Letters and the Second Diary of Samuel Pepys

Author Samuel Pepys; edited by R. G. Howarth Title Letters and the Second Diary of Samuel Pepys Publication Details London and Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, 1932. First Edition Thus. xxiv, 456 pp. With sixteen contemporary portraits and views. Description An attractive first edition thus of Letters and the Second Diary of Samuel Pepys, edited and introduced by R. G. Howarth. Published by J. M. Dent & Sons in 1932, this volume brings together Pepys's correspondence and his lesser-known later or "Second Diary", providing an illuminating complement to the celebrated diary for which he is best known. The volume contains sixteen full-page contemporary portraits and views, including a frontispiece portrait of Pepys. The collection offers an important insight into Pepys's later life, his public career and the political and social world of Restoration England. The 1932 Dent edition represented the first publication of this particular collected edition. Binding Hardback in publisher's cloth. Condition Very Good. A well-preserved copy showing only normal signs of age and use. Binding sound and contents well preserved. An attractive example of this 1932 edition. Edition / Edition Note First Edition Thus, 1932. Edited with an introduction by R. G. Howarth, with sixteen contemporary portraits and views.…