Evelyn Waugh | First Editions
1903 - 1966
See below our stock of Evelyn Waugh First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
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The Life and Times of Madame Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin.
Reims: Printed for Champagne Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin by the Curwen Press, 1961. [Champagne] SIGNED FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Large octavo (27 x 18cm), pp.[8] 54 [2]. With frequent black and white illustrations by Drian. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to half-title. Publisher's yellow patterned soft covers, with the original..... More
The Holy Places.
London: The Queen Anne Press. November 1952. [Travel] LIMITED EDITION, designed by Robert Harling, with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. No.75 of 950 copies, with publisher's compliments slip inserted, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Large Octavo. pp. 37; [5], printed on cream wove paper. Type set in Eric Gill's Pilgrim and..... More
The Holy Places.
London: The Queen Anne Press, New York: the British Book Centre, December 1953. [Travel] LIMITED EDITION, designed by Robert Harling, with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. 1000 copies (this being un-numbered/out-of-series). Large Octavo. pp. 37; [5]. Original red cloth with gilt titles,illustrated dust-wrapper. Fine, in near fine price-clipped jacket, slightly..... More
The Holy Places.
London: The Queen Anne Press. November 1952. [Travel] LIMITED EDITION, designed by Robert Harling, with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. No.263 of 950 copies. Large Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.37; [5], printed on cream wove paper. Original red Buckram with gilt titles, and gilt 'QA' monogram to upper board, top..... More
Little Innocents: Childhood Reminiscences.
London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1932. [Childhood Anthology] DELUXE FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.viii, 124 [4]. In contemporary full vellum with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt; others untrimmed. Binder's label for Leighton Straker Bookbinding Co. to copyright page. A little toning to edges, and some light marks and discolouration..... More
Letters from Evelyn Waugh [in] Encounter Magazine. Vol. XXXI, No.1.
London: The Continental Publishers & Distributors, July 1968. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Magazine (25 x 18cm), pp.96. Publisher's colour paper covers, priced at 5s. Light wear only to covers. Near fine. An illuminating selection of letters from Evelyn Waugh to Winston Churchill's son Randolph, exchanged between 1941 and Waugh's death..... More
Gibraltar [and] The Humble Herring [and] Ego [in] Men Only Magazine.
London: C. Arthur Pearson, October 1936. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Octavo magazine (19 x 13cm), pp.152. With 12 double-sided illustrated plates, many in colour, with further in-text illustrations. Publisher's blue soft covers, priced at 1s. Lightly toned throughout. Covers toned, and rubbed to edges. Very good. A withering piece on..... More
The Art of Fiction XXX [in] The Paris Review. Volume 8, Number 30.
Paris: The Paris Review, Summer-Fall 1963. [Literary Magazine] INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[2] 181 [9]. With 11 black and white illustrations on plates, and occasional in-text illustrations. Publisher's soft cover with price in dollars, Franks, and shillings. Moderate handling and toning to covers. Very good. Containing the transcript..... More
Scott-King's Modern Europe [in] The Cornhill Magazine. No. 971.
London: John Murray, Summer 1947. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[8] 321-398. With four double-sided black and white photographic plates at rear. Publisher's grey soft covers, illustrated in green with brown titles, priced at 2/6. A lovely crisp copy with just a touch of toning to spine..... More
Black Mischief.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1932. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.303 [1]. Illustrated with frontispiece map. Elegantly hand-bound in black half calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with twin red title labels, raised bands. A few minor marks within, exterior as new. A...... More
Decline and Fall.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1928. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.288. Octavo. Illustrated novelette. Publisher's snake skin-effect cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper correctly priced at 7/6. Both book and jacket are used; flyleaf has two small 'file' numbers, rear inner joint cracked, general handling and wear, jacket with..... More
Helena. A Novel.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1950. [Historical fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.265 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the primary 'wood-grain' dust-jacket, priced at 9/6. Toning to edges, and some rippling to endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Cloth shows extensive water staining and..... More
A Little Learning. The First Volume of an Autobiography By Evelyn Waugh.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1964. [Autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 234. With five double-sided black and white plates, and a photographic frontispiece. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge pink. With the pink typographic dust-jacket, priced at 30s. Fine, but for some spotting to..... More
Love Among the Ruins. A Romance of the Near Future.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1953. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.51. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt motif to upper board, in amusing pictorial dustjacket, top edge tinted red. Book is near fine; jacket slightly chipped and rubbed, sizeable tears to panels with discreet tape affixed..... More
Love Among the Ruins. A Romance of the Near Future.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1953. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.51. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt motif to upper board, in amusing pictorial dust-jacket, top edge tinted red. Book is fine, in a near fine jacket with one chip to top edge. Shows..... More
The Loved One Published in Horizon - A Review of Literature and Art, Edited by Cyril Connoly.
London: Horizon, 1948. FIRST APPEARANCE - predates the first edition in book form. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.60. Publisher's card covers, decoratively printed in black and orange, advertisements as issued. One small stain to foot of upper else fine. Subtitled 'An Anglo-American Tragedy', Waugh's 'The Loved One' is a short..... More
Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, [and] Unconditional Surrender. [Sword of Honour Trilogy].
London: Chapman and Hall, 1952, 1955, 1961. [Military saga] FIRST EDITIONS. 3 volumes. Octavo (19 x 13 x 8cm), pp.314; 335; 311. Cloth hardcovers, with original jackets designed by Val Biro. First two volumes are in secondary bindings (W.H. Smith or The Times book club in style), third title in..... More
Put Out More Flags.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1942. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's mottled grey cloth, black titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 8/- to front flap. Top edge navy blue. Interior somewhat toned, infrequently spotted. Bookplate pasted on one edge to front flyleaf. Edges..... More
Sword of Honour. The Trilogy which includes: Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, and Unconditional Surrender.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1955-62. [Military saga] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, SIGNED by the author. 3 volumes. Octavo, pp. 314, 335, 311. Navy blue cloth hardcovers, titles in gilt to spine, top edges tinted blue, in original jackets designed by Val Biro. In the publisher's pictorial slipcase adverting the set for..... More
Sword of Honour. [The Trilogy which includes] Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, and Unconditional Surrender.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1955-61. [Military saga] FIRST EDITIONS. 3 volumes. Octavo (19 x 14 x 8cm), pp.314; pp.335; pp.311. Recent navy blue half calf over matching blue cloth-covered boards, raised bands and gilt-ruled red morocco title labels to spine, top edges gilt. A clean, fine set, inside and out..... More
A Tourist In Africa.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1960. [Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.167; [1]; blank. Illustrated with black and white plates. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 16s. Some spotting to edges, jacket a little age-toned to spine. Very good. Engaging account of Waugh's..... More
Best Motoring Stories.
London: Faber and Faber, 1959. [Driving anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.215. Publisher's red cloth in illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 15s. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A fine copy in a very good jacket, with one chip to the top edge of the front panel. Shows well. Contains 'James..... More
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