Pepys Diary, Signed (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First UK edition. 393pp, [i-iv]. 8vo. Black cloth over boards, stamped spine. Signed by the author on the front free-endpaper. Book has a number line starting with 1, is a stated First Edition, is unread, unmarked, unclipped, tight, bright, and has a removable jacket protector. Gift quality. From one of the jacket blurbs:"This has everything a good crime thriller should have: murder, intrigue, adventures and sinister truths. It should be at the top of your summer reading list." Culturfly.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UK hardback, VG overall, quite fresh with light wear to corners. Handwritten letter from the author laid-in. No jacket. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy. Unique presentation copy from the author to hte famous organist Garth Benson. Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd edition . Signed twice by the Clare D Storrar. (Edited by). 2nd edition, 1999. Publication of 231 pages. The wraps are in near fine condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The text is legible. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. A fine UK Everyman's Library edition hardback, first printing thus - in a fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED & DATED BY KATE LOVEMAN - Pictures available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine UK first edition, first printing hardback - in a fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED & DATED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Quarter Cloth and Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. William Sharp (illustrator). 1st Edition. Ten volume set in slip box. Quarter dark blue textured cloth with gilt lettering to the spines with light blue pictorial hard covers. These volumes are NEAR FINE. The slip box is VG+ to NEAR FINE. All gilt is bright. All interiors are unmarked, crisp, and tight and feel unused. Volumes I and X have moderate toning where the diagonally cut slip box did not cover. All volumes have very modest toning to top edges where slip box did not cover. Otherwise, exteriors are pristine. Dark blue slip box has modest rubbing to bottom. Right top seam is starting, but holding nicely. Otherwise , quite attractive. Colophon at back of Volume X SIGNED by William Sharp "who created the two hundred illustrations which appear in this book". This is copy #1083 of the 1500 printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club of special design, on special paper, and by special binder. Quite lovely. Unusual in such condition and especially in such a nice slip box. Heavy set . Would require extra shipping for non U.S. Media Mail. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Limited edition. Copy #1282/1500. Signed by illustrator William Sharp on colophon. Cover slightly stained. (Great Britain, Parliament Members, Diaries, History).

Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Fourth Edition. Matching four volume brown calf leather bound set with gilt lettering and designs with five raised bands along spine; light rubbing along edges. Bindings and hinges tight and square; contents clean and unmarked except as described below. Marbled edges and endpapers. Vol. I - xl, 427pp; Vol.II- 484pp; Vol. III - 481pp; and Vol. IV -468 including appendices and general index. Each volume has an elaborate bookplate from "The right Hon. Montagu Earl of Abingdon, Baron Norreys of Rycott." On flyleaf of fourth volume is signed "given by Abingdon Feb.1855" followed by Abington's signature. This would be the signature of Montagu Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon. Fourth Edition. Signed by Other.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Autograph Edition, #38 of 125 sets signed by the editor on an inserted leaf in volume 1, with special illustrations not included in other Wheatley editions. Bookplate of U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing on front endpaper of each volume (these were purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near his birthplace in Watertown, which included many other works owned by him). Spines faded with a few light spots of discoloration to boards, spine labels toned with some loss, empty envelope with printed address of Eleanor Lansing Dulles (Robert Lansing's niece) laid in. 1892 Hard Cover. Complete in eighteen hardcover volumes, with each pair of volumes paginated continuously (likely reset from a nine-volume edition). lix, 342; 407; 371; 424; 424; 385; 387; 313; 500 pp. Turquoise cloth, paper spine labels. Engraved frontispieces and plates. This edition includes a Pepysiana volume with appendices and an index, plus a fold-out map of London in Pepys's time, three fold-out genealogical tables, and plates, including a photograph of the six manuscript volumes that composed the original work. Samuel Pepys was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, who is now most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man. Although Pepys had no maritime experience, he rose by patronage, hard work and his talent for administration, to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both King Charles II and subsequently King James II. His influence and reforms at the Admiralty were important in the early professionalisation of the Royal Navy. The detailed private diary Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669 was first published in the 19th century, and is one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. It provides a combination of personal revelation and eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War and the Great Fire of London. The diary was written in one of the many standard forms of shorthand used in Pepys's time, in this case called Tachygraphy and devised by Thomas Shelton. Though it is clear from its content that it was written as a purely personal record of his life and not for publication, there are indications Pepys actively took steps to preserve the bound manuscripts of his diary. Apart from writing it out in fair copy from rough notes, he also had the loose pages bound into six volumes, catalogued them in his library with all his other books, and must have known that eventually someone would find them interesting. Signed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. For sale is Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys . . . With A Life and Notes by Richard Lord Braybrooke. Vol. 1 Published London: Henry Colburn, 1848. Third Edition. Fold out facsimile of letter from Pepys. Tissued frontis. Attached to front endpaper is note signed by Lady Braybrooke (see photo). xli, 388 pp. + Publisher's Catalog. ~5" x 7.5". All edges gilt. Black leather blind stamped with gilt decoration front & rear. Gilt titles & decoration on spine. ~Poor Condition. Please examine photos closely. Both boards and front endpapers (with note attached) are separated. More than half of spine cover is missing. Binding is secure but tender. Staining/wear/soiling to endpapers. Text is well preserved. I did not find any markings. Local buyers are welcome to pick item up at our store in Rochester on Monroe Ave. Please ask any questions before purchasing. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Complete 10 volume set. 24.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 306, 215, 265, 283, 313, 313, 372, 521, 336, 343pp. Limited to 1500 sets signed by the artist William Sharp on the colophon page in volume 10. Dark blue cloth spine with gitl lettering and illustrated paper over boards. There is wavyness to the bottom of the pages in volumes 4, 9, and 10, it is most severe in volume 10. Some discoloration to covers. Bindings are tight. No slipcase.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Large Paper Edition. 23 x 15 cm. Octavo. 570pp. Preliminary map. Bound in burgandy cloth with design to front cover and gilt lettering to spine. This is the large paper edition limited to 350 copies signed by the artist, Ernest H. Shepard of which this is copy #23. Some very light foxing to a couple of pages. Spine is sun faded.

First edition. Signed by the author. Author's first novel. As new, unread copy in dust jacket. It's the summer of 1669 and England is in dire straits. The treasury's coffers are bare and tensions with the powerful Dutch Republic are growing. An investigator sent by the King to look into corruption in the Royal Navy has just been brutally murdered. In this intense atmosphere, Samuel Pepys is sent to find the killer. What awaits him is more dangerous than he imagined. Facing would-be assassins, suspected Dutch spies, and a secret society of outlaws, Pepys has to decide who he can trust. If the truth isn't uncovered in time, more people will suffer and England will be thrown into a war that could have devastating consequences.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Large Paper Edition Large 8vo. pp xxiv, 570. Large paper edition, limited to 350 copies. This number 15 signed by E H Shepard. Original publisher's bright red buckram cloth, gilt and black decoration to front cover, gilt lettering to spine. Teg, other edges uncut. A little very slight foxing to prelims With 57 full page, tissue-guarded plates by E. H. Shepard, 3 other illustrations in the text, maps on endpapers, and map on verso of ffep - all as called for. VG, decent condition with very slight sunning at spine. Signedes.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Large paper edition. Thick octavo. xxiv, 570pp. Decorative maroon cloth stamped in black and gilt, top edge gilt, map endpapers. Gutter cracked before title, preliminary map partially glued to the half-title page, spine and top edges lightly sunned, very good. Illustrated and Signed by Ernest H. Shepard, numbered 309 of 350 copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. "Everybody's Pepys: the diary of Smauel Pepys 1660-1669" by Samuel Pepys and illustrated by E.H. Shepard. G. Bell, 1926 limited large paper edition of 350 copies, this being no 75, signed by illustrator Shepard. Book in very good condition, in original publisher's buckram binding, minor fading along spine, complete. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Ernest H. Shepard (illustrator). A limited edition, illustrated copy of the renowned diaries of Samuel Pepys, signed by the illustrator, Ernest H. Shepard. Limited edition. The large paper edition, limited to 350 copies, of which this is number 49. Signed by the illustrator, Ernest H. Shepard, the renowned English artist and book illustrator, best known for his illustrations of Winnie-the-Pooh. The first appearance of this abridged version of 'The Diary of Samuel Pepys', edited by O. F. Morshead, taken from the complete text. The abridged version of this important work, collecting the diary of the naval administrator and celebrated diarist, Samuel Pepys. Written during the seventeenth century, Pepys's diary presented a vital view of society of the time, giving an insight into the English Restoration period, covering events including the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire.Profusely illustrated with sixty illustrations and map endpapers by Shepard.Collated, complete. Bound in the publisher's cloth. Externally, smart with light bumping to the extremities and a little rubbing to joints. Spine is slightly faded, with light marks to cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, with light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages, and the odd mark to fore edge. Ink inscription to rear blank. Very Good. signed by author. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Ernest H. Shepard (illustrator). Limited Edition. [xxiv] 570pp. Red cloth w gilt title to spine and gilt and black decoration to front panel. Edges lightly bumped and sunned and cloth slightly worn. Illustrated eps, presentation book-plate to first blank and SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR as no 78 in a limited edition of 350 copies. TEG, other edges tanned, illustrated throughout, a nice tight copy. Signed by Illustrator(s).

