Memoirs Illustrative of The Life and Writing of John Evelyn by William Bray - 1870

Nabu Press, 2010-08-17. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-10-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

John and Arthur Arch, 1818. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Volume I only. Rebound in 1/4 leather, with marbled boards and no label to the spine. The boards are shelf rubbed and edge worn, but remain strong and sturdy. Internally, there is tanning and foxing throughout, but there are no other markings or inscriptions, and the pages are neat, legible and complete with all plates as called for. Handsomely and securely bound! JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Henry Colburn. G. 1819. 2nd Edition. Leather. This listing consists of Volume Two only of a Two Volume Set. Stated s econd edition. 10" x 12 3/4", 336 page book bound in full leather with gilt decorations and lettering on the spine and spine bands. Marbled endpapers, engraved plates including a frontis plate of Evelyn's wife. A Good copy. The leather boards are rubbed and darkened, The corner s have been rubbed bare. Small cracks showing along the seams. The sew ing is still tight and the boards are firmly attached. Large damp stai ning and waviness to the front preliminary pages. An armorial bookplat e of the Earl of Northesk on the front endpaper. Shipping weight is nine pounds. Additional shipping charges will apply. .

London: Henry Colburn, 1819. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition stated. Large 4to, full blind-tooled morocco, gilt ruling, spines gilt extra, page edges marbled. Bindings tight and square; moderate rubbing at the corners and spine ends; ffep in Vol. II present but separated; light foxing to prelims, frontispieces and title pages; very light and widely scattered foxing to the text blocks.

Coburn, London., 1819. 2nd. Ed.. Two volume set. Large 4to. Collated and complete with 12 plates. Previously owned by 2 public libraries and more recently, by a private owner. With some small stamps internally, including to the plates. Plates show some foxing and two have marginal marks. Some spotting to text which is generally very clean. Some neat marginal repairs (10) and several further repairs running into text (6); no loss of text. Pages rough-cut as published. More recently rebound in half leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettering to spine (no external indication of library ownership). Binding in fine condition. A vg. ex-lib. set. The preferred second edition. Comprises Evelyn’s diary between 1641 and 1706. Also, the private correspondence between John Evelyn, King Charles I and his Secretary of State, Sir Edward Nicholas (whilst in Scotland in 1641). Also, the correspondence between Evelyn, Sir Edward Hyde and Sir Richard Browne.

London : Printed for Henry Colburn, 1819. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Bookplates inside. Good copies in both with wear to the spine bands with raised bands, illustrated paper-covered boards rubbed and peeling with bumped corners. Physical description; (2 volumes) : illustrations, genealogical tables, map, portraits. Notes; Includes indexes. Vol. 1: xxviii, 671, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates (some folded); v.2: v, [3], 342, [2], 336 p., [4] leaves of plates. Wove paper. Subjects; Evelyn family. Evelyn, John 1620-1706. 1603-1714. Courts and courtiers. Great Britain History Stuarts, 1603-1714. Great Britain Court and courtiers. Grande-Bretagne Histoire 1603-1714 (Stuarts). Great Britain.

London: Henry Colburn 1818. 4to. First edition. 2 volumes, with volume 2 in two parts. pp. xxiii., 620; viii., 332 & 336 illustrated with map and portrait frontispieces to each part. Publisher's cloth binding is worn with damaged spines and volume 2 has an almost detached board. Foxed pages otherwise a good pair. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Good. Publisher's Cloth. First Edition. 1818.

London: Printed for Henry Colburn. Good with no dust jacket. 1818. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth bindings. Rebound. Volume II has faded and worn green cloth boards. Volume I has a faded green cloth spine, but black cloth boards after a second rebinding. Remnant of leather spine labels on cloth spines. 1/4" missing or frayed at spine ends on both volumes. Internally very good. Text leaves clean. Moderate foxing to plates. Hinges broken. Pencil marginalia on rear endpapers. Headbands missing or detached. ; Volume I: xxiii, [1], 620 pages + portrait frontis + 2 plates (1 folding) + 1 genealogical table (folding) + 1 plan of Deptford (folding). Volume II: viii, [4], 366, [1], [1], 335, [1] pages + portrait frontis + 3 plates. Title continues: "Comprising his Diary, from the year 1641 to 1705-6, and a selection of his familiar letters. To which is subjoined, The Private Correspondence between King Charles I. and his Secretary of State, Sir Edward Nicholas, Whilst his Majesty was in… Read More

London: Henry Colburn, 1819. Leather. Good. 11.5" by 9.5". Unamed. A detailed edition of the life and memoirs of diarist John Evelyn. Second edition. 'Comprising his diary, from the year 1641 to 1705-6, and a selection of his familiar letters. To which is subjoined, the private correspondence between King Charles I. and his secretary of state, Sir Edward Nicholas, whilst His Majesty was in Scotland, 1641, and at other times during the Civil War; also between Sir Edward Hyde, afterwards Earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Browne, ambassador to the court of France, in the time of Kind Charles I. and the usurpation'. With frontispieces to both volumes, one portrait of John Evelyn and one of his wife Mary, and ten other plates (collated complete). John Evelyn (31 October 1620 27 February 1706) was an English writer, gardener and diarist. Evelyn's diaries or Memoirs are largely contemporaneous with those of the other noted diarist of the time, Samuel Pepys, and cast considerable light on the art,… Read More