Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1938., 1938.. Good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a device in blind on the front cover in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is chipped with tears & pieces out & with a few small stains. There is a sticker on its rear panel. x & 451 pages. Illustrated with 6 black-and-white plates, including a portrait frontispiece. A previous owner's bookplate is mounted on the front pastedown. The fore-edge & bottom edge are foxed & there is scattered light foxing throughout. Good.

First edition.

This third book by Arthur Bryant on the life of Pepys "tells the dramatic story of Pepys' second Secretaryship to the Admiralty where by his industry, his care for detail and his clear-cut principles he made himself supreme." [From the dust wrapper copy].

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Bookseller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 37126
Title: SAMUEL PEPYS: THE SAVIOUR OF THE NAVY.
Author: Bryant, Arthur
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1938.
Date Published: 1938.
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: NAVAL & MARITIME; BRITISH NAVY; SAMUEL PEPYS: THE SAVIOUR OF THE NAVY; ARTHUR BRYANT; SECOND SECRETARYSHIP TO THE ADMIRALTY; RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NAVY; REVOLUTION OF 1688; PLATES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
Bookseller catalogs: Naval & Maritime;

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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.

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Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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