The Loved One an Anglo-American Tragedy

Chapman and Hall. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. First Edition [undated but 1948] 144pp, illustrations by Stuart Boyle, bound in blue cloth. Gilt lettering to spine, marbled endpapers, VG- dustwrapper with closed small tear totop corner d/w , unclipped with 7s 6d on corner ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: The Folio Society, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good. London, The Folio Society, 1993 (first thus). Quarto, xx, 107 pages plus 8 colour plates by Beryl Cook. Decorated cloth slightly rubbed; an excellent copy in the slightly marked slipcase.

London: Chapman & Hall, n.d. (1948). 1st. hardback. Near fine, 1st edition, missing d/j; blue boards clean, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm; marbled endpapers; pages unmarked and crisp.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). From his time in the USA negotiating a possible film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. Subtitled 'An Anglo-American Tragedy', Waugh's 'The… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1948. 1st USA. hardback. Fine, 1st USA edition, unclipped d/j (v.g.); grey boards clean, black spine titling bright; text block firm; pages unmarked and crisp.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). From his time in the USA negotiating a possible film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. Subtitled 'An Anglo-American Tragedy', Waugh's 'The… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Very good copy/slightly frayed and soiled. 8vo. Cloth. Pp. (x), 164, (ii).

Not Stated: Chapman & Hall, [1948]. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 7.5" by 5". Stuart Boyle. The first edition, first impression of Waugh's satirical novella The Loved One, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Marbled end papers.… Read more about this item

London Methuen 1983 A New Edition Reprinted. Size 7.75 x 5.25 inches. Bound in original blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In original cream dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (DW Lightly tanned, Price clipped.) Inside some minor browning to page edges else very clean and tight throughout. With full page black & white frontid… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good. London, The Folio Society, 1993 (first thus). Quarto, xx, 107 pages plus 8 colour plates by Beryl Cook. Decorated cloth; an excellent copy in the slightly nibbled and marked slipcase.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 0316926183 . Republished October 1977." An outrageously comic novel of the commercialization of death itself, THE LOVED ONE is Waugh's most broadly popular success. Mr. Joyboy, the ultimate embalmer..." - DJ. Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector Rolland Comstock… Read more about this item

THE LOVED ONE AN ANGLO-AMERICAN TRAGEDY, Chapman & Hall, 1948, first edition, just about fine in vg+ or better pictorial dust-wrapper save for some slight wear to the dust-wrapper spine extremities. The source book for the 1965 film of the same name.

Chapman & Hall, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. Fourth Impression. 144 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrative plates by Stuart Boyle. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as inscriptions, mild crinkling and light tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with light rubbing… Read more about this item

London: Walter Scott, 1948. binding slightly cocked, dustwrapper near-pristine, first trade edition, undated but 1948. With his own mordant humour the previous owner has included as a bookmark in this volume a cutting from the Saturday Evening Post of 1948 an advertisement frot the Clark Metal Grave Vault (which will protect your late loved one in the ground from rain)..… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 164 pages; Little darkening to dust jacket and light edgewear around edges. .

Boston: Little, Brown, 1948. Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (1903-1966) is regarded as one of the great stylists of 20th-Century literature. His satirical novel of the funeral industry in Los Angeles was adapted for film by Tony Richardson; he directed a great cast that included Rod Steiger and Jonathan Winters. This is a Very Good Plus to Near Fine copy… Read more about this item

Chapman & Hall, 1948. Book. Illus. by Stuart Boyle. Good-. Hardcover. Mild page tanning, foxing to fore-edge, else internally in very good condition; cover has some wear and rubbing, and a large number of small marks. No wrapper..

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1951. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing as Penguin paperback, 128 pp. Small chip at base of backstrip/spine otherwise Near Very Good condition No inscriptions

London: Chapman and Hall, 1950 (500 gram rate) third printing, some damp rippling to pages and cloth of upper board bubbled, gilt to spine flaked, spine leans, unclipped DW loss to tail of spine, chipped to fore edge folds, lightly soiled, 144pp on laid paper, illustrations in line by Stuart Boyle, name and address to fep. reprint. Cloth. Good/Good. Illus.… Read more about this item

Boston: Little Brown & Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977,October. HARDCOVER; REPRINT. Hardcover. 5x8". VERY GOOD CONDITION.. IN VERY GOOD unclipt (NO PR ICE) DUST JACKET,..; GOLD SPINE TITLES ON BLACK CLOTH HARD COVERS..nice dust jacket cover shows man & woman with luggage on white background, green border. Back panel shows 2x3" photo… Read more about this item

NY: Barnes & Noble. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2002 verso. Modern Classics edition. Hardcover. 5x8". VERY GOOD CONDITION.. IN VERY GOOD unclipt(NO PR ICE) DUST JACKET,..,clean, solid, bright..; ****NOTE MY DESCRIPTION OF BOOK IN HAND..****SILVER SPINE TITLES ON BLACK CLOTH SPINE STRIP.....BLACK/PURPLE HARD COVERS..nice dust jacket cover shows 1X1" Color photo of woman… Read more about this item

Chapman & Hall/ No Date. 1948 (third impression).. Hardback.. Black and White illustrations by Stuart Boyle. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. DJ protected by high-grade removable clear cover.