Lord Braybrooke Editor (26 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. No DJ. No date found.c.1900. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers (green boards with gilt lettering on spine) show light edge wear. Binding loosening slightly but still intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Light brown covers are blindstamped. Lettering on cover and backstrip are gilt. Top page edge is gilt. Backstrip fading. Corners are slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers are decorated. No publication date stated. Frontispiece of Pepys, tissue is intact. There is a preface to the original edition at the beginning, and at the rear there is a general index to the diary. The built in bookmark missing. This is a very nice specimen of this edition. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. No Dustjacket. Reprint. 918 pages incl index. Thin paper for pages so only 3/4 inch thick. No dustjacket. No obvious printed date but looks early 20th century. Clean brick-brown hardback binding with moderate wear to spine-ends and boards' corners.Dulled gilt-coloured titles and decoration to spine. Page-edges browned, ink name to top of flyleaf o/w pages clean and tidy.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 9999. Frederick Warne, no date. Hard cover, brown boards, gilt decoration on spine. Book Condition : Very good, clean text. Forepages browned. Page edges browned. Covers have shelf wear, spine bumped. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Inventory #BB014708. N/A (illustrator). N/A.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Some rubbing to corners of covers and along edges of spine. Pages unevenly cut. Text is beautifully clean, bright and tight. Dark blue board with gilt lettering and along top of page block.

Full-Leather. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: N/a. Book has a piece missing at upper spine and lower spine has a split. Corners are bumped. Some general age related wear. Sewn pages.

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/a. 2nd. Book has pages sewn in. Pebbled leather cover with with paper title block pasted on. There is a tear at the head of the spine and corners are bumped. General age related wear. Map from 1667 inserted at page 16. This is one of a set of five.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. 639 papers. Stiff red card covers. Booksellers stamp on ffep.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Date, " The Chandos Classics ". some wear and fading on spine, blue cloth. S4 2.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. on soft red leather covers with gilded script and lttering to spine cover and frontis. The top of spineis well worn with a split down part of top seam + libris plate to end paper.

1st ed. "This rich mixture of intimate trivia and the great events of his time gives Pepys' diary not only its special value as a social document but also it readability and charm." Pp. 8/918, portrait frontis. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

Leather. Condition: Fine. First Edition. [Fine Binding]. Two volumes, complete. Full blue crushed morocco with hand-painted portrait miniatures of Samuel Pepys and Mrs. Pepys framed in seed pearls, ashes of roses moire doublures and endpapers, exaggerated raised bands, gilt titles with ornate tooled compartments, front and rear boards ornately ruled and tooled, all edges gilt, housed in two custom felt-lined clamshell boxes, (12 x 9.5 inches). First Edition, Printed by S. and R. Bentley, Dorset Street. SIGNED BINDING "Bound by Bayntun (Riviere), Bath, England." Volume 1: engraved frontispiece portrait of Pepys (Kneller/Bragg), printed title-page with Pepys' crossed anchor device; contents, list of plates: [i]-xlii; pp. [1]-498; index title-page, + index: [i]-xlix. Volume 1 illustrated with 8 engraved plates, including Pepys/Impington family pedigrees. Volume 2: frontispiece engraving of Pepys' Library in York Buildings (Nevill/Cooper), printed title-page with device; pp. [1]-311; Volume 2 illustrated with 5 engraved plates (with a total of 7 portraits), with half-title pages which are often lacking. The first published edition of Pepys' diary in full, described as unquestionably one of the world's great documents and remains a valuable resource. Pepys' diary enabled historians to understand more about 17th century London. He wrote extensively on personal finances, weather and food. In addition to day-to-day activities the diary provides a commentary on significant events during his lifetime. These include the Restoration of the British Monarchy, the Anglo-Dutch war, The Great Plague and the Great Fire of London (wiki). Externally the two finely bound volumes are without faults and remain in pristine, collector fine condition. Internally, the preliminary pages show the typical light foxing and plate off-setting, textblocks are tight and text is clean. The clamshell boxes (quarter blue morocco over blue cloth) show some wear and rubbing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Engraved frontispiece, xlii, 498p, xlix; Frontispiece, 348p; 309p. Contemporary calf with richly gilt spines and marbled end papers. Bound by Zaehnsdorf with small stamp at the lower corner in both volumes on the inside verso of the front marbled end paper. Expertly re-backed. Includes seven engraved portraits, two pedigree tables, one plate with example of his handwriting, two page map and two views. From the Library of Sir Edward Henry Scott (1842-83) with armorial bookplate. The Edinburgh Review American Edition 1880 p116 describes how Lord Grenville at the request of his nephew Rev George Neville examined the six volumes written in fine script and recognized it as short-hand. Lord Grenville recommended that they find somebody who would take on the task to transcript. Lord Grenville also offered to provide his alphabet and arbitrary signs as well as transcribe the first 'three or four pages'. Rev Neville assigned the task to Mr Smith, then an undergraduate at St. Johns. The Review goes on explaining that it occupied Rev. John Smith (1799-1870) nearly three years and often twelve to fourteen hours a day. The transcript was eventually handed over by Rev. Neville to his older brother Lord Braybrooke who published selections from it in 1825. Grolier 'One Hundred Books Famous in English Literature' p151. Lowndes IV p1828. Kept in a protective case. Very small marginal tear on p39/40 in volume one and with a slight fold in the page. A fresh clean copy of very attractive set expertly re-backed. A nice production printed by S and R. Bentley.…

