WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66).  Brideshead Revisited.  The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder. London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1945. 8°. Half title (a very few faint isolated spots and stains). Original grey wrappers with labels printed in blue and red mounted on the upper wrapper, uncut (2 short tears to head of backstrip). Provenance: formerly the property of Bridget Grant (née Herbert), Evelyn Waugh's sister-in-law. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 50 COPIES SPECIALLY ISSUED.
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WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66). Brideshead Revisited. The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder. London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1945. 8°. Half title (a very few faint isolated spots and stains). Original grey wrappers with labels printed in blue and red mounted on the upper wrapper, uncut (2 short tears to head of backstrip). Provenance: formerly the property of Bridget Grant (née Herbert), Evelyn Waugh's sister-in-law. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 50 COPIES SPECIALLY ISSUED.

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WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66). Brideshead Revisited. The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder. London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1945. 8°. Half title (a very few faint isolated spots and stains). Original grey wrappers with labels printed in blue and red mounted on the upper wrapper, uncut (2 short tears to head of backstrip). Provenance: formerly the property of Bridget Grant (née Herbert), Evelyn Waugh's sister-in-law. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 50 COPIES SPECIALLY ISSUED.

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