Loved by Waugh: Signed (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Limited Edition. The Loved One, An Anglo-American Tragedy. Signed by Evelyn Waugh and Stuart Boyle. Chapman And Hall. London 1948. A limited edition signed by the author and illustrator, Stuart Boyle. The Loved One is encased in original glissine dust jacket and is a rare find in such near fine condition. Original olive green cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Top edge is gilt and others are uncut. Slight fading of spine and lower section of upper cover. Signed by author and illustrator below the signature of "Mr E. B Maahinock's copy". Very clean end papers and contents. Illustrated with sepia decorative initials and full page woodcuts. The glissine dust jacket is price clipped 42s. Rear section of the jacket and inner flap are missing. 8vo 144 pp. Stuart Boyle (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. The Loved One, 28 of 250 copies signed by the author and artist, this copy with Waugh's inscription "Paul Dehn's copy" to limitation page. Illustrations by Stuart Boyle, original cloth, very light browning to spine and cover margins, top edge gilt, others uncut, 8vo, 1948. Internally clean and bright. No ownership inscriptions.Inscribed to the screenwriter and critic Paul Dehn (1912-1976) who like Waugh had attended Oxford and served as an intelligence officer in the Second World War, where Dehn served as a Political Warfare Officer in the Special Operations Executive (SOE) from 1942 to 1944. He participated in secret missions to France and Norway and later worked with MI6 at Bletchley Park.Whilst the entire issue of 250 were signed by Waugh and Boyle an unspecified number were inscribed to named individuals of Waugh's circle on publication. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Illustrations by Stuart Boyle. One of 250 numbered large paper copies signed by the author and the illustrator: this copy, to which Waugh has added '(with love)' after his signature, is from the library of Daphne Fielding, author of 'The Duchess of Jermyn Street', mother of Alexander Thynne and dedicatee of 'The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold'. A few minor marks to boards, otherwise near Fine. Signed by Author(s). …

New edition, the first to include the Waugh preface, inscribed presentation copy from Evelyn Waugh; 8vo; illustrations by Christopher Sykes; publisher's cloth, pictorial yellow dust-jacket; housed in custom cloth drop-back box. A very good copy in the dust jacket. Inscribed 'For Jack & Frankie with love from Evelyn April 1956.' The Donaldsons moved to a house near Piers Court in 1947, thereafter remaining close friends of Waugh until his death in 1966. The following year Frances published Evelyn Waugh: Portrait of a Country Neighbour (1967).…

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First edition. Number 197 of 250 copies in the large paper edition, signed by Waugh and the illustrator on preliminary colophon page. 144 p. Green cloth with gilt stamping on spine. Near Fine. Light sunning to spine and faint bubble in front board. A novella by the acclaimed British author satirizing his countrymen abroad and Hollywood that was a surprise hit in the U.S. Signed.…

Signed limited edition, number 81 of 250 large-paper copies signed by the author and illustrator, this copy additionally inscribed by Waugh, "Mr E. F. Morice's copy". Waugh's dark comedy about mortality was first printed in the February 1948 issue of Horizon. It first appeared in book form in November 1948. The glassine jacket includes a printed front flap. The trade edition was first published at 7s. 6d. The limited edition was significantly more expensive, and the jacket carries a price of 42s. Provenance: the collection of Steve Forbes, chairman of Forbes Magazine, and presidential candidate in the 1996 and 2000 US elections. Octavo. Frontispiece and other illustrations by Stuart Boyle. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With glassine jacket. Bookplate to front pastedown. Foot of spine a little bumped, binding slightly sunned in places, glassine jacket torn and creased with some loss: a very good copy in good jacket.…

1st Edition. Boyle, Stuart. First edition, Unnumbered copy of 250 Large Paper copies signed by Waugh and Boyle. Illustrated throughout by Stuart Boyle. 144 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (9 inches). gilt-lettered cloth, t.e.g., rest uncut Illustrated throughout by Stuart Boyle. 144 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (9 inches) First edition, Unnumbered copy of 250 Large Paper copies signed by Waugh and Boyle. Signed.…