7.25 x 5", half red leather; marbled boards; teg, SIGNED BINDING BY J. LARKINS, 52pp, covers rubbed, extremities worn, top of spine chipped a little, hinges loose, pp toned, eps spotted else a decent copy of this SCARCE little book. FIRST EDITION.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. Third Edition. Henry Colburn, 1848, Third Edition, 8vo, 5 volumes. Set bound in a full calf leather with all edges gilt. Five raised bands with gilt decorated compartments. Red leather title label and green leather author and volume labels, frontispiece portraits, foldouts, silk ribbon markers. Little bit of discororation on back board of volume 3 else set in very good+ condition. Hinges all tight no cracking. Book set is approximately 5" in depth and 7.75" in height. Signed bindings by Westertons Hyde Park Corner Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Half Leather. Condition: Nearly Fine. Later printing of Indian Paper edition. Complete, eight volumes in three. Nicely bound in half leather, signed by Bayntun, gilt titles and decorations to spine, all edges gilt. Minimal wear, nearly fine.

[Literature] LIMITED EDITION, number 4 of 53 copies. 18 volumes, octavo (19 x 3cm). Illustrated with full-page plates, some double-page, some hand-coloured and some extra plates not called for. Exquisitely bound in full brown crushed morocco with gilt panelled covers, yeallow featheres-leather onlyas tooled in gilt with arms of George Prentice Field, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Contents clean and fresh, signed book label of George C. Lee, Jr., bindings are solid, slightly darkened to spines. A magnificent set. Essentially the sheets from the eighteen-volume Brampton Edition of which there were 250 sets, issued here as the 'Royal Court Edition' limited to just 53 sets for private subscription. Provenance: George Cabot Lee Jr. (1871-1950) was a Boston investment banker and brother-in-law of President Theodore Roosevelt. Signed.

Leather. Condition: Very Good+. 8vo. 570 [8] pp. Full green morocco with intricate paneled spine and gilt borders, colored leather inlay portrait to front board. Wide, gilt-ruled doublures and blue marbled endpapers. Riviere binding, signed at bottom edge of front turn in. All text block edges gilt, clean and bright. Spine leather and edges darkened, with some rubbing to joints and top of front board. Very slight bowing to boards. Text block lightly toned, with maps at rear and 60 illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1942. 10 vols, 8vo. Quarter navy blue cloth, illustrated boards, original slipcase. Outer board edges of first and final vol. slightly toned where they have been exposed by diagonally cut slipcase sides, slipcase worn and splitting, books themselves near fine, internally perfect. ? Limited to 1,500 sets, signed by Sharp.