A Diary of the Great Warr
by Sam'l Pepys Jun'r, sometime of Magdalene College in Cambridge and of His Majesty's Navy Office, Esquire, MA
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Lane at the Bodley Head, 1917 Book. Illus. by M Watson-Williams. Good. Quarter Bound in Brown Cloth. 5th Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Diary of daily life during the First World War, with entries from July 1914 to December 1915, written in the style of the diarist Samuel Pepys. 316pp, illustrated with 16 black and white drawings. Gilt lettering to spine. Edges dusty, lower and fore edges untrimmed, darkened panels and owner's stamps to endpapers, otherwise cood copy..
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- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015162
- Title
- A Diary of the Great Warr
- Author
- Sam'l Pepys Jun'r, sometime of Magdalene College in Cambridge and of His Majesty's Navy Office, Esquire, MA
- Illustrator
- M Watson-Williams
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Publisher
- John Lane at the Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1917
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; World Wars I and II;
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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- Edges
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...