From the author of "Clarendon and His Friends", this biography of Pepys describes the accomplishments of the man, the contradictions and contrasts in his character, and the eventful times in which he lived.
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From the author of "Clarendon and His Friends", this biography of Pepys describes the accomplishments of the man, the contradictions and contrasts in his character, and the eventful times in which he lived.
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Add this copy of Pepys: a Biography to cart. $13.00, very good condition, Sold by Tiber Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cockeysville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Sinclair-Stevenson, London.
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Very good. Small 4to, hardcover. Vg+ condition in vg dj. Contents bright & clean, no markings; dj glossy w/ mild edge-wear from storage. xii, 411 p, illus., 16 of plates.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
Add this copy of Pepys: a Biography to cart. $14.78, good condition, Sold by Reuseabook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1991 by Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Very Good + Copy in black cloth on boards in Very Good unclipped D/J. Jacket lightly creased around edges. Patterned end papers. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with colour and b/w plates.
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Very good in Very good jacket. VGC. Sinclair-Stevenson, 1991. First UK edition-first printing. Large format black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, light shelf wear on the cover) with Dj(large tear, creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC. Illustrated with many full colour, b/w photos, drawings, diagrams. Nice and clean pages with two ink marks on the outer edges, name written and two pencil marks impressions on the edge of the first page of the book. The book is in VGC with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.419pp including Appendix, a note on dates and references, notes, chronology, list of illustrations, index. Price un-clipped. First edition. Note: This is very heavy book(approx. 1.7 Kg). This is another paragraph Review: Ollard's biography of Samuel Pepys is a perverse sort of tribute to the style of the rakish 17th century diarist: its exceedingly ponderous monotony only serves to highlight the charm and spirit of the original journals. Ollard, author of The Escape of Charles II and a biography of 17th century admiral Sir Robert Holmes, calls the diary one of the greatest works in the language (his assessments of his hero tend to hyperbole) but nevertheless focuses on boats rather than books. His central thesis is that Pepys was-despite his evident greed, corruption, selfishness, petty jealousies-one of England's greatest naval administrators. Pepys' part in the Dutch wars is lovingly detailed, yet his magnificent passages on the Plague and the Great Fire go virtually unremarked. Ollard's defense of his notorious amours is humorless, even prudish; likewise re his religious skepticism. At times he slips almost into hagiography, a tone of reverence that's entirely inappropriate to the picaresque reality of the dissolute, overweening but clever tailor's son. At best, this is a factual history of what the author calls-again, somewhat excessively-the most exciting and eventful period of English history.
