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Waugh, Evelyn
LABELS. A MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL. DUCKWORTH, 1930
8vo, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 42 OF 110 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR WITH AN ORIGINAL SHEET OF THE MANUSCRIPT BOUND IN, half-title, frontispiece, sheet of manuscript tipped in between two blue leaves of card, 3 photographic plates, 2 maps, later three-quarter dark blue morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, spine titled in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, matching blue morocco and cloth slipcase
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WAUGH'S FIRST TRAVEL BOOK. The sheet of manuscript included with this special copy roughly corresponds pp.116-118 of the published text, the opening of the fifth chapter which describes Waugh's departure from the Port of Said. The manuscript shows numerous revisions and amendments by Waugh, and is titled by him "Five".
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