First Edition. WAUGH, Evelyn. The Loved One. An Anglo-American Tragedy. (London): Chapman & Hall, [1948]. Octavo, original green cloth, top edge gilt, uncut, original printed glassine. $2800.Signed limited large-paper first book edition, presentation copy, number 74 of only 250 copies signed by Evelyn Waugh and illustrator Stuart Boyle, additionally inscribed by Waugh on the limitation page: "Mr. M. Man's copy." In the rare and fragile original printed glassine wrapper."In 1947 Waugh visited Hollywood to discuss the proposed film of Brideshead Revisited. No film was ever made because he refused to alter the story as the producers wished, largely that they might satisfy the standards set by the very powerful Catholic Legion of Decency. But the visit was not barren. With time on his hands he became fascinated with Californian burial practices, and the result was The Loved One (1948) which, for all its macabre setting, was a highly successful light novel based on Forest Lawn" (DNB). Waugh wrote in his diary: "I found a deep mine of literary gold in the cemetery of Forest Lawn and the work of the morticians and intend to get to work immediately on a novelette staged there." He did extensive research for the novel, which included touring Forest Lawn and reading and annotating Embalming Techniques, a book by Forest Lawn founder, Dr. Hubert Eaton. The Loved One was critically acclaimed in Great Britain, as well as in the States, though The New Yorker refused to publish it when approached, claiming the themes had already been handled by other authors including Sinclair Lewis and Nathaniel West. The Loved One was adapted for the screen in 1965 by British filmmaker Tony Richardson and the screenplay was written by American satirical novelist Terry Southern and British author Christopher Isherwood. This is the first book edition; the work was first published in its entirety by Cyril Connolly in the February 1948 issue of the periodical Horizon. Book nearly fine with usual mild toning to spine, fragile glassine with chipping around spine head, some closed tears. An excellent copy, very scarce in the glassine. Signed.…

First Edition. WAUGH, Evelyn. The Loved One. An Anglo-American Tragedy. (London): Chapman & Hall, [1948]. Octavo, original green cloth, top edge gilt, uncut. $2500.Signed limited large-paper first book edition, presentation copy, number 20 of only 250 copies signed by Evelyn Waugh and illustrator Stuart Boyle, additionally inscribed by Waugh on the limitation page: "Miss Kay Collins's copy."In 1947 Waugh visited Hollywood to discuss the proposed film of Brideshead Revisited. No film was ever made because he refused to alter the story as the producers wished, largely that they might satisfy the standards set by the very powerful Catholic Legion of Decency. But the visit was not barren. With time on his hands he became fascinated with Californian burial practices, and the result was The Loved One (1948) which, for all its macabre setting, was a highly successful light novel based on Forest Lawn" (DNB). Waugh wrote in his diary: "I found a deep mine of literary gold in the cemetery of Forest Lawn and the work of the morticians and intend to get to work immediately on a novelette staged there." He did extensive research for the novel, which included touring Forest Lawn and reading and annotating Embalming Techniques, a book by Forest Lawn founder, Dr. Hubert Eaton. The Loved One was critically acclaimed in Great Britain, as well as in the States, though The New Yorker refused to publish it when approached, claiming the themes had already been handled by other authors including Sinclair Lewis and Nathaniel West. The Loved One was adapted for the screen in 1965 by British filmmaker Tony Richardson and the screenplay was written by American satirical novelist Terry Southern and British author Christopher Isherwood. This is the first book edition; the work was first published in its entirety by Cyril Connolly in the February 1948 issue of the periodical Horizon. Without extremely rare glassine. Interior fine, only minor toning to extremities of binding. A near-fine signed and inscribed copy.…

Signed limited edition, number 66 of 250 large-paper copies signed by both author and illustrator, this copy additionally inscribed by Waugh, "Mr. G. Edward Line's copy". Octavo. Frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Spine gently rolled, extremities a touch rubbed. An excellent copy. …