Waugh in Abyssinia : With The First State Uncorrected Wrapper
by Waugh, Evelyn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good++/Very Good+
- Seller
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The first UK printing, published by Longmans, Green and Co., London in 1936. The book is in Very Good++ or better condition with just some very light mottling to the boards. The gilt titling remains bright. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The red top stain is present. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good+ condition. It is the very elusive first state wrapper. Some edge-wear with loss at the spine ends and a small chip to the upper front panel. Some light toning to the spine and mild staining to the rear spine fold. Splitting to the spine folds with some tape reinforcement to the verso. The John French wrapper artwork remains striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. Before publication, Waugh objected to the publisher's blurb on the front flap of the wrapper. Longmans attempted to recall all copies hitherto distributed and stuck a card with revised printed text over the offending blurb on the front flap. This is one of the very few copies with the uncorrected wrapper that has survived. This copy refers to Mr Waugh went to Addis Ababa as a war correspondent, but failed to see very much of war… . It is thought that only a handful of copies exist with this preliminary state wrapper with only two copies as such have appeared at auction in the last 20 years. A scarce survivor. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125818
- Title
- Waugh in Abyssinia : With The First State Uncorrected Wrapper
- Author
- Waugh, Evelyn
- Illustrator
- French, John (Wrapper artwork)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good++
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co., London
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1936
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Abyssinia, Africa, Ethiopia, War, Waugh
Terms of Sale
Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
About Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
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- Erasures
- Erasures indicates marks where someone has removed bits of text or content from a book. In Book Arts, erasures can also mean a...
- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Blurb
- The blurb refers to the commentary that appears on the dust jacket flaps or the rear of the dustjacket. In the case of a...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...