Brideshead Revisited The Sacred and Profane memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Waugh, Evelyn - 1945

Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books. Good. 1981. Reprint; Fifteenth Printing. Paperback. Some reading and cover creases, some shelf and edge wear with tiny splits to base of sunned spine, paper edge toned with some foxing. ; Fifteenth printing of Penguin paperback edition, but first with TV tie-in cover. Good reading copy, no names inside. Cover photos of cast members with silhouette of Castle Howard in Yorkshire that became Brideshead for the Granada TV series adaptation. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 400 pages; Charles Ryder, an Oxford student, is befriended by fellow undergraduate Lord Sebastian Flyte and is introduced to Sebastian's eccentric and aesthetic friends and also to his aristocratic family at their country estate, Brideshead. .

Hardback. Very Good.

London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1946. (UK) Stated fourth edition to the title page, reprinted 1946 to the copyright page. Owner's name to the end paper, there is a stain to the top edge of the pages along about half their length, the pages are clean except where the stain has penetrated ino the top margin about 1/8" or less, some faint spotting and soiling to cover cloth,one page of the prologue has 8 words underlined in red, no other markings, thus Acceptable copy; lacking the dust jacket. Dark red cloth, 304pp. This book was "produced in complete conformity with the authorized economy standards". This novel , possibly one of the best novels in English, deals with the role of divine Grace in the lives of the Marchmain family as seen by the protagonist, Charles Ryder. (1.6 JM HOQ 101/a5. 4th. Hardcover. Acceptable/Lacking the Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Eyre Methuen, 1982. Hardcover with dustjacket, 20 cm, 581 pp. Cond.: goed / good. ISBN: 0413392503. .

Readers Union and Chapman and Hall, 1949. 274pp, War Economy standard. Dark pink cloth covered boards, faded to the spine. A few very light spots of foxing to the foredge, otherwise a very clean copy. A rare early edition, produced only for sale to members of the Readers Union. Comes with a couple of reviews of the 1974 TV adaptation from The Spectator and The Listener, and the real people who possibly inspired Lord Marchmain and Sebastian.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Book store label on end page-book is tight, bright and unmarked-" The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War. It tells the story of Charles Ryder's infatuation with the Marchmains and the rapidly-disappearing world of privilege they inhabit. Enchanted first by Sebastian at Oxford, then by his doomed Catholic family, in particular, his remote sister, Julia, Charles comes finally to recognize only his spiritual and social distance from them." Small tears on jacket edge.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1945. (USA) this is first American edition after the Limited edition, as the Book Club edition preceeded the first trade edition which appeared in 1946. 1945 to the title page. No markings, covers slightly bowed, thus Good in Good only dust jacket with rebbing and wear to fold edges.DJ is in mylar sleeve. Red cloth, 351pp. This novel , possibly one of the best novels in English, deals with the role of divine Grace in the lives of the Marchmain family as seen by the protagonist, Charles Ryder. (1.7 JM HOQ 103/b3. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1952. Un volume (19 cm) di 304 pagine. In lingua inglese. New Impression. Tela editoriale blu, senza sovracoperta (no dust jacket). Buone condizioni.

London: The Folio Society, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good. London, The Folio Society, 1995 [first thus]. Octavo, xx, 276 pages plus 8 full-page colour plates. Decorated cloth; spine lightly sunned and rubbed; an excellent copy in the slightly marked and flecked slipcase. Introduction by Frederic Raphael with illustrations by Leonard Rosoman; The text of this edition follows that of the revised edition first published by Chapman & Hall in 1960'.

Little Brown, Boston, 1978; No statement of edition; 8vo, 366 pages; green cloth; gilt titles; gilt front board illustration; yellow topstain; illustrated endpapers. Evelyn Waugh’s self-proclaimed magnum opus, rated by Newsweek as one of the 100 best books of all time. Source for the the acclaimed 1981 BBC television series and 2008 feature film of the same name. Fine, in the original clear vinyl dustwrapper. A handsome copy.