Search Results: brideshead by waugh

London, Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1945. . First UK trade edition; 8vo; unmarked internally; publisher's pink cloth, gilt lettering to spine, spine slightly cocked, spine ends slightly bumped, with the original unclipped dustjacket, extremities soiled, a few minor chips and closed tears, most heavily affecting head and foot of backstrip, else very good. '...his most carefully written and deeply felt novel..... The brightly devastating satirist of England's twenties and thirties moves from one world to another and a larger one: from the lunacy of a burlesqued Mayfair, very glib and funny and masking the serious point in farce, to a world in which people credibly think and feel' (NY Times Book Review).Subtitled 'The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder', Waugh's defining novel details the spiritual lives behind the facades of an aristocratic family and their middle-class friend, the protagonist.

London: Chapman & Hall Ltd,, 1945. O God, make me good, but not yet First trade edition, first impression, of Waugh's most enduring novel, in a well-preserved example of the notoriously fragile jacket produced to war economy standards. Waugh himself repeatedly referred to this novel as his magnum opus. Brideshead Revisited was written from January to June 1944, while Waugh was recovering after breaking his leg during parachute training in December of the previous year. The author revealed in his autobiography that the story "portrays some aspects of my Oxford life" (Waugh, p. 191); the character of Sebastian Flyte was based on memories of Alastair Graham, one of Waugh's best friends and "romances" during his university years. Exploring the theme of Catholicism for the first time, the novel was described by Waugh as "an attempt to trace the workings of the divine purpose in a pagan world, in the lives off an English Catholic family, half-paganised themselves, in the world of 1929-39" (Wilson, p. 108).… Read More

Chapman & Hall, London., 1945. First edition. Octavo. 304 pages.Endpapers faintly spotted. Slight fading to head and tail of spine. Very good indeed in very good, slightly chipped and nicked dustwrapper a bit darkened at the spine and defective at tail of spine, affecting the publishers' names. Unusually bright. Most copies nowadays seem to have repaired dustwrappers.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1945. First. hardcover. Near fine/Good. A near fine first edition is a good first issue dust jacket, with printing on both sides. Original price still on front flap of jacket. Housed in a slipcase.

Chapman & Hall, London., 1945. First edition. Octavo. 304 pages.Head and tail of spine very slightly bumped. Near fine in very good, slightly nicked dustwrapper a bit tanned at the spine and edges and with some chipping to the head and tail of the spine. Presentable copies are becoming fewer and farther between.

London: Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1945. 304pp. "Revised Edition". Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Pictorial dust jacket, lettered in red with green decorations. Chipped to the edges and browned to the spine as usual. Unclipped, priced at 10s.6d.net. LACKS FRONT FREE-END-PAPER. "Revised Edition" hand stamped to the title-page indicating this is one of a handful of copies printed for Waugh's own use between the 50 privately circulated copies of 1944 and the 1st edition pub. in May 1945. Tom Driberg received a letter from Waugh on August 11th 1945 explaining the "Revised Edition" included changes to the text and 28 spelling corrections. The date on the title-page is still in the roman numeral format, the catalogue number is lacking on the verso of the title-page and the patent binding reference is also lacking. The contents leaf is not neatly set but the text appears to be the same as the first trade issue. [Evelyn Waugh, 1903-1966]. 1st edition, 1st… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1945. The First American Edition, frist printing, published September 1945, LIMITED TO 600 COPIES ONLY OF WHICH ONLY 450 WERE FOR SALE., printed before the first American trade edition. 8vo, publisher's original turquoise cloth lettered in gilt on the spine panel, In the original dustjacket. 351 pp. A very pleasing and well-preserved copy, the text-block still quite clean and fresh, hinges strong, the cloth unfaded and with very minimal mellowing. The jacket is complete, attractive and still in very nice condition. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, PRECEDING THE TRADE EDITION, LIMITED TO ONLY 450 COPIES FOR SALE, ISSUED IN THE SAME YEAR AS THE ENGLISH EDITION. Waugh’s novel of the Machmain family was a departure in style for him and a highly successful one at that. The novel speaks of a world forever changed by war, tells an extraordinary love story and vividly depicts the conflicts between traditional religion and modern life. It is the first of Waugh's… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1945. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition, limited edition, one of 600 copies. Fine in very good or better dustwrapper with toning and small spots on the spine. One of the most important of Waugh's later works, incorporating many of his ideas about faith and redemption.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1945. 1st Edition. Leather. VG+. 8vo. Newly bound in full brown morocco with green leather title labels to the hubbed spine. Gilt lettering and decorations.Top edge gilt .Marbled endpapers. Housed in brown cloth slipcase. The classic novel in first edition bound beautifully.

