Description
Waugh (Evelyn) They Were Still Dancing, first American edition, original cloth, very slight discolouration to spine, dust-jacket, spine a little darkened, small chip to head of upper panel, but a remarkably sharp, near-fine example of an exceptionally rare jacket, preserved in custom slip-case, 8vo, New York, Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.
*** A superb copy of the first American edition of Remote People, rare in this condition.
Waugh fell out with Cape & Smith after they reneged on their agreed advance of $600, based on the poor sales of Labels (published in the U.S. as A Bachelor Abroad). Incensed, Waugh broke off relations with Cape & Smith and took They Were Still Dancing to Farrer & Rinehart. The print run had already taken place however, therefore the preliminaries of the Farrer & Rinehart edition had to be published as cancels, and the cloth binding still carried the Cape & Smith logo. It is impossible to know the exact number of the 1931 first edition that were sold, but it has been estimated that there might be as few as 150 copies in existence, including those without dust-jackets.
Lot 17
Waugh (Evelyn) They Were Still Dancing, first American edition, 1931.
Hammer Price: £1,700
Description
Waugh (Evelyn) They Were Still Dancing, first American edition, original cloth, very slight discolouration to spine, dust-jacket, spine a little darkened, small chip to head of upper panel, but a remarkably sharp, near-fine example of an exceptionally rare jacket, preserved in custom slip-case, 8vo, New York, Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.
*** A superb copy of the first American edition of Remote People, rare in this condition.
Waugh fell out with Cape & Smith after they reneged on their agreed advance of $600, based on the poor sales of Labels (published in the U.S. as A Bachelor Abroad). Incensed, Waugh broke off relations with Cape & Smith and took They Were Still Dancing to Farrer & Rinehart. The print run had already taken place however, therefore the preliminaries of the Farrer & Rinehart edition had to be published as cancels, and the cloth binding still carried the Cape & Smith logo. It is impossible to know the exact number of the 1931 first edition that were sold, but it has been estimated that there might be as few as 150 copies in existence, including those without dust-jackets.
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