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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 � 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.

The Diary of Samuel Pepys is one of the most important primary sources of the English Restoration, recording personal experiences and views of significant events such as the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire of London.