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Published by London: Chapman and Hall, 1952-55-61, 1952
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First editions, first impressions, presentation copies to Nancy Mitford, each work inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, all with Mitford's bookplate. Complete sets inscribed to the same recipient are rare, and this superb association commemorates "one of the great literary friendships of the twentieth century" (Thompson, p. 272). Men at Arms is inscribed, "Well here it is, darling. Laugh if you can where you can. Evelyn. Sept. 2nd 1952". While writing the novel, Waugh kept Mitford updated on his progress. "I am scribbling away hard at my maximum opus. I think it is frightfully funny. A bad sign" (19 September 1951). "I have finished that novel slogging, inelegant, boring and what little point it has will only be revealed in the 4th volume at least four years hence. Still there were some dunderheads who didn't like Helena. Perhaps they might like it" (8 January 1952). Shortly before publication, he writes, "I have re-read my forthcoming book awfully bad. But as I have remarked before there is no competition" (31 July 1952). Mitford replied, "I LONG for Men at Arms you have whetted my appetite with all this girlish indifference" (20 August 1952). Mitford was on holiday when her copy arrived from Waugh; on receipt she wrote, "I've just returned from Venice to find nearly 3 weeks post. and Men at Arms for which thank you so much. I don't dare to begin it until I've done all these duties or I know it will engulf me for a day. In Venice the one copy was being torn from hand to hand aren't booksellers idiots really not to cash in on holiday places more". Two days later she wrote, "Goodness it's good. Apart from the shrieks (loudest of all when Corporal Hill shot himself) the things I thought génial were the relationship of the father with the other people in the hotel & the way in which you take yourself off in the act of administering snubs. I love de Souza, & of course the Brigadier. Neither the wife nor the sister seem real to me but I can't say why. You see women through a glass darkly don't you". The second work, Officers and Gentlemen, for which Mitford assisted Waugh with phrases of French dialogue, is inscribed, "Darling Nancy, Not at all your kind of book I am afraid. Try it on O&G Col. [Mitford's lover, Colonel Gaston Palewski]. Anyway here it is with deep love and loyalty. Evelyn. I don't know anyone who takes [Stephen] Spender's paper. Do send me a copy of your essay on Lords". Upon receiving it, Mitford wrote to Waugh: "Darling Evelyn, Howstupidyouare why not my sort of book? Of course the moment it arrived I downed tools & read & read all day" (14 July 1955). Waugh's inscription alludes to the forthcoming publication of Mitford's essay "The English Aristocracy", which sparked the "U" and "Non-U" controversy, and was published in Encounter, the literary magazine founded by Stephen Spender, in September 1955. Unconditional Surrender is inscribed, "For Nancy with love from Evelyn. I hope it may raise a smile here and there. October 1961". After reading it Mitford wrote to Waugh elatedly: "Evelyn your book! Surely one of your very best, oh how I love it. I've blinded myself for a week by reading for far too long but how could I stop? I wish you could have heard my screams when the Serge appeared at your father's funeral. (Colonel always says but will the general public. ? But in fact the general public does)". Writing again two days later, she declared, "I've finished it. I didn't think you brought out the amusingness of the buzz bombs. I've never despised the English bourgoisie so much as during the air raids they were lamentable they used to come into the shop, buy large armfuls of books & bugger". Waugh replied that he "made Box Bender and Elderbury bugger if by that term you mean decamp. Especial love to your poor eyes. Have you no one to read to you? In England everyone would. The French are such selfish hogs" (October 1961). The two corresponded prolifically for more than 30 years, right up to Waugh's death in 1966. Mitford dedicated her novel The Blessing (1951) to him. Though Mitford "corresponded with other literary figures, such as Raymond Mortimer and Heywood Hill. none inspired her to the same heights of sustained levity and wit as Evelyn" (Mosley, p. xv). Michael Davie, ed., The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh, 1976; Charlotte Mosley, ed., The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh, 1996; Laura Thompson, Life in a Cold Climate: Nancy Mitford, Portrait of a Contradictory Woman, 2003. 3 separately published words, octavo. Original blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, top edges blue. With dust jackets. Housed together in a dark blue leather entry slipcase by the Chelsea Bindery. A very good set, a few minor bumps to edges, couple of spots to Men at Arms fore edge, contents clean, in the mildly toned dust jackets, lightly rubbed, chipped at spine ends, but bright.