first edition
1948 · London
by WAUGH, Evelyn
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 Good or better example. First U.K. trade edition, preceded (by a few months) by the American edition. No statement of date or printing (as called for). DAVIS XXIII. (Inventory #: 41723)