1945, 1st edition year, 4th edition . Tight bright red boards. Original (chipped) DJ in protective foil. Original owner inscription dated 1946.

Chapman and Hall. London. 1945. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.1 inches). A bright and clean copy Finely bound in full red morocco leather. Spine with five raised bands. Compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Twin black labels, gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt. A fine copy.

Budapest: Franklin, 1948. In original cloth with paper wrapper. Wrapper is chipped and small parts missing, inside fine.. In original cloth with paper wrapper. 427 p. First Hungarian edition.

Little, Brown and Company. First American trade edition. Octavo, original cloth. DJ drawing by Lester M. Peterson. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1946.

0 First Edition/First Printing Published by Chapman & Hall, London 1945. Good clean and tight condition. Owner's name and 1945 date to ffep. No other marks or inscriptions. Spotting to endpages. Red cloth covers have slight fading. Dustjacket not price clipped (10.6d. net) Tanned. Chips and small sections missing from base and spine. Large section missing from rear. Protected in archive cover.

Little, Brown and Company. First American trade edition. Octavo, original cloth. DJ drawing by Lester M. Peterson. Clipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1945.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1946. First American trade edition of Waugh's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket drawing by Lester M. Peterson.   "Waugh's most deeply felt novel. Brideshead Revisited tells an absorbing story in imaginative terms... Mr. Waugh is very definitely an artist, with something like a genius for precision and clarity not surpassed by any novelist writing in English in his time" (New York Times). Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century.

1945. Chapman & Hall and The Book Society. London. 1945. DW. First edition, thus. Published almost at the same time as the true first. Book Society bookplate tipped in on the front pastedown with the original owner's name neatly handwritten, top edge red. Pages 69/70 have a close 1cm tear to margin.Cloth boards very clean and bright. Wrapper is tanned to spine with small creases and nicks along edges. Rear panel is very slightly soiled. Wrapper is NOT price-clipped. A very clean copy generally.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1945. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. A wonderful copy of the first U.S. trade edition of Evelyn Waugh's popular novel set in the first half of the twentieth century. The first U.S. trade edition.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'Brideshead Revisited' follows Charles Ryder from the 1920s to the early 1940s, seeing his life and romances develop throughout the decades, a nostalgic novel on the age of the English aristocracy.The novel has a particular focus on his friendship with the wealthy Flytes family, English Catholics who live in a palatial mansion called Brideshead Castle.Written by Evelyn Waugh, one of the most popular authors of the twentieth century. His other novels include 'Decline and Fall', and 'A Handful of Dust'. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Small mark to the front board and a couple of light marks to the rear board. Minor bumping to the head and… Read More

Boston: Little Brown, 1945. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Small 8vo, red cloth, d.w. Boston: Little Brown, 1945. First American Edition.<br/> <br/> Fine copy with just a hint of wear to two corners of the dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is unpriced, indicating a Book of the Month Club, which preceded the first trade edition.<br/> <br/>

Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1945. First printing in America was the book club edition printed in 1945 and which has date on title page and copyright page as this one does. Red boards are bright and fresh. Small area has on front board has faint area of rubbing or stain. Tips are sharp. No markings. Tight and square. Jacket is virtually as new with no issues. Protected in transparent mylar. No bookclub blindstamp on rear board. In mylar. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine to Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.