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A signed, association copy of Evelyn Waugh's World War II novel. Signed by Evelyn Waugh to fellow 'Bright Young Things' associate and fellow author, Beverley Nichols. Signed by the author to the recto of front endpaper, 'For Beverley, Sovenir de Voyage from Evelyn'. Beverley Nichols was the author of 'Crazy Pavements', which is a novel about the 'Bright Young Things'. Nichols' novel was published in 1927, and draws many parallels with Waugh's 1930 novel 'Vile Bodies'. Osbert Sitwell described Nichols as 'the original Bright Young Thing'. Both Sitwell and Nichols shared contemporaries such as Nancy Mitford and Rex Whistler.This is a very scarce presentation copy of this novel.A bright, first edition copy of this work.'Officers and Gentlemen' is Waugh's second book in the World War II 'Sword of Honour' trilogy. The novel loosely parallels Waugh's own wartime experiences.A fantastic association copy of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of spine. Dustwrapper is in a lovely condition, with just some minor shelfwear to the head and tail of spine. Minor rubbing to the joints and a few light spots to the wraps. Book is slightly cocked. Gift inscription from the author to the recto of front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. signed by author. book.
Published by Chapman & Hall, London, 1952
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. HARDBACKS - A very good set of books, each title has been signed by the author to the title page in fountain pen. The boards are clean with just a touch of fading to the spine of Officer's & Gentleman. The inner pages of all three books are clean with no foxing, and each title is tightly bound. There is written provenence in pencil to the front pastedown of each title, as to where and when the books where signed by the author. The dust wrappers are in very good condition. There is a little fading to the spine of men at Arms, but overall the wrappers are all clean and fresh with no price clipping to any of the dust wrappers. Overall, a nice set of signed books, very seldom offered for sale as a signed set. Please contact us, if you require detailed descriptions of any or all of the three signed titles. Signed by Author(s).
Published by 1952-1961, 1952
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Three volumes. First editions. 8vo., original cloth, dust jackets, preserved in a folding box. London, Chapman & Hall. Inscribed by the author to Ronald Knox in the second volume, Officers and Gentlemen: 'For Ronnie with homage from Evelyn.' Waugh and Knox became friends when Waugh converted to Roman Catholicism in 1930: Knox, who combined a Church career as RC chaplain at the University of Oxford with the authorship of detective novels, was almost as celebrated a prose stylist as Waugh. Like Waugh he was a convert, and like Waugh he came from a bourgeois background but was happiest among the aristocracy. Waugh was with him when he died and was his literary executor, the duties of which included his biography, published in 1959: ?Ronnie's death has transformed my life. Instead of sitting about bored and idle, I am busy all day long both writing his life and managing his affairs. Ronnie's close business associates are all scrupulous dotards who write to me by every post. That part is a fiendish nuisance but I am absolutely absorbed in the biography.? A near fine set, spines just a little faded, some light water staining to the cloth of the inscribed volume: the jacket to that volume seemingly supplied.
Published by London: Chapman and Hall, 1952-55-61, 1952
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
First editions, first impressions, of Waugh's Sword of Honour trilogy, presentation copy of Unconditional Surrender, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "For Henry and Barbara, with neighbourly greetings, from Evelyn. October 1961." The recipients were Henry Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton (1902-1996) and his wife Barbara; Colyton was the Conservative MP for Waugh's constituency, Taunton, from 1950 to 1956. Waugh's biographer Christopher Sykes regarded the trilogy as "the very highest class of English fiction. not surpassed by any other book he wrote" (Sykes, p. 429). C. Sykes, Evelyn Waugh: A Biography, 1975. 3 volumes, octavo. Original blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, top edges blue. With dust jackets. Men at Arms lightly marked, bumped at head of spine; jackets a little rubbed, spines sunned, a few tiny chips to extremities of Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen lightly toned with one short closed tear to head of front panel, overall bright and unclipped: a near-fine set in like jackets.
