Six Later Evelyn Waugh Books, Mostly First Editions

To include:

DECLINE AND FALL. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1946. Reprint (first published 1928). Hardcover in red cloth-covered illustrated boards with black text, in illustrated dust jacket. 8vo; xiii, [iv], 293pp. Illustrated by the author.

THE LOVED ONE: AN ANGLO-AMERICAN TRAGEDY. London, Chapman and Hall, [1948]. First UK edition. Hardcover in navy blue boards with gilt lettering on spine, in illustrated dust jacket. Top edges stained, marbled endpapers. 8vo; [x], 144pp. Illustrated by Stuart Boyle.

HELENA. London: Chapman and Hall, 1950. First edition. Hardcover in blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. 8vo; xiii, 265pp.

OFFICERS AND GENTLEMAN. London, Chapman and Hall, 1955. First edition. Hardcover in blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, in illustrated dust jacket. Top edges stained. 8vo; [x], 335pp.

A TOURIST IN AFRICA. London: Chapman and Hall, 1960. First edition. Hardcover in blue cloth boards with silver lettering on spine, in jacket. 8vo; 167pp. plus frontispiece and (9) illustrations.

A LITTLE LEARNING: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. THE EARLY YEARS. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. First American Edition. Hardcover with tan cloth boards with red lettering on spine, in jacket. Top edges stained. 8vo; [xiv], 220pp. plus illustrations. Note flaws in condition.

Tallest book 8 1/2 in.

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Five in jackets, many with significant losses and browned, some price clipped; boards with some wear, rubbing, sunning; scattered foxing, marks, and two with bookseller stickers, otherwise generally clean internally. Note that A Little Learning has a large mark on p. 147, is not complete (ends at p. 220) and was rebound with 16 pages upside down. Fair to very good in poor to very good jackets.