London: Frederick Muller Ltd.. NF/VG. 1958. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. Has a thin line of sunning at the tail of the spine, slight splay to covers. DJ has tiny chips to head and tail edges of the front. ; Distills Pepys' romantic dalliances and sexual exploits into a single, annotated volume. Primarily an analysis of the relevant entries in this Englishman's diaries of the 1660s and not a reprinting of the diary entries themselves. An excellent compilation. Leaves out only the raciest bits... more information

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London: Grant Richards Limited. G+. 1923. No edition stated. Hardcover. Ex-library with stamps to front endpaper and head of text block, evidence of sticker removal from spine and rear pastedown. Significant ding to head edge of back cover. Crease the length of the spine. Endpapers toned with a bit of offsetting.; Describes, explains, and illustrates the places, people, businesses, and culture in the locales and settings of 28 of Thackeray's works. Has 16 engraved black and white plates of street s... more information

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Toronto: Ryerson Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket; Bumped spine ends and corners, rubbing . to edges, tiny dings to tail edges, corners worn. Very slight darkening . at head edges of covers. A couple of tiny pencil notations to front . endpaper. Glassine jacket is quite torn, chipped, and ratty, but . still stands proud and insists that it's a glassine jacket.. 1940. Softcover. Deconstructs the Mother Goose rhymes, their origins, the various morality tales therein, the hidden political commentary, and ... more information

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