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Diary of John Evelyn 4 volumes
by Evelyn, John; Wheatley, Henry B; Bray, William (Ed)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Horncastle, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Bickers & Son, 1906. New edition in 4 volumes to which are added a selection from his familiar letters, and the private correspondence between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas and between Sir Edward Hyde (Afterwards Earl of Clarendon) and Sir Richard Browne, 8vo, 299pp, 491pp, 487pp, 497pp, green cloth lettered gilt; illustrated; Vols 1-3 have general wear and tear and markings, with rubbing to spine hinges etc but remain just about respectable, Vol 4 however has had the misfortune to be laid against something exceedingly damp which has wrecked the cloth of the upper board; not the best of sets but acceptable and priced down to account for the tsunami; no DJs of course. New Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Lucas Booksellers
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48972
- Title
- Diary of John Evelyn 4 volumes
- Author
- Evelyn, John; Wheatley, Henry B; Bray, William (Ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Bickers & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Diaries, History, Social History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Diaries and Letters;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Roger Lucas Booksellers
It has always been our policy over 25 years to offer decent books in good shape at sane prices. In the unlikely eventuality that something is not as described return within 7 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Roger Lucas Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Horncastle, Lincolnshire
About Roger Lucas Booksellers
We are a family-based firm of general, out-of-print booksellers with strongish suits in Literature and Literary Criticism, Art & Art History, and New Age Subjects. Horncastle is a small market town at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds about 20 miles East of Lincoln.
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- New
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Acceptable
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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