Item 2479A Bachelor Abroad
New York: Jonathan Cape Harrison Smith, [1930]. "First Published in America 1930" FIne / no dust jacket. Item #2479
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Item 2474Black Mischief
London: Chapman and Hall, [1932]. First published October, 1952. Fine / in very good plus dust jacket. Item #2474
Item 2466Decline & Fall, An Illustrated Novelette
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, [1929]. First edition. Publisher's logo appears on the copyright page. 8vo. Blue cloth covered boards with cream colored spine label and cover label printed in red. Delicately patterned endpapers. Delightful jacket designed by Gardner Rea. Charming ink drawing on free front endpaper listing the names of the previous owners. Otherwise a fine copy. / in remarkably preserved dust jacket. It has a little shallow chipping at top and bottom of spine and a little toning to spine and back panel. A faint show of creasing along top margin of front panel. Otherwise it is crisp and lovely. Item #2466
Item 906Decline and Fall
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1979. Illustrated by the Author with six drawings. A Limited Edition published by the Franklin Library exclusively for subscribers to The Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century. 8vo. bound in full tan colored leather with gold tooling. All edges gilt. 262 pp. Reddish tan silk moiré endpapers. Satin ribbon bookmark. Fine, as new condition. Item #906
Item 2486A Handful of Dust
London: Chapman and Hall, [1934]. "First published, September 1934" Bookplate. Book has slight lean. Overall very good. / No dust jacket. Item #2486
Item 2487Mr. Loveday's Little Outing and Other Sad Stories
Boston: Little Brown, 1936. "Published October 1936". Edition limited to 750 copies of which 700 are for sale. Bottom corner of front cover slightly bumped, otherwise fine. / Near fine dust jacket.
From the dust jacket flap: "A short story by Evelyn Waugh is something of a rarity, a collector's piece, as it were. This book is the first collection of his stories to be published. He reveals himself a complete master of this form of fiction, worthy to be compared with its most notable exponents. This volume will delight all those who already know Mr. Waugh's work; it will also, we are confident, bring him a host of new admirers." Item #2487
Item 2482Put out more flags
London: Chapman & Hall, [1942]. "First published 1942" Small 8vo. Tweedy buckram covered boards. Bookplate. Two crayon marks on front and back free endpapers. Overall tight, clean and very good plu. / in somewhat wrinkled and lightly soiled dust jacket. Basically very good.
Mr. Waugh's writing may be compared with a dive-bomber; he circles over his target, flashing in the rarefied atmosphere of wit and extravagant fancy, then suddenly swoops earthward and discharges a devastating load of explosive. There is much sober criticism of life behind his gaiety and invention. Item #2482
Item 2485Scoop
London: Chapman and Hall, [1938]. "First published 1938" with 8 slightly raised and hard to read, as is last word on page 88. 12 mo. Cloth covered boards printed to look like marbled paper. Spine stamped in gold. Slight lean. Bookplate. Overall a clean very good plus copy. / No dust jacket. Item #2485
Item 2473They Were Still Dancing
on Murray Hill New York: Farrar & Rinehart, [1932]. First American Edition with Farrar and Rinehart symbol on copyright page. 8vo. Mustard colored cloth covered boards stamped in reddish brown. Owner's name in ink on free front endpaper. / in lightly soiled but very good plus dust jacket. Item #2473
Item 2465Vile Bodies
New York: Jonathan Cape Harrison Smith, 1930. "First Published 1930" on copyright page. Small 8vo. Patterned yellow paper covered boards. Green cloth spine stamped in yellow. End papers match paper on cover. Top edge stained black. Price on front flap of dust jacket is $2.50. Last title on back panel of jacket is "The Winter Alone" and back flap features "Orderly" by M. R. Werner. Tiny faint damp stain at bottom edge of front cover. Top corners of cover bumped a little. Overall a tight, clean very good copy. / in sturdy dust jacket showing soil and toning, a small chip at the top corner flap fold and a little chipping and wear at the top and bottom spine edges. Item #2465
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