Published by London: Chapman and Hall, 1955-62, 1955
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
[Military saga] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, SIGNED by the author. 3 volumes. Octavo, pp.314, 335, 311. Navy blue cloth hardcovers, titles in gilt to spine, top edges tinted blue, in original jackets designed by Val Biro. In the publisher's pictorial slipcase adverting the set for sale at 54s. Light wear only, minor sunning, leading edge of box rubbed; near fine. The complete trilogy, offered for the first time as a box set, comprising the then-current printings of each book; the first two titles are the second printings and the final volume (being the signed one) is a first edition. Seemingly a rare item, not recorded in the Bibliography of Evelyn Waugh. Callil and Toibin; Modern Library (200 Best Novels in English since 1950).
Published by Chapman & Hall, London, 1952-1961
Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition. Three volumes. 8vo. Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full green morocco, the spines lettered in gilt on black leather labels, hand-marbled endleaves, gilt edges.
Published by London: Chapman and Hall, 1952-55-61, 1952
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Uncorrected proof copies of each of the three books comprising the Sword of Honour trilogy. Waugh's friend and biographer Christopher Sykes, the dedicatee of Men at Arms (mis-spelt in the proof copy as "Christopher Syres"), later wrote that the trilogy was "the very highest class of English fiction" and "not surpassed by any other book he wrote" (Sykes, Evelyn Waugh, p. 429). 3 volumes, octavo. Original plain wrappers with proof jacket for Men at Arms, and printed wrappers (no jacket issued) for Officers and Gentleman and Unconditional Surrender. Housed in a black cloth flat-back box. Spines a little sunned and creased. Jacket of Men at Arms a little chipped and soiled, front flap fold re-attached, front wrapper loosening from book block a little. Officers and Gentleman with some pencilled corrections and light creasing to a few pages. Overall a very good set.
Published by Piers Court "July 31st", 1951
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
One page of folded headed letter-paper, written on both sides, to Basil Bennett (though the salutation is "Dear Wallis"), requesting information on military protocol as research for Men at Arms, the first of the Sword of Honour trilogy. "It is vy hard for a failing memory to recall what happened twelve years ago. Could you be vy kind and supply a further pieces of information. I make an officer of the Rifle Brigade go to dinner in another mess for a quiet night. Is this correct for Dec 1939? Are your patrols as I think dark green with black patent leather pouches on the back? Have these pouches a special name?." Basil Bennett (1894-1966) was stationed at Sherborne with Waugh during the war. Bennett's father owned the Hyde Park Hotel and when, after the war, Bennett became manager there, it became a frequent watering hole of Waugh's. Both men remained good friends and Bennett became Godfather to Waugh's third daughter, Harriet.
Published by London: Chapman and Hall. ; 1955; 1961, 1952
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first printing. Three volumes. Each volume bound in the publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Val Biro designed and illustrated dustwrapper. Top edge blue. All are fine copies, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. The top-stain of the last volume has faded. Complete with the very near fine dustwrappers that remain exceptionally clean, bright and without fading. Officers and Gentlemen is price-clipped; Men At Arms is priced 15s net and Unconditional Surrender 18s to the lower front flap. A very attractive set. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by Chapman & Hall, 1952-55-61, 1952
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
First Edition
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments with red morocco labels lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments ruled and tooled in gilt, gilt tops, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive set ideal as a gift or for presentation. The trilogy comprises Men at Arms (1952), Officers and Gentlemen (1955) and Unconditional Surrender (1961).
