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Work Suspended and Other Stories : Uniform Edition
by Waugh, Evelyn
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall, 1948. A collection of short stories from Evelyn Waugh. Uniform edition, published the same year as the first. At the outbreak of the war in September 1939 he sought military employment. He also began a novel, in a new style using first-person narration. Work on this project ceased when in December Waugh was commissioned into the Royal Marines and began training at Chatham naval base. The novel was never completed; fragments were eventually published under the title Work Suspended and as limited edition of 500 copies released in 1942. This later public release including Mr Loveday's Little Outing, Winner Takes All, Excursion in Reality and others. CONDITION Blue cloth bds, with bright gilt title (clean and unworn) marbled eps, 239 pages. Very bright and crisp copy. Original; DJ is toned with chips at spine ends and rubbed at tips, not price clipped.. 2nd Impression. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16086
- Title
- Work Suspended and Other Stories : Uniform Edition
- Author
- Waugh, Evelyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 2nd Impression
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
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- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- Cloth
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- Price Clipped
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- Uniform Edition
- A collection or series of individual volumes of an author's work bound to match with a uniform size and style. Especially common...
- New
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
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