Samuel Pepys: The Man in the Making / The Saviour of the Navy / The Years of Peril [3-volume set; the complete work]

  • Hardcover
  • London: The Reprint Society, 1952-1953
By Bryant, Arthur
London: The Reprint Society. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1952-1953. Reprint. Hardcover. [a nice-looking set, minor wear only to books and jackets]. An attractive set of this 3-volume biography of Pepys, the individual volumes originally published in 1933, 1935 and 1938. Wikipedia notes that this study of Pepys was published "long before the definitive edition of the diary, but, thanks to Bryant's lively style, it is still of interest." NOTE that the first volume (The Man in the Making) is stated to be a later printing (1952) of the reprint originally issued in 1949. .

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