The Greville Diary: Including Passages Hitherto Withheld from Publication (volume 1) by Philip Whitwell Wilson (edited by) - 1927

London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1927. Hardcover without a dust jacket. Including passages hitherto witheld from publication. Gilt lettering to spine, gilt tooling to front cover. Head of spine beginning to detach from back board, softening and tears to head of spine, softening and chip to tail of spine, lightly rubbed corners of boards, soiling to page block, remain of plate on back inside cover, minor creasing to top corners of pages 9-40, otherwise text and illustartions are clean, bright and tight throughout.. New Edition. hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used.

William Heinemann,. Hardcover. Acceptable/No. 1927 Hardback No Dust JAcket. Volume 2 ONLY. Acceptable condition with stains to covers corners are pointing outwards as shown in pictures.Foxing to pages. U5B1. 1927

William Heinemann. Hardcover. Acceptable/NO. 1927 Hardback No Dust Jacket. Volume 1 ONLY. Acceptable condition with stains to covers corners are pointing outwards as shown in pictures.Foxing to pages. U5B3. Volume 2 also available can combine postage. 1927

London.: William Heinemann Ltd., 1927. xiv, 568pp; xiii, 602pp, with illustrations. Original cloth, gilt. Firm binding, a few marks in places, short split at the head of the spine to Vol 1. Internally, an owner's bookplate & owner's ink names, & labels of F. & E. Stoneham Library labels.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. 568 pages (Vol I.) & 602 pages (Vol. II); 3/4 blue leather w/ blue cloth. gilt design and lettering on spine, 5 raised bands; some light rubbing to the extremities, particularly on Vol II, corners bumped; interiors are very clean and neat, bindings tight and solid; both are ex-library with a pocket card on the rfep and a small library stamp on the title pages; Amid the journals which have instructed the mind and startled the senses of mankind, there are two which stand out preeminent, a class by themselves. Pepys is one, Greville the other.... So plain was [Greville's] meaning that hitherto many of his pages have been withheld from the public. In these volumes, there will be found for the first time, those passages thus suppressed and Greville is permitted to tell the whole of the truth as he saw it.Greville was the grandson of the Duke of Portland, who… Read More

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. Presumed first U.S. Edition/first printing. Hardcover. Good. Two volume set. Volume I, xiv, [2], 568, [2] pages and Volume II, xiii, [3], 602 pages. Illustrations. Index. Covers have some wear and soiling. Some page discoloration and soiling. Slightly shaken. Greville entered upon the discharge of the duties of a Clerk of the Council in ordinary in 1821, and continued to perform them for nearly forty years, until his retirement in 1859. He therefore served under three successive sovereigns (George IV, William IV and Victoria) and, although no political or confidential functions were attached to that office, it was one that brought him into habitual intercourse with the chiefs of all the parties in the state. Well-born, well-bred, handsome and accomplished, Greville led the easy life of a man of fashion, taking an occasional part in the transactions of his day and much consulted in the affairs of private life. In 1837 Greville won 9,000… Read More

London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1927. Volume I, 568 pages. Volume II, 602 pages. Both volumes: Frontispiece illustrated with b/w plates. 16 additional illustrations. Pages good condition, clean. Endpapers lighlty worn, yellowed. Black cloth, gilt emblem on upper covers. Gilt titles on spine. Boards show light wear. Edges, head/tail of spines and corners lightly worn. Corners bumped. VG. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover.

Doubleday, Page & Company. Collectable - Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1927. Hard Cover. (F291), .

London: Heinemann, 1927. Hardcover. Good Condition. No dust jacket. Both volumes have some exterior wear, including rubbing and bumped corners. Joints of volume 1 a little cracked, but still holding firm. Text clean and unmarked, with minor age-fading. Spine intact, bindings firm. Overall, in good shape. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Add. Inventory No: 230420ABX030058. .

London: William Heinemann, 1927. Definitive Edition. Half Leather. Very Good +/No Jacket. 8vo. Bindings by Hoot & Son, London. With one half brown leather and gilt decoration to spine; marbled paper over boards. New burgandy and black title plates to the spine. Top edges gilt. Bound in ribbon markers. There is some modest shelfwear to the outer extremities; spines and outer page edges are slightly browned.