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Cloth. Condition: Fine. First Thus. First Thus, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo in stamped black cloth w/gold spine titles and dec, all edges yellow. Fine and unmarked book in Near Fine edgeworn slipcase w/ short splits at corners. Illustrated by William Sharp. Book.

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: Good. London: George Bell & Sons Ltd; New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., Reprint India Paper Edition, Eight Volumes in Three, Complete. Three volumes in Hatchards half leather bindings, with gilt titles, gilt lined to the compartments, cloth covered boards, brown paper paste downs and end papers. Spine leather marked, scratched and worn, structurally sound. Vol I Vols I-III, 1659-1663, lix, [i], 342pp; [ii], 407pp; [i], 371pp; frontispiece portrait of Pepys; Vol II Vols IV-VI, 1664-1667, 424pp; 424pp; [ii], 385pp; Vol III Vols VII-VIII, 1667-1669, Index, 387pp; 514pp. Provenance: bookplate for Sybil Evans to the front. Approximately 7 ½ inches tall (19cm). Condition Report Externally Spine good condition faded, gilt titles and decoration, minor marks, wear and scratches. Joints good condition sound, gently worn. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition half morocco with cloth covered boards, marked, scratched and worn. Page edges good condition top edge gilt, others tanned and foxed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition secure. Paste downs good condition brown paper. End papers good condition brown paper 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. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1924 Binding: Hardback.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. London: George Bell & Sons; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., 1899-1900, Reprint Edition, Ten Volumes Complete. Ten volumes in half leather bindings, with gilt titles, gilt decoration to the compartments, marbled paper covered boards, marbled paste downs and end papers. Spine leather marked and worn, structurally sound and attractive with gilt anchor motif to the compartments. Vol I 1899, lxvii, [i], 367pp, frontispiece and 3 illustrations; Vol II 1899, [iv], 434pp, frontispiece and 2 illustrations; Vol III 1899, [iv], 397pp, frontispiece and 1 illustration; Vol IV 1900, [iv], 424pp, 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: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 7 inches tall (18cm). Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles and decoration, relatively minor marks, wear and scratches, minor loss to the top of Vol VIII. Joints good condition sound, gently worn. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition half morocco with marbled paper covered boards, marked, scratched and worn. Page edges good condition top edge gilt, others tanned and foxed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition secure. Paste downs good condition marbled. 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. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1899-1900 Binding: Hardback.

Royal octavo. Ten volumes, uniformly bound. Large paper edition, limited to 250 copies. Bound in half vellum with buff coloured cloth; brown decorations stamped to the front board and gold gilt lettering and decorations stamped to the spine. Top edge of text block trimmed. Illustrated with black and white plates, some folding. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Rubbing along the edges and bumping to some of the corners. Abrasion to the cloth on the back board of the first volume and a small ink stain near the top edge of the back board of the fourth volume. Wear and minor soiling to the spines of the first four volumes. Mild toning to the endpapers and occasional foxing throughout. Overall, a very good and complete set. This set is #202 from a limited edition of 250 copies and contains Lord Braybrooke's notes and was also edited with additions by Henry B. Wheatley, F. S. A. An attractively bound set of this work by Pepys, who was an administrator of the navy of England and Member of Parliament; Pepys was most famous for the diary that he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man.