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WAUGH, Evelyn (Evelyn Arthur St. John), 1903-1966 : BLACK MISCHIEF. London : Chapman & Hall, (1932). First edition. His third novel – the modernisation of the Azanian empire. £125 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 40702 – or simply click on the button
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WAUGH, Evelyn (Evelyn Arthur St. John), 1903-1966 : SCOOP : A NOVEL ABOUT JOURNALISTS. London : Chapman & Hall, (1938). First edition. “Up to a point, Lord Copper” – the wrong Boot is sent to Ishmaelia. SOLD |
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WAUGH, Evelyn (Evelyn Arthur St. John), 1903-1966 : PUT OUT MORE FLAGS. London : Chapman & Hall, (1942). First edition. The bright young things – “the wreckage of the roaring twenties”, in Waugh’s phrase, face the realities of the phoney war – with Basil Seal in counter-intelligence, Ambrose Silk, Peter Pastmaster, Angela Lyne, etc., and cameo roles for Parsnip and Pimpernel (based on Auden and Isherwood). “The greatest English novel of the Second World War” (John Keegan). SOLD |
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WAUGH, Evelyn (Evelyn Arthur St. John), 1903-1966 : BRIDESHEAD REVISITED : THE SACRED AND PROFANE MEMORIES OF CAPTAIN CHARLES RYDER : A NOVEL. London : Chapman & Hall, 1945. First edition. “Chapter One : I meet Sebastian Flyte – and Anthony Blanche – I visit Brideshead for the first time”. SOLD |
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WAUGH, Evelyn (Evelyn Arthur St. John), 1903-1966 : [SWORD OF HONOUR – THE CROUCHBACK TRILOGY]. London : Chapman & Hall, 1952-1961. A first edition set of the separately published “Men at Arms” (1952), “Officers and Gentlemen” (1955) and “Unconditional Surrender” (1961). “Waugh’s most profound and substantial work” (Anthony Gardner). SOLD |
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WAUGH, Evelyn (Evelyn Arthur St. John), 1903-1966 : OFFICERS AND GENTLEMEN : A NOVEL. London : Chapman & Hall, 1955. First edition. The second volume in Waugh’s “Sword of Honour” trilogy – “‘Men at Arms’ ended with the death of Apthorpe. ‘Officers and Gentlemen’ begins with the placation of his spirit, a ritual preparation for the descent into the nether world of Crete”. £75 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 43790 – or simply click on the button
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WAUGH, Evelyn (Evelyn Arthur St. John), 1903-1966 : MEN AT ARMS : A NOVEL. London : Chapman & Hall, 1952. First edition. The first novel of what became the Sword of Honour trilogy – Guy Crouchback seeks personal salvation. SOLD |
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