Half-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. A beautiful copy of this deluxe edition with top edges gilt, blue leather joints and corners with gilt borders, five raised bands on brown leather spine with crisp gilt lettering in two panels, marbled feps and pastedowns. Two instances of minor rubbing to crowns. Texts clean. Bindings tight. [ Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ].…

1p., 12mo. In good condition, on lighthly-aged paper. Reads: 'Dear Sir | I beg to enclose a cheque for the Sum of £10 . 10 . and shall feel obliged by yr returning to me a Receipt for the same | I remain | Yours truly | Braybrooke'. In another hand at top right: 'Answd'.

See his entries in the Oxford DNB (where his edition of Pepys is described as 'an amateurish travesty' of the transcript) and the History of Parliament. 2pp, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged and folded twice. Good neat signature: 'Braybrooke'. The recipient is not named, but the name of the editor of the work mentioned by Braybrooke is given as 'C. .S.' He thanks him for 'the curious Memoir of Ambrose Barnes which has just been transmitted to me through Sir Francis Freeling', and assures him that 'it shall be carefully preserved amongst the other valuable Tracts with which you have been so good as to enrich my Collection'. He hopes that when he revisits Cambridge he will 'see Audley End in a less unfavourable state than it must have appeared last September'. The letter ends: 'I trust you have not given up exploring Parochial Registers for the benefit of antiquarians'.…

[Diaries] FINE LEATHER BINDING, reprint. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] xii; 639 [1]. Red full calf, boards gilt-ruled. Brown label lettered in gilt, gilt-tooling, and raised bands to spine. Dentelles in blind to turn-ins. Marbled endpapers and matching marbled edges. Some toning to first 50 or so pages, light spotting to preliminaries and rear leaves. Ownership inscription in purple pencil to front blank. Small binder's label to flyleaf verso. Heavy dulling to marbled edges. Gentle scuffing to boards, sunning to spine. Mild rubbing to extremities. Very good. The detailed private diary that Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669, first published in the 19th century. It has become one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. Although detailing major events throughout the period such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War, and the Great Fire of London, his diary still includes the trivialities of everyday life one would expect to find in a diary such as the jealousies and insecurities he experiences. All the fold out pages of the diary remain in excellent condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. *10 Volumes Complete* Ex-Library Hardbacks without dust jackets, officially withdrawn with usual library stamps and markings. Volume I rebound/recut by library at some stage. Volumes 2-10 in original bindings. All volumes published by George Bell & Sons, London : Volume I in 1902 with 4 illustrations, frontispiece missing; volume II in 1903 with 3 illustrations all intact, rear hinge partially split; volume III in 1903 with 2 illustrations intact; volume IV in 1900 with 4 illustrations all intact; volume V in 1900 with 3 illustrations intact, front hinge partially cracked; volume VI in 1900 with 3 illustrations all intact; volume VII in 1900 with 5 illustrations all intact; volume VIII 1900 2 illustrations intact; supplementary volume Pepysiana or additional notes on the particulars of Pepys's life and on some passages in the diary with appendices published in 1903 16 illustrations all intact, front & rear hinges partially cracked; volume IX in 1903 : Index with frontispiece. All 10 volumes have light wear to boards with very minor corner bumping & very light foxing; all are clean & I would consider in good condition considering they are 120 years old. Very heavy set will ship overseas for extra postage. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. 33F*.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. This is Volume I only of this two volume work. With an owner name of Ralph Neville and a note on a free front endpaper stating that this copy was printed for correction before the plates and iillustrations were finished, and they are thus missing. The title page states that the Diary was deciphered by the Reverend John Smith of St. John's College from the original short-hand ms. in the Pepysian Library and a selection from his private correpondence. Beautifully bound in three quarter burgundy leather with burgundy cloth covers. Covers have gilt rulings along the edges of the leather. The spine has six gilt edged compartments with title, volume number, the notation "proof sheets," and the date. Newer pastedowns and free front and rear endpapers. A label affixed to the front pastedown has the initials "AHA" - presumably the owner or the binder. All page edges are gilt. Light spotting to initial pages and often sporadically throughout. Some text page areas have browning but the margins are clean and bright except for the sporadic spotting, particularly on pages 159-167. The first page of the first chapter has a ight pencil circle indicating that a portrait would be placed there. A nice copy in a beautiful custom binding. Measures 9 x 12 inches. 498 pages plus a General Index with xlix pages. ENGHIST/080125.…

