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Category Archives: First Editions
Brideshead and Loving (More)
Duncan McLaren has just posted an interesting comparison between the two 1945 novels: Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited and Henry Green’s Loving. This is quite different from the shorter Daily Telegraph article reported in a previous post. Duncan presents the comparison as … Continue reading
75th Anniversary of Brideshead Book Publication
The first book publication of Brideshead Revisited took place in London 75 years ago this week on 28 May 1945. In the period of slightly less than a year since Waugh had submitted his typescript to Chapman & Hall in … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Evelyn Waugh, First Editions, Newspapers
Tagged Book Society, Chapman & Hall, Sunday Times
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More Letters
Bonhams the auction house has announced another batch of letters that will be of interest to Waugh enthusiasts. See yesterday’s post. These are letters written to Waugh by Ronald Knox in the period 1944-57. They are not in the BL’s … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, First Editions, Items for Sale, Letters, London
Tagged Bonhams, Christopher Sykes, Ronald Knox
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“The Loved One” Anniversary Marked
The Pilot, newspaper of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese pf Boston, has published an article marking the 70th anniversary of the US publication of Waugh’s novel The Loved One. This is by Russell Shaw who explains that the book was published … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, First Editions, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged Russell Shaw, The Pilot (Boston)
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A Diary, a Legacy, and a First Edition
The long-running “Londoner’s Diary” column of the Evening Standard has been relaunched as “The Londoner” and has a new author, Charlotte Edwardes, who writes her introductory article with a nod to Evelyn Waugh and several of his friends: On my … Continue reading
Waugh Novel Among Abebooks’ 2017 Top Sellers
Abebooks has announced its highest priced books for 2017. A set of Waugh’s war trilogy came in at #16 and sold for $12,500. Here is the seller’s description: First editions of each volume in the author’s acclaimed Sword of Honour … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Evelyn Waugh, First Editions, Items for Sale, Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle
Tagged Abebooks. J F Powers
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Sotheby’s to Sell Small Waugh Collection
Sotheby’s London has scheduled a the sale of small collection of signed copies and first editions of books by Evelyn Waugh on 11-12 December. These are apparently from a larger otherwise unidentified Hampstead Collection of two collectors living in that … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Bibliophilia, Black Mischief, First Editions, London
Tagged Lygon family, Sotheby's
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Maud Russell Diaries in Telegraph
Excerpts from the wartime diaries of Maud Russell have been published in the Daily Telegraph. In a previous post it was explained how she commissioned Rex Whistler to paint murals in her country house at Mottisfont in Hampshire where there is … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Diaries, First Editions, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Ian Fleming, Maud Russell
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Graham Greene and Helena
Peter Harrington Books has posted a long list of Waugh rare and first editions which includes several items of interest. A “featured” item is an uncorrected proof of Brideshead Revisited (estimate £15,000). This is not one of the 50 presentation copies, but … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Autographs, Bibliophilia, Brideshead Revisited, First Editions, Helena, Letters, Officers and Gentlemen, Scoop
Tagged Graham Greene, Peter Harrington Booksellers
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