The Loved One

London: Chapman & Hall, 1948. First edition of Waugh's short satirical novel about a Los Angeles funeral parlor. Octavo, original boards, marbled endpapers, illustrated by Stuart Doyle. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Ownership inscription. Waugh began writing The Loved One in May 1947, finished the first draft in early July, and completed the novel in September. It… Read more about this item

PRESENTATION COPY TO "MAJOR G. GORDON" WAUGH, EVELYN. The Loved One. An Anglo-American Tragedy. Illustrated by Stuart Boyle. 8vo. Original green cloth, gold letters on spine; top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Chapman & Hall (London 1948). Large Paper Edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Waugh and Boyle. This copy # 39. Inscribed by Waugh on the colophon: "Major G.… Read more about this item

Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1948. Hardback. First edition, third impression, 1948. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Good condition; edgeworn with bumps to corners and spine, foxing to fore edges and preliminary pages, pages tanned but clean and tightly bound, marbled endpapers, neat owners mark in pencil in Good minus unclipped dust jacket; edgeworn with some chips and… Read more about this item

U.S.A: Little Brown. Good with no dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in grey cloth with green titles, cloth is a little faded at the edges and has minor rubbing at the corners, no inscriptions. [x] + 164 pages. The U.S. edition came out in June 1948 and precedes the British… Read more about this item

London: Chapman and Hall, 1948. First U.K. Edition. Small octavo. Blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine; black top-stain; dustjacket; 144pp; illus. Pinpoint rubbing at base of spine, else a fine copy with deep and even top-stain. In unclipped pictorial dustwrapper by Stuart Boyle, slightly sun-toned on spine panel and extremities, dusted on lighter portions, still a Very… Read more about this item

London: Chapman & Hall, 1948. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". Stuart Boyle. The first edition of this satirical work by Evelyn Waugh, an entertaining novel illustrated throughout by Stuart Boyle. The first edition, first impression, of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'The Loved One' is Waugh's short satirical novel set around the… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1948. First Edition, First Printing. cloth. Near Fine/Very good+. A handsome First Edition of this charming Waugh book, complete with the original dustjacket. The interior of the book is exceptionally clean and bright although the front cloth covers show some fading. A likely association copy; the title page has the name "Stephen Longstreet/ix… Read more about this item

London: Chapman and Hall , [1948]. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5" . Stuart Boyle . Lovely copy of Evelyn Waugh's illustrated satirical novel, the first edition, first impression. A satirical novella inspired by Waugh's trip to Hollywood in 1947, concerning the funeral business, film industry in Los Angeles, and a community of British… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Little Brown & Company. As New. 1948. Hardcover. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 164 pages. First… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, 1951. Softcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Penguin Books 1951, first thus. Softcover. Tanning to page margins. Binding firm. Book appears unread. Fragile hinge between front cover and spine.

(London): Chapman & Hall, [1948]. First edition. Short satirical novel about the funeral business in Los Angeles, the British expatriate community in Hollywood and the film industry. Bright and near fine in near fine dust jacket with minor age toning to spine,

Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. c1948,1977. Hardcover; Book Club Edition. ISBN: 0316926183. 164 pages; Spine ends faintly bumped, pages pale yellow. A bit of residue from old price sticker on front free endpaper and a slight darkening at gutter on front and rear endpaper. Dust wrapper, with sunned spine, is very lightly edgeworn,… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, 1969. Paperback. Good. 1969. Reprinted. 126 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning.

Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1987. Reprint. Softcover. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Series: Penguin Books. Physical description: 126 pages ; 18cm. Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies -- United States -- Fiction.

Later printing in dust jacket. Book and dust jacket are fine. Neat name and date on FFEP. This novel features a Forest Lawn-like cemetery as a proxy for the excesses of Hollywood. One of the classic Hollywood novels. Illustrated by Stuart Boyle.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1948. Hardcover. Good. First American edition. Light foxing on page edges, light scuffing on front pastedown from bookplate removal, cloth dampstained with spine tanned, a good only copy lacking the dust jacket.

London: Chapman and Hall Hard Cover. Good/Poor. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. undated, bumped copy in tattered dustjacket. Enclosed is a length cutting from the Sunday Chronicle of April 1949, by Beverley Nichols, describing his own visit to Forest Lawns cemetery, and referring to Waugh's book.. First Edition. Hardcover.

[London]: Chapman & Hall Ltd [1948]. Small 8vo. First Edition. [xi] + 144 pp. Cloth with gilt lettering to spine in jacket. Some marking and spotting to jacket. Minimal rubbing to book. Occasional, light foxing along fore-edge and ink ownership mark to ffep., otherwise clean. Jacket is not price clipped. With a number of black and white illustrations by Stuart… Read more about this item

Chapman & Hall 1958, Uniform Edition,. /Dust Jacket Included. 1958. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, 144pp, edges browning, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, blue cloth, gilt titles, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper, wrapper spine slightly browned, top edge slightly frayed .

Hardback. Very Good.