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194717325Chapman & Hall 1947. Sm. 8vo. First Edition with a tinted frontispiece and title in ochre and black small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth backstrip lettered in yellow a very good clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper the latter lightly browned at backstrip and on predominantly white rear panel. The frontispiece by John Piper is repeated on front panel of dustwrapper. Elusive in anything like this condition. Chapman & Hall, hardcover
1947G177London: Chapman and Hall 1947. 1st Edition . dark blue cloth gilt. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 88pp. Frontispiece by John Piper repeated on d.j. Very nice copy a trifle rubbed and minor foxed d.j. <br/> <br/> Chapman and Hall 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
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
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
PJH45646Penguin 2011. Fine in publishers cloth in like dustjacket. Composed between 1939-62 the late stories of Evelyn Waugh are in turn blackly comic and bitingly satirical. In 'The Sympathetic Passenger' a radio-loathing retiree picks up exactly the wrong hitchhiker while 'Charles Ryder's Schooldays' provides a hilarious and fragmentary insight into life before Brideshead. These witty and immaculately crafted stories display the finest writing of a master of satire and comic twists. ISBN 9780141193571 Penguin 2011 hardcover
197638155Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1976. 8vo. First Edition; brown cloth gilt back mustard endpapers a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, hardcover
199646094Hodder & Stoughton 1996. 8vo. First Edition with 39 plates on 16; black cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover
194820899Horizon 1948. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper; original wrappers printed in black and orange wrappers very lightly browned at edges one small tear at head of backstrip else a very good bright crisp clean copy. First appearance of Waugh's 'Anglo-American Tragedy' dedicated to Nancy Mitford predating its publication in book form. The influential 'Horizon. A Review of Literature and Art' was edited by Cyril Connolly. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Horizon, unknown
194825751London: Walter Scott 1948. binding slightly cocked dustwrapper near-pristine first trade edition undated but 1948. With his own mordant humour the previous owner has included as a bookmark in this volume a cutting from the Saturday Evening Post of 1948 an advertisement frot the Clark Metal Grave Vault which will protect your late loved one in the ground from rain. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Stuart Boyle. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Walter Scott Hardcover
195740251Chapman & Hall 1957. 8vo. First Edition neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; black cloth gilt back dark top a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter very lightly dust-soiled on predominantly white lower panel. With dustwrapper artwork by Biro and relevant cutting mounted on rear paste-down. Chapman & 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
195250250Chapman & Hall 1952-55-61. 3 vols. 8vo. First Edition; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border backs with raised bands second and fourth compartments with red morocco labels lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments ruled and tooled in gilt gilt tops hand-made endpapers customer-made slip-case an elegant set ideal as a gift or for presentation. The trilogy comprises Men at Arms 1952 Officers and Gentlemen 1955 and Unconditional Surrender 1961. 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
197323355Whittington Press 1973. Roy. 8vo. Signed Limited Edition with a mounted portrait frontispiece title in green and black numerous illustrations many full-page in the text and patterned endpapers; patterned cloth printed paper label mounted on upper board a very good bright clean copy in original glassine dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 600 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR Whittington Press, hardcover
196137426Chapman & Hall 1961. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper; cloth gilt back blue top a very good bright clean copy in lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. Final novel of the 'Sword of Honour' trilogy with dustwrapper artwork by Biro. Chapman & Hall, hardcover
1961010511London: Chapman and Hall 1961 unclipped DW has faintest fade to backstrip and a few small spots rear white panel slightly soiled with a few brown spots light pencil to fep quite tidy copy of the first edition in a neat DW 311pp. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Val Biro. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Chapman and Hall hardcover
42452LONDON THE FOLIO SOCIETY 2015. A FINE COPY IN A FINE SLIPCASE. INTRODUCED BY DAVID LODGE AND ILLUSTRATED BY KATE BAYLAY. LONDON, THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 2015 unknown
201551672Folio Society 2015. 8vo. First Edition thus with coloured frontispiece and 7 monochrome illustrations in the text; pictorial boards cloth back blocked and lettered in gilt a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Folio Society, 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
194810389Chapman & Hall 1948. 8vo. First Edition thus on laid paper; cloth gilt back blue top marbled endpapers a very good bright clean copy. Differs from the limited first edition of 1942; this first trade version includes stories not appearing in the original edition together with one tale previously uncollected. Chapman & Hall, hardcover