Bound in an elegant recent blue-black quarter morocco, banded and gilt top edges blue some mild tanning of a few outer leaves some spotting, mainly of edges, but a very good set. “Waugh’s most profound and substantial work” (Anthony Gardner). A first edition set of the separately published “Men at Arms” (1952), “Officers and Gentlemen” (1955) and “Unconditional Surrender” (1961). Bound in an elegant recent full burgundy morocco, banded and ruled in gilt a very good copy. “Chapter One : I meet Sebastian Flyte – and Anthony Blanche – I visit Brideshead for the first time”.Ĭrown 8vo (186 x 122mm). John), 1903-1966 : BRIDESHEAD REVISITED : THE SACRED AND PROFANE MEMORIES OF CAPTAIN CHARLES RYDER : A NOVEL. To purchase, call us or e-mail us at quoting stock number 45737 – or simply click on the button Contemporary ownership inscription – Vinicombe, dated July 1938. Original lizard pattern red and black cloth, lettered in gilt just a touch rubbed and faintly sunned some spotting, mainly of edges and prelims, but otherwise a very copy. This was rapidly replaced by a plainer jacket with the masthead removed. The present copy has the front panel of the original dust-jacket laid in to the front free endpaper – the rare and quickly suppressed earlier version of the jacket, with the “Daily Beast” masthead clearly mimicking that of Beaverbrook’s “Daily Express”, and making the butt of Waugh’s satire all too plain. easily the funniest book of the season” (Illustrated London News, 25th June 1938). Evelyn Waugh has let himself go with a whoop on the trail of sensational journalism.
“Up to a point, Lord Copper” – the wrong Boot is sent to Ishmaelia. John), 1903-1966 : SCOOP : A NOVEL ABOUT JOURNALISTS. To purchase, call us or e-mail us at quoting stock number 40702 – or simply click on the button Original lizard pattern red and black cloth, lettered in gilt just lightly rubbed some spotting, mainly to prelims and edges a few faint marks, but a very good copy. His third novel – the modernisation of the Azanian empire.Ĭrown 8vo (20cm). UNITED KINGDOM Tel: (+44)-(0)20-8672-2263ĬLICK ON REFRESH/RELOAD TO ENSURE YOU HAVE THE UPDATED VERSION OF THIS PAGE
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