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193210854<p>Chapman and Hall Ltd. London. 1932. FIRST EDITION. 1st impression. 8vo. 7.6 x 5.1 inches. Illustrated frontispiece of a map of the Azanian Empire. A fine clean and fresh copy in original black and red snakeskin patterned cloth with the spine lettered in gilt. Some very minor rubbing to the extremities of the cloth and a hint of fading to the red of the spine but overall a near fine example with the gilt still very bright and vibrant.</p> Chapman and Hall Ltd. London. 1932 hardcover
193610853<p>Chapman and Hall Ltd. London. 1936. FIRST EDITION. 1st impression. 8vo. 7.6 x 5.1 inches. Illustrated frontispiece reproducing the front cover of the dustwrapper by Thomas Derrick. Some minor foxing to about a third of the pages. Overall a very good copy in original black and red snakeskin patterned cloth with the spine lettered in gilt. Some minor rubbing to the extremities of the cloth but overall a very good example of Waugh's first collection of short stories with the gilt still very bright and vibrant.</p> Chapman and Hall Ltd. London. 1936 hardcover
39757London: Chapman & Hall Ltd 1945 Hardcover book first edition no dustjacket. bound in light crimson cloth with gilt titles to spine. printed by Tonbridge printers limited with the Cat no. 5010/4 to reverse of title page. 304 pages previous owners inscription to front endpaper dated 21/vii/45. Small red circular ownership name stamp to front paste-down A Very good copy of this classic Waugh title light rubbing and sunning to covers. Lightly bumped to corners. Pictures available. London: Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1945 hardcover
194210851<p>Chapman & Hall Ltd. London 1942. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. 7.4 x 5.2 inches. A little light foxing to the first few leaves otherwise a bright and clean copy in the publishers oatmeal cloth with dark blue lettering to the spine. In the original colour illustrated dustwrapper which has been price clipped to the front inner flap. Repair to the reverse of the wrapper covering some loss to the bottom of the wrapper spine affecting the lettering of the word and in the publishers name and tape used to strengthen the corners. A few small splits to the extremities without loss and some rubbing to the edges. Overall a very good book in a near to very good example of this fragile war time wrapper.</p> Chapman & Hall Ltd. London 1942 hardcover
196546554Chapman & Hall 1965. 8vo. First Edition; blue cloth gilt back blue top faint tape-marks on free endpapers else a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With the separately printed errata slip mounted at Preface. This first collected edition of Waugh's classic trilogy comprises the final texts of all three novels. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Chapman & Hall, hardcover
193232262London: Chapman and Hall 1932. First Edition. With a cartographic frontispiece of the Azanian Empire. 8vo black and red decorative cloth the spine lettered in gilt. 303 pp. A well preserved copy with some evidence of use and age. FIRST EDITION OF EVELYN WAUGH'S THIRD NOVEL. This satiric novel by Waugh published in 1932 skewers attempts to impose European customs and beliefs upon so-called primitive peoples.<br> The story is set in the fictional empire of Azania an island off the coast of Africa. Upon the death of the emperor of Azania rule is assumed by his grandson Seth a recent graduate of Oxford who is eager to modernize his country. Seth’s ideas are a muddle of fashionable notions and philosophies and each of his new programs fails. Ultimately the country relapses into barbarism and cannibalism. Chapman and Hall hardcover
19578098<p>Chapman & Hall. London1957. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. 7.6 x 5.2 inches. A fine clean copy. Finely bound in recent full dark blue morocco spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt. Compartments with gilt lettering and decorative centre pieces. Single ruled gilt ruled border to the boards. Top edge gilt. A fine copy.</p> Chapman & Hall. London, 1957 hardcover
19508791<p>Chapman & Hall. London. 1950. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. 7.4 x 5.1 inches. A fine copy finely bound in recent full dark blue morocco spine with raised bands lettered ruled and decorated in gilt. Single gilt ruled border to boards. Top edge gilt. A Fine copy.</p> Chapman & Hall. London. 1950 hardcover
193010833<p>Duckworth. London. 1930. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. 8.8 x 5.9 inches. Frontispiece illustration after a drawing by Waugh double-page route map sketch map of Port Said and seven mono photographs on 3 leaves. Publishers purple cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Attractive illustrated bookplate to the front pastedown endpaper. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which has some loss to the very top and bottom and darkening to the spine but is overall still an attractive example of this fragile wrapper.</p> Duckworth. London. 1930 hardcover
196542003Chapman & Hall 1965. 8vo. First Edition; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt top hand-made endpapers ribbon marker custom-made slip-case a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the first collected edition of Waugh's classic trilogy comprising the final texts of all three novels. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Chapman & Hall, hardcover
192810863<p>Duckworth. London. 1928. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. 8.9 x 5.8 inches. Illustrated with 8 full page mono plates. Neat previous owner's initials to the front and some offsetting to the other blank endpapers otherwise a bright tight and clean copy throughout. In publishers burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. A little rubbing to the very bottom of the spine but overall a near fine copy of Waugh's first commercially published solo work preceded only by a short story featured in a 1926 anthology called Georgian stories and two privately printed works; a poem and his essay on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood which was issued in an edition of just fifty copies.</p> Duckworth. London. 1928 hardcover
19329248<p>Chapman and Hall Ltd. London. 1932. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. Map frontis. A bright clean copy. Finely bound in recent full red morocco spine with five raised bands gilt. Compartments with gilt lettering and decorative centre pieces. Single ruled gilt ruled border to boards. Top edge gilt. A fine copy.</p> Chapman and Hall Ltd. London. 1932 hardcover