Published by LONDON Chapman and Hall 1952-55, 1952
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
The first edition set of Waugh's 'Sword of Honour Trilogy'. All books are very good with volume 2 having a neat name and date to the front endpaper and some light damp staining to the front board. Clipping to the wrapper of volume 2. Some light chipping to the spine tips of volume 1 and 2 as well as spotting to the latter. All housed in the unrecorded Chapman and Hall cardboard box, advertising the Sword of Honour trilogy.
Published by Little Brown, 1955
Seller: Ulysses Rare Books Ltd. ABA, ILAB, Dublin , Ireland
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Publisher's blue buckram boards, title lettered in gilt to spine, & pictorial dust jacket. Light dust soiling to upper fore-edge, jacket lightly chipped along upper & lower margins, contents pages clean & bright throughout. The second volume in what became Waugh's 'Sword of Honour' trilogy, the others being 'Men at Arms' (1952) and 'Unconditional Surrender' (1961). Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Chapman & Hall [through 1961], London, 1952
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Three fine First Impression octavo volumes, each signed on the front jacket flap by the legendary illustrator Val Biro (1921-2014). vi,314; [10],335; [8],311. Original publisher's blue cloth, spines stamped in gilt, top edges stained blue; bright red, blue, yellow, and white dust jackets by Biro. Men at Arms (1952): Fine, tight and square with bright gilt and rich top stain; about Fine jacket (just a degree of fading to spine panel, the end of which are briefly rubbed), priced 12s/6d on publisher's label over printed price. Officers and Gentlemen (1955): Fine and unread (top stain lightly spotted); Fine jacket (spine panel barely lightened), priced 12s/6d. Unconditional Surrender (1961): Fine and apparently unread (single pinhead stain to fore-edge); about Fine jacket (price-clipped), completely unfaded, vibrant and bright. In all, a superb set, rarely seen seen in such condition, let alone signed (no other such set we know of exists). Davis XXVI, XXX, XXXV. Burgess 99, pp. 61-62. Callil and Toibin 200, 39. "Sword of Honour is not merely the story of one man's battles; it is the whole history of the European struggle itself, told with verve, humour, pathos and sharp accuracy." (Burgess). Never planned as a trilogy. Following Officers and Gentlemen, the second installment, Waugh decided he had said all he had to say about Guy Crouchback, heir of a declining aristocratic English Roman Catholic family who, like Waugh, participated in the Dakar expedition, served a stint with the commandos, experienced the débâcle on Crete, and ended the war in Yugoslavia. But Waugh later changed his mind and completed the sequence with Unconditional Surrender. In 1966, he pruned, revised and issued the trilogy as Sword of Honour (the title is drawn from the ceremonial sword, the "Sword of Stalingrad," made "at the King's command," to be presented in recognition of the sacrifices the Soviets had made against the Nazis.) But, according to Burgess, "Most readers prefer to take the items severally and in their unrevised form." In the event, the trilogy is generally regarded as Waugh's greatest achievement in fiction, with its "fine war reportage and superb comic action." According to Christopher Sykes (Waugh's biographer), the trilogy is "the very highest class of English fiction . . . not surpassed by any other book he wrote." Waugh received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Men at Arms. Note: With few exceptions (always noted), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Published by Chapman & Hall, 1955
Seller: Julian Roberts Fine Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
First Edition
All first editions, first printings. 8vo. Blue boards with gilt titles. Pictorial dustwrappers by Val Biro. All housed in a dark blue slipcase with silk ribbon pull. A near fine set. Men at Arms - clean boards with clean edges. No inscriptions. The dustwrapper has some light edgewear with a few short closed tears & a couple of small nicks. Not priceclipped with Publisher's war price label to front flap. Officer and Gentlemen - clean boards with light wear. No inscriptions. The dustwrapper has light wear to extremities. Original price of 12s6dnet to front flap. Unconditional surrender - clean boards with no marks to edges & no inscriptions. The dustwrapper has a hint of wear only. Original price of 18snet to front flap. A superb set with absolutely no fading to wrapper spines. Trilogy of novels about World War II largely based on Waugh's own experiences as an army officer. The protagonist is Guy Crouchback from an ancient Catholic family who finds new purpose in the challenge to defend Christian values against Nazi barbarism.
