Basil Seal Rides Again; or The Rake's Regress
Published by London: Chapman and Hall, 1963
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United KingdomAdrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
AbeBooks seller since June 15, 1998
Condition: Used
US$ 517.18
Quantity: 1 available
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[Short story] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, No.20 of 750 copies. Quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.50, with colour frontispiece. Publisher's light blue cloth, top edge gilt, gilt design of Basil Seal, blue endpapers, edges untrimmed. Owner name, cloth sunned to extremities and rear cover. Very good. With a printed dedication to Mrs. Ann Fleming, by way of a long letter from the author. The first (and as far as we can tell the only) book to be dedicated to Ann Fleming. Waugh, Evelyn (1903-66). Writer, man of letters, major literary figure. Former Royal Marine Commando who fought at the Battle of Crete, 1941, and as an SAS officer serving with Fitzroy MacLean in Yugoslavia, 1944. A primary correspondent of Ann Fleming (a cousin of Waugh's wife Laura). Holidayed with the Flemings regularly at Goldeneye. Like Ian, Waugh was a member of London club Whites. Name-checked by Fleming whilst discussing an air-drop of wartime propaganda over North Africa in his article Airline Detective. Wrote a chapter of Fleming's Seven Deadly Sins. Gilbert, p.652.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Basil Seal Rides Again; or The Rake's Regress
- Author
- WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-1966), HALE, Kathleen (1898-2000) [Illustrator]
- Publisher
- London: Chapman and Hall, 1963
- Signed
- Signed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller catalogs
- James Bond 007
Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom
Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
| Item | 14 to 20 business days | 3 to 14 business days |
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| First item | US$ 40.17 | US$ 93.73 |
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Adrian Harrington Ltd occupies the rare book room on the first floor of the iconic Hall's Bookshop in Royal Tunbridge Wells which was established in 1898. We are a large high street bookshop with a stock of tens of thousands of books, prints, maps and ephemeral items. Adrian Harrington specialise in Literature, modern first editions, Ian Fleming, children's books, history, travel, and general antiquarian books. Opening hours are Monday - Saturday 9.30am - 5.30pm. Visit our website at www.harringtonbooks.co.uk…
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Literature, Illustrated, Harry Potter, Voyages And Travel, Occult and Esoterica, Children's Books, James Bond, Bound Library Sets, Rare and Antiquarian Books, Winston ChurchillAssociation member
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Adrian Harrington Limited
20-22 Chapel Place
Royal Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom TN1 1YQ
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