[Diaries] THIRD EDITION, much enlarged and extended. Five volumes uniformly bound. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xli; 388; [3]; 16, pp.[5]; 450; 2, pp.[4]; 440; 4, pp.[4]; 511; [1], pp.[4]; 561; [1]; 16. Publisher's brown cloth with blind tooling to boards, gilt tooling to boards and gilt lettering to spine. Fold out facsimile page of Pepy's diary to p.xlii vol.1, fold out frontispiece of the Pepys Library to vol.3, fold out map to vol.v pg.424, illustrated frontispiece to Vol. I and II. Toning to edges of textblock, small bookseller's label front paste down, scuffing to cloth, wearing to cloth especially at spine with some cloth peeling leaving small pieces of the spine exposed particularly to Vol. I and Vol. IV, rolling to spines, bumping to corners and wearing to cloth at corners. Very good. The detailed private diary that Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669, first published in the 19th century. It has become one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. Although detailing major events throughout the period such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War, and the Great Fire of London, his diary still includes the trivialities of everyday life one would expect to find in a diary such as the jealousies and insecurities he experiences. All the fold out pages of the diary remain in excellent condition.…

[Diaries] FINELY BOUND SET. Complete in six volumes. Octavo (23 x 16 x 26cm), pp.[2] xxxviii; 535 [3]; pp.[2] xvi; 521 [17]; pp.[2] xii; 528 [2]; pp.[2] vi; 487 [3]; pp.[2] vi; 478 [2]; pp.[2]viii; 526 [2]. Each volume with seven or eight portraits of notable characters, including a frontispiece, plus a folding facsimile of Pepys' handwriting, a folding plate of the Great Fire, and a folding pedigree of the Pepys family. Contemporary burgundy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spines, and marbled paper over boards. All edges and endpapers marbled. Bookplate of John Clarke Hawkshaw to front pastedown of each volume, and some spotting to first and final few leaves, otherwise internally clean. Moderate general wear to bindings; spines slightly toned. Very good. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. London: George Bell & Sons; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., 1899-1900, Reprint Edition, Ten Volumes Complete. Ten volumes in Riviere & Son full leather bindings, with gilt titles to twin brown/red labels, gilt decoration to the compartments, full polished calf boards, marbled paste downs and end papers. Spine leather marked and worn, some label chipped with loss, structurally sound and attractive. Vol I 1899, lxvii, [i], 367pp, frontispiece and 4 illustrations (one folding); Vol II 1899, [iv], 434pp, frontispiece and 2 illustrations; Vol III 1899, [iv], 397pp, frontispiece and 1 illustration; Vol IV 1900, [iv], 453pp, frontispiece and 3 illustrations; Vol V 1900, [iv], 451pp, frontispiece and 2 illustrations; Vol VI 1900, [iv], 408pp, frontispiece and 2 illustrations (one being a folding Scheme of the Posture of the Dutch Fleete ); Vol VII 1900, [iv], 415pp, frontispiece and 4 illustrations; Vol VIII 1900, vi, [ii], 333pp, frontispiece and 1 illustration; Vol IX 1899, (Index Volume), vi, 360pp, frontispiece; Vol X 1899 (Supplementary Volume Pepsyana), viii, [iv], 330pp, frontispiece 11 illustrations, 3 Pedigrees and a folding map of London. Provenance: bookplate for R. St. M. Delius to the front of each volume. Approximately 9 inches tall (22.5cm). Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles to twin labels, gilt decoration to the compartments, minor marks, wear and scratches, chips to labels. Joints good condition sound, gently worn. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition full polished calf with double gilt filet, marked, scratched and worn. Page edges good condition top edge gilt, others tanned and foxed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition secure, strained to the gutter after the end paper of Vol I, secure. Paste downs good condition marbled, bookplate. End papers good condition marbled and subsequently tanned and foxed. Title good condition tanned, with minor foxing. Pages good condition tanned, with some foxing largely confined to the page edges and first and last pages. Binding good condition structurally sound, attractive binding, marked and scratched. See photos. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Two volumes. [4], xlii, 498, [2], xlix, [3] pp.; [4], 348, vii, [1], 311, [3] pp. with 13 engraved plates (incl. a 2-page map). Hardcovers, bound in contemporary full polished calf, rebacked, preserving original endpapers. The old edges well rubbed; the plates and adjoining leaves foxed.…

