Lot 197
  • 197

Waugh, Evelyn

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Waugh, Evelyn
  • A complete set of Evelyn Waugh's travel books, 1930-1960, comprising:
  • Paper
i) Labels. Duckworth, 1930, FIRST EDITION, original cloth, DUST-JACKET; ii) Remote People. Duckworth, 1931, FIRST EDITION, original cloth; iii) Ninety-Two Days. Duckworth, 1934, FIRST EDITION, folding map, photographic illustrations, original cloth, DUST-JACKET; iv) Waugh in Abyssinia. Longmans, Green and Co., 1936, FIRST EDITION, original cloth; v) Robbery under Law: The Mexican Object-Lesson. Chapman and Hall, 1939, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY WAUGH ("For | Gertrude Turquand | from | Evelyn Waugh | July 1939") on front free endpaper, autograph note by the author loosely inserted, original cloth, DUST-JACKET; vi) When the Going was Good. Duckworth, 1946, FIRST EDITION, folding map, original cloth, DUST-JACKET; vii) The Holy Places. The Queen Anne Press, 1952, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 500 of 950 COPIES, original cloth; viii) A Tourist in Africa. Chapman and Hall, 1960, FIRST EDITION, photographic illustrations, original cloth, DUST-JACKET; mostly 8vo, jackets worn at extremities with occasional minor tears, some spotting and browning, ink inscription in two volumes (8)

Condition

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Catalogue Note

A complete set of Waugh's works documenting his numerous travels, which also had a strong influence on his fictional writing.