Published by Chapman & Hall - 1961, 1952
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
FIRST EDITIONS, a few leaves with a faint crease at bottom corner in third volume, pp. [vi], 314; [ix], 335; [v], 311, crown 8vo, original mid blue cloth, backstrips lettered in gilt, top edges blue, the second volume with a faint bookseller stamp at foot of flyleaf, the edges to that volume a little toned, dustjackets by Biro, price-clipped to first and second volumes, some light dustsoiling to each, that to first with a couple of tiny chips at corners, that to second with toned rear panel, a very good set.
Published by Chapman & Hall, London
Seller: James N. Beal, TORONTO, ON, Canada
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1952; 1955; 1961. BOOKS: Men at Arms has just a hint of offsetting to the front free end paper; otherwise fine. Officers and Gentlemen and Unconditional Surrender are both fine. DUST WRAPPERS: Men at Arms has a ¼" closed tear at the top edge of the rear panel and absolutely miniscule wear to the corners; otherwise fine. Officers and Gentlemen has the same re. the corners and very slight , barely noticeable wrinkling/creasing at the base of the spine and the top of the rear panel; otherwise fine. Unconditional Surrender has even more miniscule( front panel only) corner wear and is otherwise fine. A superb set. The books have no foxing, bumps, edgewear, inscriptions or other marks and all are tight and square. The dust wrappers are unclipped (including the rear flap of Officers and Gentlemen), unfaded and bright (including the spine of Unconditional Surrender) and have no chips or edgewear. The set is included in the 1999 Callil/Toibin publication THE 200 BEST NOVELS IN ENGLISH SINCE 1950 and in Burgess 99. A complete set in this condition is rare indeed.
Published by Chapman & Hall. London. 1952-61, 1952
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. 8vo. Fine, clean copies finely bound in recent full dark blue morocco, spines with five raised bands, the compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Single gilt ruled border to boards. All edges gilt. A fine set.
Published by Chapman & Hall. London. 1952-61, 1952
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. 8vo. Fine, clean copies finely bound in recent full dark blue morocco, raised bands, gilt. Single gilt ruled border to boards. Top edges gilt. A fine set, housed in a felt lined, blue cloth covered slip case with a black ribbon tie-pull.
Published by London: Chapman and Hall, 1952-61, 1952
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First editions, first impressions, of the three books forming the Sword of Honour trilogy. The author's biographer Christopher Sykes regarded it as "the very highest class of English fiction. not surpassed by any other book he wrote" (Sykes, 429). C. Sykes, Evelyn Waugh: a Biography, 1975. 3 volumes, octavo. Original blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, top edges blue. With dust jackets. Minor foxing to edges, Officers and Gentlemen with gilt rubbed and ownership inscription on front free endpaper; jackets bright, a little foxing to rear panels, nicks and short closed tears (two neatly repaired with tape on verso of Men at Arms), Unconditional Surrender price-clipped, others unclipped: a very good set in like jackets.
Published by Little, Brown & Co. 1952-1961, Boston, 1952
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: About Fine. First Editions. First American Editions, First Printings. Men at Arms: A Fine copy in red cloth, red dustwrapper, clipped and repriced, with a couple of minute nicks. 342pp. Officers and Gentlemen: A Fine copy in dark turquoise cloth, in a red dustwrapper, not price-clipped, two small closed tears to spine-end folds. 339pp. The End of the Battle: A Fine copy in black cloth, cherry red dustwrapper, not price-clipped, upper flap-points rubbed. 319pp. The complete trilogy as originally published. A nice, bright set. Q15859.
