Description
Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited. The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder. A Novel, first edition, original cloth, minor bumping to spine, near-fine otherwise, dust-jacket, minor repairs and restorations to spine ends and corners, repaired closed tear to foot of upper fore-edge, light toning to spine and margins of panels, creasing to lower panel, light surface-soiling, still a very good example, preserved in custom slip-case, 8vo, 1945.
⁂ Waugh's superb lament to the end of the English aristocracy and the tradition of the great English country houses. Its selection as Book of the Month in the United States gave Waugh a new-found transatlantic fame, as well as a substantially higher income.
Description
Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited. The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder. A Novel, first edition, original cloth, minor bumping to spine, near-fine otherwise, dust-jacket, minor repairs and restorations to spine ends and corners, repaired closed tear to foot of upper fore-edge, light toning to spine and margins of panels, creasing to lower panel, light surface-soiling, still a very good example, preserved in custom slip-case, 8vo, 1945.
⁂ Waugh's superb lament to the end of the English aristocracy and the tradition of the great English country houses. Its selection as Book of the Month in the United States gave Waugh a new-found transatlantic fame, as well as a substantially higher income.
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