Love Among the Ruins by Waugh, Evelyn - 1953

Chapman & Hall, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1953. No Edition Remarks. 51 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to both panels. Pencil mark to front panel.

Chapman & Hall, London, 1962. Hardcover. GOOD/VERY GOOD. 49 pages in an unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket. Top page edges are tinted to match the bright pink cloth cover. Previous owner's price stamp at top front flyleaf is the only flaw. Original paper wrapper has a soft horizontal crease at top front edge. Very small book 8 x 5 1/4 inches.

(London: Chapman and Hall: 1953) First Edition. Pictorial cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. viii, 53. With Decorations by Various Eminent Hands Including the Author’s. First Edition. An ownership inscription blacked out on front free endpaper. Otherwise a near fine copy in very good price-clipped dust-jacket which has a few short clean tears at the head and foot of its spine.

Chapman & Hall 1953. FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt cherubian motif to front board, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, illus half title page, 51pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, sm teeth marks to upper spine extrem, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership markings in ink to front eps, sl foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG-/tatty (v heavy chipping & loss to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges, ligth soiling)

NO DW. Good reading copy, clean and tight, slightly sun faded. Owners name on FEP.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1953. Hardcover. Octavo; Fair+/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, tan with black and red print; DJ in mylar, edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, hinges creased, slight blemishes on rear; Boards in red cloth with gold print, wear to spine caps and corners, short tear at top of rear hinge, generalized fading, slight warping; Text block has red tinted top edge, name in ink on front flyleaf, spotting to endpapers with occasional foxing within; 51 pages, frontispiece, illustrated "with decorations by various eminent hands including the author's" (b&w). 1363863. FP New Rockville Stock.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1953. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/VG. 8vo. Gilt lettered red cloth in decorative dust jacket. Wear to extremities with some short tears and chips to edge of jacket. A thin volume from late in the author's career.

Chapman & Hall. Collectible - Good. London: Chapman & Hall, 1953. 1st edition. Sm 8vo hardcover. 51pp. Illustrations. Good book. Good dust jacket. (Romance, Dystopias, Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1953. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 5 x 8 inches (13 x 20 cm). First printing. Lacking jacket. Red buckram binding with gilt illustration to front board. Foxing to page edges, endpapers, half title page and final blanks. Light foxing to first and last few pages of text. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5 x 8 inches (13 x 20 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 52

London: Chapman & Hall, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Full red cloth. 51 pp. B&W illustrations. T.E.R. Very minor rubbing to spine ends and corners. Dust jacket has minor chips to spine ends and corners, creasing and rubbing to joints.