Published by Chapman & Hall, London
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. THE SWORD of HONOUR TRILOGY comprising: Men at Arms (London: Chapman & Hall 1952); Officers and Gentlemen (London: Chapman & Hall 1955) and Unconditional Surrender (London: Chapman & Hall 1961). All 3 books are FIrst UK Editions WITH NO FADING WHATSOEVER TO THE SPINES of the D/W's. 3 volumes, octavo with original blue cloth, titles to spines in gilt, top edges blue. A lovely un-faded set. Men at Arms is a near fine (or better) copy in a VG+ un-faded D/W with no fading to the spine; it has a short closed tear to the bottom edge of the front panel and a couple of small shallow chips at the base of the spine (not affecting any lettering) and a small, shallow chip to the bottom edge of the really clean back panel. Officers and Gentlemen is a near fine, bright and clean copy with offsetting to both sets of end-papers and a few foxing spots to the fore-edge. The price-clipped D/W is in very nearly fine condition with minor foxing in places to the back panel. Unconditional Surrender is a very fine copy in a very nearly fine D/W minusculy frayed at the head of the spine which is totally un-faded. To find all 3 books entirely un-faded is a rare find indeed. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Published by London; Chapman & Hall; 1952/55/61;, 1952
Seller: Walt Barrie Rare Books, Gleneden beach, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First editions; Men At Arms; Officers and Gentlemen; Unconditional Surrender; The trilogy included in Anthony Burgess' 99 best novels since 1939; Men At Arms, near fine, previous owner signature, in a VG+, not price-clipped DJ with light rubbing to top and bottom of spine which is lightly sunned; Officers And Gentlemen is near fine, in a near fine, price-clipped DJ; Unconditional Surrender is fine in a non price-clipped DJ; featured in a 2001 television drama (in DVD), starring Daniel Craig (the new James Bond) as Guy Crouchback.
Published by CHAPMAN & HALL, LONDON 1952, 1955 & 1961, 1961
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. ALL THREE BOOKS ARE FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS. ALL THREE BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDINGS WITH THE ORIGINAL UNPRICE CLIPPED DUST JACKETS, HALF TITLES TO ALL THREE BOOKS. EACH BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES. SOME LIGHT EDGE WEAR TO JACKETS WITH THE OCCASIONAL CHIP TO EDGES OF JACKETS, FEW MINOR MARKS TO REAR OF JACKETS, NAME & DATE WRITTEN TO FRONT ENDPAPERS OF THE MEN AT ARMS & OFFICERS & GENTLEMEN, SOME LIGHT FOXING TO PAGE FORE-EDGE OF THE MEN AT ARMS. OVERALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO CRACKED HINGES & MOSTLY CLEAN INTERNALLY. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.
Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1952
Seller: Temple Bar Bookshop, Dublin, DUB, Ireland
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impressions of 'The Sword of Honour' trilogy. A very good set, some light rubbing and chipping to the dust wrappers, short closed tear to 'Men at Arms'. No markings or inscriptions, the wrappers to 'Men at Arms' and 'Unconditional Surrender' are price clipped, some light toning in a few places, but overall very good.
Published by Chapman and Hall, UK, 1947
Book
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. New Edition. New Edition 1966-1978. Reprints with two first printings namely all the short stories and Vile Bodies. A complete set of the uniform work of Evelyn Waugh. Including Brideshead Revisited, Black Mischief, A Handful of Dust, Put Out More Flags, Vile Bodies, Scoop, Work Suspended, Mr Loveday's Little Outing and Other Stories, Decline and Fall, The Loved One, Sword of Honour Trilogy, The Ordeal pf Gilbert Pinfold, Love Among the Ruins and Scott Kings Modern Europe. The books are very good++ to near fine and n very bright condition. Contents good. Pages lightly age toned in some volumes. The wrappers are very good++ and very bright. Wrappers age toned in various degrees and a few with light laminate lift. Overall a nice set. Extra shipping cost will be required. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18261.
