Pepys Samuel Sharp William (5 results)

Hardcover. Illustrated by William Sharp (illustrator). Very Good- with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Spine weak and cracked. Volume II only. ; Transcribed by the Rev. Mynors Bright from the shorthand manuscript in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and edited with additions by Henry B. Wheatley.

hardcover. William Sharp (illustrator). first thus. 8vo Volume I for the years 1659-64, Volume II for the years 1665-1669. Transcribed by the Rev. Mynors Bright from the shorthand manuscript in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College Cambridge and edited with additions by Henry B. Wheatley, F.S.A. #02478 HEAVY ITEM WILL REQUIRE EXTRA S/H. Books VG: shelf wear to boards and spine, spines sunned, unmarked texts, bindings tight. No slipcover.

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).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 10 volumes. Signed, limited edition. For the years, 1660-1669, in slip box. 25 cm. Publisher's navy cloth spine over blue pictorial boards. Spine head of vol. 1 has a small tear. Slip box taped at crease with splits. Clean, unmarked pages. "William Sharp created the two hundred illustrations . for the fifteen hundred members of the Limited Editions Club for whom this edition . was made. Peter Beilenson designed and printed this edition at the Walpole Printing Office in Mount Vernon, New York . and it is signed by Wm. Sharp"--Colophon. Includes: Vol. 1. 1660 --v. 2. 1661 --v. 3. 1662 --v. 4. 1663 --v. 5. 1664 --v. 6. 1665 --v. 7 1666 --v. 8. 1667 --v. 9. 1668 --v. 10. 1669. The Limited Editions Club was founded in 1929 by George Macy with the intent of publishing beautifully illustrated and designed classic literature for a relatively small number of subscribers. Much of the LEC's fame stems from its use of some of the best illustrators and artists available. Each title was uniquely designed with individualized paper and cover materials. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

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.