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Love Among the Ruins.: A Romance of the Near Future. With Decorations by Various Eminent Hands Including the Author's.
by WAUGH, Evelyn
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall,, 1953. Inscribed by Waugh First edition, signed limited issue, additionally inscribed by Waugh "For Darling Momo, with love from Evelyn", on the limitation page. Maud "Momo" Marriott, née Kahn, was the sister of Nin Ryan and wife of Major General Sir John Marriott. Waugh became friends with the Marriotts through Randolph Churchill, while they were stationed in the Middle East during the Second World War. This is number 20 of 350 copies signed by the author. Octavo (212 x 136 mm). Bound for Asprey in near-contemporary quarter purple morocco, with brown cloth sides, titles to spines gilt with raised bands, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Spine sunned, spine ends very slightly rubbed, internally fine. An excellent copy.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 99792
- Title
- Love Among the Ruins.
- Author
- WAUGH, Evelyn
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Chapman & Hall,
- Date Published
- 1953
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- First Edition
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- Inscribed
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- Morocco
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- Sunned
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Edges
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