Half-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. A beautiful copy of this deluxe edition with top edges gilt, blue leather joints and corners with gilt borders, five raised bands on brown leather spine with crisp gilt lettering in two panels, marbled feps and pastedowns. Two instances of minor rubbing to crowns. Texts clean. Bindings tight. [ Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ] Size: 8vo. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. London: Printed by S. and R. Bentley, Dorset Street. 1st Edition. Two volumes; quarto; size of bindings: 9 ¼ in. x 12 1/8 in. x 2 in. (thick); Volume 1: engraved frontispiece portrait of Pepys (Kneller/Bragg), printed title-page with Pepys' crossed anchor device; contents, list of plates: [i]-xlii; pp. [1]-498; index title-page, + index: [i]-xlix. Volume 1 is illustrated with 8 engraved plates, including Pepys/Impington family pedigrees. Volume 2: frontispiece engraving of Pepys' Library in York Buildings (Nevill/Cooper), printed title-page with device; pp. [1]-311; Volume 2 is illustrated with 5 engraved plates (with a total of 7 portraits). All the plates show various degrees of tanning or brown-spotting (foxing), with transfer of the images to the facing pages. Both volumes are bound without the half-tiles (as is usual). Bound in full, contemporary, brown Russia leather, with three, flat raised bands on the spines; gilt-lettered titles, and richly gilt designs in compartments, with gilt borders around the covers, and large, gilt designs in the corners; gilt line borders on cover edges, inner leather turn-ins. All edges gilt, green headbands, and dark blue silk bookmarkers, bound in; dark blue-green, coated endpapers, with an early bookseller's label in the upper left corner of the front paste-downs: Jas Sage Bookseller. 4. Newmans Row, Lincolns Inn Fields., and a former owner's small book label: Raymond E. Hughes. The bindings are unsigned, but are of high-quality from the 1825-1850 period. The spine of the first volume has been skillfully re-backed in leather, with the original leather spine laid down. The spine ends, outer hinges, cover edges and corners show light wear, or rubbing (the top edge of the back cover of volume one, shows some abrasions to the leather surface, as do the lower edges, and cover corners, of both volumes). Some light, scattered tanning, or tan-spotting to some page margins. "Pepys commenced his diary in January of 1660, stopped May 1669 on account of his eyesight. Written in Shelton's system of shorthand which Pepys probably learned as a boy in college. It was first deciphered between 1819 and 1822 by John Smith, afterward rector of Baldock, then an undergraduate of St. John's. In 1825 about half of the transcript was edited by Lord Braybrooke and published as the first edition. Unquestionably one of the world's greatest human documents." (From a bookseller's description card in this set). Weight: 12 1/2 lbs. Postage is extra on this item. …