Published by Chapman & Hall, 1961
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Proof copy. Original grey paper wrappers lettered in black to the upper cover. A very good copy with some toning to the spine and light creases to the lower cover. Rare proof copy of the final book in Waugh's Sword of Honour trilogy. The proof shows that a number of changes were made before the printing of the first edition. These include various grammatical and spelling errors, a rearrangement of pages 72 and 73, with the paragraph beginning 'in penal times' being moved earlier in the text, a change of name from Jack Spruce to Everard Spruce, and a reconsideration of the pace of Ludovic's writing, with the character here writing "2,000 words a day" (p206) compared to "3,000 words a day" in the trade edition.
Published by Chapman & Hall, 1952-1961, 1952
Seller: Bradhurst Fine Editions, Framlingham, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A lovely, harmonious first edition set of Waugh's celebrated Sword of Honour trilogy, comprising first printings of Men at Arms (1952), Officers and Gentlemen (1955) and Unconditional Surrender (1961) each in the correct first-state dustwrapper. All three books are Fine: uniform bindings in vivid navy blue cloth lettered in gilt to the spine; sharp corners; tight and square bindings; publisher's dark blue topstains; modest toning to the edge of the page blocks with a tiny solitary spot to the edge of both the second and third volumes; some offsetting, a bookseller's label, and a short contemporary inscription to the front endpapers of Men at Arms; a little pushing to the spine tips of Unconditional Surrender; else, excellent - bright, crisp and clean. Dustwrapper notes - Men at Arms (Very Good+, clipped): vibrant and unfaded red colouring; a trace of toning to the spine; clean white lower panel; a little fraying to the head of the spine and a small chip to the top of the lower flap fold; small surface scratch to the upper panel. Officers and Gentlemen ((Very Good+, unclipped): vibrant and unfaded navy blue colouring; toning and a little dustiness to the lower panel; modest fraying to the head of the spine and some rubbing to the heel of the spine and corners. Unconditional Surrender (Near Fine, unclipped): crisp with vivid colouring, free from fading; a little toning to the lower panel; a couple of tiny (3mm) closed nicks to the head of the spine; a little rubbing to the heel of the spine and top corners. The dustwrappers are presented in removable, protective covers. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard. Shipped free within the United Kingdom; a heavy set that will incur additional shipping (to cost) outside the UK.
Published by Boston: Little, Brown & Company.
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition, 1952-1961. Three Volumes, complete. All First American Editions. Men at Arms--a Fine clean hardcover copy in red cloth, red dustwrapper, clipped but repriced by publisher, small line of darkening to crown of spine panel; Officers a nd Gentlemen--A Fine hardcover copy in sea-blue cloth, small bump to lower front board near spine, in Fine red dustwrapper, not price-clipped, small tape shadows to tips of rear flap; The End of the Battle--a Fine hardcover copy in black cloth, in a Fine red dustwrapper, price-clipped. 342pp/339pp/319pp. Waugh's war trilogy has many autobiographical elements in it, but as with all his work, his fine augmentations make all the difference. Unusual to find the set complete in this condition now adays. This trilogy was later published in a single volume as the Sword of Honour; but was apparently named earlier the Men at War trilogy, as this is how it is referred to on the jacket flap of the third volume of this American edition. In additi on, Waugh had originally thought when the second volume was published, that he wouldn't complete the projected trilogy; but of course he did.
Published by Chapman & Hall. London. 1952-61, 1952
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITIONS. Three volumes. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.2 inches). A few small marks to the blank endpapers of Officers and Gentlemen and some offsetting to Men at arms endpapers otherwise bright and clean copies of the books in the publishers dark blue cloth bindings with gilt lettering to the spines. All three in very good original dustwrappers, designed by Val Biro. Some minor chipping to the edges of Officers and gentlemen, while the other two volumes are very bright, fresh and near fine examples without any of the usual fading. The inner flap of the first and last volumes are price-clipped. Overall a very good, attractive set of Waugh's classic trilogy.