Helena
by Waugh, Evelyn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good, 1st edition; missing d/j; blue boards scuffed, gilt spine titling; text block firm (slight forward lean), pages unmarked (
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall, 1950. 1st. h/b. Good, 1st edition; missing d/j; blue boards scuffed, gilt spine titling; text block firm (slight forward lean), pages unmarked (apart from neat owner's inscription ffep).. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Waugh's only historical novel, set in Roman times; it follows the quest of Helena of Constantinople to find the relics of the cross on which Christ was crucified. Helena, a Christian, was the mother of the Roman emperor Constantine I. In the preface Waugh writes: ""The reader may reasonably inquire: how much is true? The Age of Constantine is strangely obscure. Most of the dates and hard facts, confidently given in the encyclopedia, soften and dissolve on examination. The life of St. Helena begins and ends in surmise and legend. The story is just something to be read; in fact a legend.""
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC133361
- Title
- Helena
- Author
- Waugh, Evelyn
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, 1st edition; missing d/j; blue boards scuffed, gilt spine titling; text block firm (slight forward lean), pages unmarked (
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Pages
- 265
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5"")
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, historical fiction, Waugh
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
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- Spine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...