19328686<p>Chapman and Hall Ltd. London. 1932. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing.8vo. Map frontis. A bright clean copy. Finely bound in recent full red morocco spine with five raised bands gilt. Compartments with gilt lettering and decorative centre pieces. Single ruled gilt ruled border to boards. Top edge gilt. A fine copy.</p> Chapman and Hall Ltd. London. 1932 hardcover
19659778<p>Chapman & Hall. London. 1965. FIRST REVISED SINGLE VOLUME EDITION. 8vo. 8 x 5.5 inches. A fine copy finely bound for Asprey of London in recent half green morocco leather spine with raised bands each decorated with gilt piping. Compartments ruled and lettered in gilt. Green cloth on boards. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Aside from a little uniform fading to the spine and some minor rubbing to a couple of edges this is a near Fine copy. First printing of this edition Edited by Waugh and with a new preface by him to make the three novels read as a single story in an attractive leather binding by a master bookbinder.</p> Chapman & Hall. London. 1965 hardcover
193610976<p>Longmans Green and Co. London. 1936. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. Tall 8vo. 8.8 x 5.8 inches. Some very light spotting to just a few few pages but generally a very good copy in recent fine leather binding of full red morocco. Spine with raised bands gilt. Decorative gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt.</p> Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1936 hardcover
196442022Chapman and Hall 1964. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper with frontispiece two portraits on one plate title in red and black 20 plates one double-page on 12 and a full-page pedigree; handsomely bound in full maroon crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt top hand-made endpapers ribbon marker custom-made marbled slip-case a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. First volume of Waugh's autobiography covering childhood Lancing Oxford including the origins of Brideshead Revisited and his experiences as a schoolmaster in North Wales. Chapman and Hall, hardcover
193810559<p>Chapman and Hall Ltd. London. 1938. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. 7.5 x 5.1 inches. A bright clean copy. Finely bound in recent full dark red morocco spine with five raised bands gilt. Compartments with gilt lettering and decorative centre pieces. Single ruled gilt ruled border to boards. Top edge gilt. A fine copy.</p> Chapman and Hall Ltd. London. 1938 hardcover
193841396Chapman & Hall 1938. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper half-title and title lightly spotted; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt top gilt edges hand-made endpapers ribbon marker custom-made slip-case a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Chapman & Hall, hardcover
355490718106London: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. THE SWORD of HONOUR TRILOGY comprising: Men at Arms London: Chapman & Hall 1952; Officers and Gentlemen London: Chapman & Hall 1955 and Unconditional Surrender London: Chapman & Hall 1961. All 3 books are FIrst UK Editions WITH NO FADING WHATSOEVER TO THE SPINES of the D/W's. 3 volumes octavo with original blue cloth titles to spines in gilt top edges blue. A lovely un-faded set. Men at Arms is a near fine or better copy in a VG un-faded D/W with no fading to the spine; it has a short closed tear to the bottom edge of the front panel and a couple of small shallow chips at the base of the spine not affecting any lettering and a small shallow chip to the bottom edge of the really clean back panel. Officers and Gentlemen is a near fine bright and clean copy with offsetting to both sets of end-papers and a few foxing spots to the fore-edge. The price-clipped D/W is in very nearly fine condition with minor foxing in places to the back panel. Unconditional Surrender is a very fine copy in a very nearly fine D/W minusculy frayed at the head of the spine which is totally un-faded. To find all 3 books entirely un-faded is a rare find indeed. Photographs/scans available upon request. Chapman & Hall hardcover
193246577Chapman & Hall 1932. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper some light spotting to text; elegantly bound in full dark red crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt all edges gilt hand-made endpapers ribbon marker custom-made marbled slip-case a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Chapman & Hall, hardcover
1928013292London: Chapman & Hall Ltd 1928. Limited to 250 signed large paper copies signed by Waugh.Book measures 23x15.5.cm. 323pp Bound in original publishers mauve cloth with gilt lettering crest on top board top gilt edge other rough. Cloth rubbed on edges with minor wear loss faded circle mark on back cover. Generally binding in clean firm condition. Internally pages clean throughout. A nice clean copy in a faded worn cloth binding. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good. 8vo. Chapman & Hall Ltd Hardcover
703<p>1945 1st edition year 4th edition . Tight bright red boards. Original chipped DJ in protective foil. Original owner inscription dated 1946.</p> 1945, 1st edition year, 4th edition hardcover
195211321<p>Chapman & Hall. London. 1952 - 1961. FIRST EDITION. 1st printings. Three volumes. 8vo. 7.5 x 5.1 inches. Fine clean copies finely bound in recent full dark blue morocco leather. Spine with raised bands the comparments ruled lettered and decorated in gilt. Single gilt ruled border to boards. Top edges gilt. A fine set housed in a dark blue cloth covered slip-case with a black silk tie-pull.</p> Chapman & Hall. London. 1952 - 1961 hardcover
193449452Chapman & Hall 1934. 8vo. First Edition with frontispiece by Harvey neat contemporary signature on half-title; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt top hand-made endpapers ribbon marker original backstrip mounted on new leaf at front custom-made-slip-case an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 3pp publisher's catalogue at end. Elegant copy of the work now considered Waugh's masterpiece. Chapman & Hall, hardcover
1932355490715926London: Chapman & Hall 1932. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. Original purple cloth device to upper board and titles to spine in gilt top edge gilt others untrimmed. Large Paper Edition illustrated and signed by the Author. # 140 of 250 copies. A gift inscription from 1944 on the verso of the FFEP and the lilac silk book-mark loosely laid in but overall VG indeed. In the very rare brown fragile D/W which has a large chip removing the top 5.3 cm of the spine. The D/W is one of the thin dull grey paper wrappers meant to be removed. It is often missing. Uncommon in the D/W. The Large Paper Edition contains extra illustrations by Waugh not included in the trade edition. Chapman & Hall hardcover