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Borsums Forlag. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. (Great Britain, Royal Navy, History) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Oslo: Borsums Forlag Og Antikvariat, 1965. Book. Near Fine. Quarter Leather. First Thus ( Facsimile ). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine but for prev. owner name on ffep., in jacket with some toning and foxing. An apparently unread copy with fold out. Facsimile of the 1690 edition. An attractive edition..

London: Printed for Ben. Griffin, and are to sold by Sam. Keble, 1690. First edition,12mo (170 x 100 mm), [4], 214, 18pp., frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by Robert White, title printed in red and black within ruled lines, following Sig. L4 is a large folding sheet of accounts, the present copy has the usual manuscript corrections to pages 11, 33, 39, 40, 42, 57, 70, 90, 92, 103, 120, 138 & 142 which if not by Pepys himself were likely carried out under his direction, cont. speckled calf, boards rubbed with decorative blind border-rule, calf reback with original label laid-down, re-cornered, some slight edge-browning and light age soiling but still a good copy. First edition of the variant issue with Griffin-Keble imprint. This was the only book written by Pepys to be published in his lifetime, and forms a defence of his administration of the Navy from 1679 until his dismissal from office following the Revolution in 1688. "Upon this he lavished a great deal of thought and… Read More

1690 Samuel Pepys 1ed State of Royal NAVY of England Glorious Revolution SHIPS

Samuel Pepys was a 17th-century English naval administrator and politician who is best-known for his diary. His diary was a daily journal account of his life, kept for nearly ten years. It is an important and thoroughly detailed account of Pepys's life as well as major British events and life in London from the second half of the 1600s.

Interestingly, only one work of Pepys was published during his lifetime. His 'State of the Royal Navy of England' was published in 1690 and covers the state of the Royal Navy leading up to the Glorious Revolution and his demands for change. Notable topics include:
· the naval interactions with commerce ships
· the costs of new ships in the navy
· methods of acquiring new ship hands
· how to ready ships
· and much more!

Pforzheimer says of this work:
"Upon this he lavished a great deal of thought and care. It represents a side of Pepys' life which… Read More

London: Printed for Ben. Griffin, and are to be sold by Sam. Keble..., 1690.. First edition. Small 8vo. (iv), 214, (18) pp. Contemporary full speckled calf, spine with raised bands, some later notes in faint purple pencil to the front free endpaper. Frontispiece portrait plus a folding table. Subtle restoration to the outer edge of leaf K3 with minor loss to the printed side note, another inconspicuous repair to one fold of the table, the joints and spine ends subtly repaired, a dark shadow across the upper board, very good in all other regard. Pepys' only work published during his lifetime, featuring 13 manuscript amendments in the text. There is some conjecture as to whether these were made by Pepys himself but it is more likely that they were done by others at his behest. Wing P1450.

London: Printed for Ben Griffin, 1690. First Edition of the Author's Only Acknowledged Publication [PEPYS, Samuel]. Memoires Relating to the State of the Royal Navy of England, for Ten Years, Determin'd December 1688. London: Printed for Ben Griffin, 1690. First edition with the Griffin-Keble imprint. Small octavo (6 11/16 x 4 5/16 inches; 170 x 110mm). [4], 214, [18], [2, blank] pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait by R. White after G. Kneller. With a large folding sheets of accounts. Contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with original spine and recornered. Edges speckled red. Boards tooled in blind. Rear hinge professionally repaired. Some browning from glue to endpapers, otherwise internally a very clean copy. A 1 3/4 inch closed tear to leaf M4 (page 167), not affecting text. Handsomely housed in a morocco backed chemise, stamped and lettered in gilt and a slipcase with morocco edge. "This is the diarist's only acknowledged publication. Upon this he lavished a great deal of thought and care. It… Read More

London: Ben Griffon, 1690. 1st. Leather. VG. Small 8vo. Contemporary brown calf with new spine and morocco label, lettered in gilt. Engraved frontispiece and fold out table present. First edition regular issue. Scattered light foxing in the text. Written after his retirement from the navy, this copy has a number of manuscript corrections in his hand or under his direction. A very nice copy.

[London]: Printed MDCXC [1690]. 8vo, [4], 214, [18] p., [1] folded leaf. Title page in red and black. With a frontispiece portrait (A1v) signed: G: Kneller pinx: R: White sculp. Includes a folding table, with heading: A general state of account, relating to the 400000. l. per ann. payable out of the exchequer to the Treasurer of the Navy, for answering Mr. Pepys’s proposition. Speckled calf antique, red morocco label, a very clean fresh copy possibly large-paper. § First edition, the issue for private distribution without the commercial imprint on the title-page; the regular issue has the full imprint: "London: Printed for Ben. Griffin, and are to be sold by Sam. Keble, 1690. Pepys' account of what he thought was needed for the Royal Navy, written just after his retirement as Secretary of the Navy in 1688. It is the only work that is known to have published in his lifetime. This copy has nine of the manuscript corrections (in Pepys’s hand or under his direction) and the usual cancels.… Read More

[London]: Printed Anno MDCXC, [1690].. FIRST EDITION 1690, the first issue intended for presentation without the commercial imprint on the title-page; the regular issue has the full imprint: "London: Printed for Ben. Griffin.....". Small 8vo, approximately 170 x 100 mm, 6½ x 4 inches, engraved portrait frontispiece of Pepys by Kneller, large folding table, title printed in red and black, pages: [4], 1-214, [18], last page blank, original endpapers still present. Original speckled calf covers, rebacked to match, dark green gilt title label, gilt rules and date to spine, red speckled edges, engraved armorial bookplate to first pastedown (Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale). Narrow brown stain to edges of pastedowns and pale offset to free endpapers, 12 tiny pale old ink manuscript corrections to pages: 11, 33, 39, 40, 42, 57, 70, 90, 92,103,113,120, a few of the corrections in the printed marginal notes, some ticks in the margins and some in the list of ships and vessels section, all may be in Pepys's hand or… Read More