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Arthur Bryant - The Man in the Making; the Years of Peril; the Savour of the Navy

Title: The Man in the Making; the Years of Peril; the Savour of the Navy
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1933-1938. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Arthur Bryant's rigorous biography of diarist Samuel Pepys A rigorous biography of 16th century diarist and naval administrator Samuel Pepys. With maps to the endpapers of The Man in the Making, and four plates, collated and complete. With five plates to The Years of Peril, and six to The Saviour of the Navy, collated and complete. The diary of Samuel Pepys has become one of the most important sources of the English Restoration period, filled with eyewitness accounts of significant events such as The Great Fire of London, personal revelations, as well as records of his routine, meals, and opinions on contemporary politics and the fashions of the time. Historian and columnist Arthur Bryant wrote forty books in his lifetime, including a play dramatising the life of Samuel Pepys which ran for one hundred and fifty performances in London. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. The Man in the Making is a little discoloured to the spine, but otherwise volumes are lightly rubbed to the boards and the spine. Front hinge in The Years of Peril is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. A little foxed to the front and rear of each volume, with the odd scattered spot throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Arthur Bryant Samuel Pepys The Man in the Making The Years of Peril Samuel Pepys First Edition Diary Not Stated

Price: GBP 98.00 = appr. US$ 139.94 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 847N24

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