Brideshead Revisited. The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder. FIRST BOOK SOCIETY EDITION PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE FIRST CHAPMAN AND HALL EDITION.
by WAUGH, Evelyn
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1945. Chapman & Hall and The Book Society. London. 1945. DW. First edition, thus. Published almost at the same time as the true first. Book Society bookplate tipped in on the front pastedown with the original owner's name neatly handwritten, top edge red. Pages 69/70 have a close 1cm tear to margin.Cloth boards very clean and bright. Wrapper is tanned to spine with small creases and nicks along edges. Rear panel is very slightly soiled. Wrapper is NOT price-clipped. A very clean copy generally.
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- Bookseller
- Addyman Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86144
- Title
- Brideshead Revisited. The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder. FIRST BOOK SOCIETY EDITION PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE FIRST CHAPMAN AND HALL EDITION.
- Author
- WAUGH, Evelyn
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- FICTION, MODERN FIRSTS waugh brideshead
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Addyman Books
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About Addyman Books
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