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History & Culture
Windows into worlds gone by, a vast store of history. Both the iconic and the less well-known is here. Together with forgotten byways and things not found anywhere else. Here is also Americana, Crime, Feminism, Occultism,Archaeology, and Ethnography.
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1900-1902 5vol Set The Major Works of George BorrowLondon: 1900-1902A lovely 5 volume matching set of Borrow's popular works, illustrated, and bound in green half morocco. -
1904-1905 The Diary of Samuel PepysLondon: 1904-1905An impressive eight volume edition of Samuel Pepys's important memoirs, beautifully bound in half morocco. -
1893-1897 The Diary of Samuel Pepys Volumes II-VIIILondon: 1893-1897Seven smart volumes containing Samuel Pepys' historically significant diary, edited with additions and illustrations. -
1907-14 The Works of George BorrowLondon: 1907-14A smart set of the most important works of George Borrow, an illustrated set bound by Roger de Coverly & Sons. -
1914 The Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of SpainLondon: 1914A lovely early twentieth century edition of George Borrow's detailed account of the Romani people of Spain, illustrated throughout. -
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1974 ShipwreckLondon: 1974An exceptionally bright first edition of this fascinating collection of photographs of shipwrecks on the coast of the Isles of Scilly, signed by Fowles, and with descriptive passages from him. -
1982 The Falklands, and a Death Foretold[Athens]: 1982A scarce first edition essay by John Fowles, ruminating on the Falklands War and Marquez's novel 'Chronicle of a Death Foretold', from the library of the author. -
1914 Diary and Correspondence of Samuel PepysLondon: 1914An uncommon edition of the important diary of Samuel Pepys complete in four volumes. -
1927 Everybody's PepysLondon: 1927E. H. Shepard's illustrated edition of the diaries of Samuel Pepys, in a beautiful signed binding from Bumpus. -
1825 Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, ESQ, F.R.S., Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II and James IILondon: 1825The first full published edition of Samuel Pepys' historically important diary, an immense document of the 1670s, an interesting era of British history. -
1982 A Short History of Lyme RegisDorset: 1982The first UK edition of Fowles' charming historical account of Lyme Regis, with plenty of illustrations. A lovely copy. -
1971-83 The Diary of Samuel PepysLondon: 1971-1983An eleven volume set comprising the diaries of Samuel Pepys, complete in dust wrappers and with a companion volume and index volume.