[Rarebooks] FS: THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS with 200 illustrations by William Sharp

Charles Agvent charles at charlesagvent.com
Thu Dec 29 15:58:51 EST 2016


PEPYS, Samuel. THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS. New York: Limited Editions 
Club, 1942. Ten octavo (6" x 9-1/2") volumes bound in buckram-backed 
decorated boards. The Wheatley-Bright edition, 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. Copy #845 of 1500 copies with 200 illustrations by 
William Sharp and SIGNED by him on the colophon page. Uneven sunning to 
the boards of the first and last volumes due to the design of the 
slipcase. Mild rubbing to the spines. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. 
(#018403)        $300.00

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