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London : Duckworth, 1930. First edition. The young Waugh cruises the Mediterranean - calling at Monte Carlo, Naples, Messina, Catania, Haifa, Nazareth, Port Said, Cairo, Helwan, Malta, Crete, Constantinople, Athens, Corfu, Venice, Ragusa, Cattaro, Barcelona, Algiers, Malaga, Gibraltar, Seville and Lisbon.
Demy 8vo. 206,[ii]pp. Frontispiece by Waugh. Plates. Double-page map. Plan. Bound in a handsome recent half black morocco; top edge gilt; original cloth backstrip preserved at rear; a most attractive copy, smartly bound.

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London : Chapman & Hall, 1930. First edition. Waugh's uncommon second novel, with his own striking title-page design in red and black.
Crown 8vo. x,(254)pp. Original lizard-patterned cloth in red and black, lettered across spine in gilt; a little sunned; some minor rubbing and wear at extremities; endpapers a little spotted; bookplate neatly removed from front paste-down; but a good and sound copy of a difficult title.

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London : Chapman & Hall, (1936). First edition. A collection of eleven short stories, with a frontispiece by Thomas Derrick.
Crown 8vo. [ii],(238)pp. Frontispiece in two colours. Bound in an elegant recent full burgundy morocco, banded and gilt; marbled endpapers; original cloth upper cover and spine preserved at rear; some light spotting, mainly of edges; a few slight creases, but overall a very good copy in an attractive binding.

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London : Chapman & Hall, 1945. First edition.
Crown 8vo. 304pp. Bound in a smart recent full burgundy morocco, banded and gilt, preserving the original cloth spine and upper panel at rear; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; a few tiny spots; a few faint creases and a handful of marginal nicks and short tears, but a very good and clean copy, very attractively bound.

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London : Chapman & Hall, [1948]. First edition. Waugh in the Whispering Glades - illustrated by Stuart Boyle.
Crown 8vo. [xii],144pp. Original dark blue cloth, lettered on spine in gilt; top edge blue; a sprinkling of faint spots, but otherwise a fine and bright copy in the original Boyle dust-jacket - a pictorial design in blue and green on cream - just faintly rubbed and with a tiny hint of tanning, but also very good indeed. Pencilled name, Fletcher, on preliminary blank.

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London : Chapman & Hall, 1955. First edition. The second volume in Waugh's "Sword of Honour" trilogy.
Crown 8vo. [x],(336),[ii]pp. Original blue cloth, lettered across spine in gilt; top edge blue; slightly bruised, with a tiny knock at head of upper cover, but otherwise a very good, clean and sound copy in the original Val Biro dust-jacket - a design in blue, yellow, white and black - slightly nicked, lightly chipped and just a little tanned on lower panel.

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