Zealand) = 13.95 GB Pounds. 

 

For Airmail to Australia & New Zealand = 16.95 GB Pounds

 

Surface Mail (Anywhere in the World) = 13.50 GB Pounds

 

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Goods will be WELL PACKAGED by Unwins Books and dispatched once payment has cleared.

 

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POSTAGE UK BIDDERS:  If you require registered post - "sign for" - then this will be an extra £1.10 per package (UK purchasers only).

 

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POSTAGE OVERSEAS BIDDERS:  Please note that Surface Mail is very slow (6 to 12 weeks).