Lot 46
Waugh (Evelyn) When the Going Was Good, inscribed by Waugh, 1946.
Hammer Price: £1,300
Description
Waugh (Evelyn) When the Going Was Good, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Thomas Ellwood "with every good wish for Christmas 1946 and for the New Year" to front free endpaper, portrait frontispiece, folding map, creasing to title, original cloth, a little browned at spine and margins of boards, spine ends a little bumped, light surface soiling, dust-jacket, minor repairs and restorations to spine ends and corners, small repaired internal tear to spine, a few repaired short closed tears to head, in effect an excellent example, preserved in custom slip-case, 1946.
⁂ Thomas Ellwood was butler to Waugh at Piers Court, as well as being his batman during the war.
Description
Waugh (Evelyn) When the Going Was Good, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Thomas Ellwood "with every good wish for Christmas 1946 and for the New Year" to front free endpaper, portrait frontispiece, folding map, creasing to title, original cloth, a little browned at spine and margins of boards, spine ends a little bumped, light surface soiling, dust-jacket, minor repairs and restorations to spine ends and corners, small repaired internal tear to spine, a few repaired short closed tears to head, in effect an excellent example, preserved in custom slip-case, 1946.
⁂ Thomas Ellwood was butler to Waugh at Piers Court, as well as being his batman during the war.
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