The phrase "and later a second" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a sequence of events or items, indicating that something occurred first and then a second instance followed.
Example: "We had a meeting last week, and later a second meeting was scheduled to discuss further details."
Alternatives: "and subsequently a second" or "and then a second one".
Mr. Booker lost that race, but four years later won his second bid for the office and later a second term.
At first, these ads -- and later, a second form of text advertisement that ran down the right side of the page -- were sold at fixed prices.
The popcorn was first packed as "Purdu-Pop," and later a second brand, "Cousin Willie's," was added, named for a second-generation son.
The couple had a baby girl in 2005 who died at the age of six, and later, a second child who lived for only eight months.
Walter Tull (1888-1918) was "the first black outfield footballer to play in the old First Division in England" and, later, a second lieutenant in the Special Reserve of officers.
But in his eight years in office, he signed many labor deals, most notably one master contract with a two-year wage freeze and then a 13percentt raise over three years, and later a second master contract providing a 9percentt raise over 27 months.
They shared appetizers, and later a first kiss in front of Ms. Kurtz's apartment building.
But suffering severely, she started with two pills, then two hours later took a third, and later a fourth, hoping it would help her sleep.
And unless we somehow destroy every living cell on Earth, the sixth extinction will be followed by a recovery, and later a seventh extinction, and so on.
For almost four decades, until the Council of Constance, unity was shattered by rivalries between popes and antipopes one French, one Italian, and later a third one, also Italian.
Once I started with LSD, adding a second drug, and later a third or fourth, didn't seem so scary.
