Waugh, Evelyn

8vo, FIRST EDITION, GRAHAM GREENE'S COPY, signed ("Graham Greene") on the front free endpaper, original publisher's buckram, top edge blue, DUST-JACKET, collector's folding box with morocco onlays, dust-jacket a little worn at extremities, some minor soiling to rear endpaper

Sale, Sotheby's London, 12 December 1991, lot 100

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

Greene and Waugh, two of the twentieth century's most important English novelists, were contemporaries at Oxford. A long and very close friendship later developed, based on a mutual admiration that was at its most public in their reviews of each other's books, and their shared Catholicism (about which, however, like politics, they seldom agreed). 

In a letter to his father, Waugh described Put Out More Flags, which he wrote on the return journey from military service in Egypt, as "a minor work dashed off to occupy a tedious voyage, but it has good bits..." (Amory, The Letters of Evelyn Waugh (1980), p.158). Most reviewers, by contrast, "found it brilliant" (ONDB).