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A group of 9 works
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TWENTIETH-CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE
A group of 9 works
Interesting group of works, most presented to Clarissa Spencer-Churchill, including Evelyn Waugh’s Work Suspended, and the dedication copy of Lord Berners’ Percy Wallingford and Mr. Pidger.
9 volumes, octavo. All bound in publisher’s cloth (extremities lightly rubbed), comprising: BERNERS, Lord (1883-1950). Percy Wallingford and Mr. Pidger. Oxford: 1941. The dedication copy, inscribed by Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson [i.e. Lord Berners] on the dedication leaf to Clarissa, dated October 1941. [With:] – The Camel. A Tale. London: 1936. – Far From the Madding War. London: September 1941. Reprint. [With:] – A Distant Prospect. A Sequel to First Childhood. London: 1945. Authorial presentation inscription to Clarissa dated June 1945. [With:] COWARD, Noel (1899-1973). Play Parade. London: May 1937. Reprint. Authorial presentation inscription to Beatrice [Beckett, Anthony Eden’s first wife] and with Anthony Eden’s bookplate. [With:] COOPER, Duff (1890-1954). Translations and Verses. London: The Dropmore Press, 1949. Number 83 of 600 copies. Presentation inscription to Clarissa dated 24 November 1949. [With:] – Sergeant Shakespeare. London: 1949. Presentation inscription to Clarissa dated 24 November 1949. [With:] – Talleyrand. London: 1945. Reprint [And:] WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-1966). Work Suspended and other stories written before the Second World War. London: Chapman & Hall, 1949. Authorial presentation inscription on half title to Clarissa dated 14 July 1950.
A group of 9 works
Interesting group of works, most presented to Clarissa Spencer-Churchill, including Evelyn Waugh’s Work Suspended, and the dedication copy of Lord Berners’ Percy Wallingford and Mr. Pidger.
9 volumes, octavo. All bound in publisher’s cloth (extremities lightly rubbed), comprising: BERNERS, Lord (1883-1950). Percy Wallingford and Mr. Pidger. Oxford: 1941. The dedication copy, inscribed by Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson [i.e. Lord Berners] on the dedication leaf to Clarissa, dated October 1941. [With:] – The Camel. A Tale. London: 1936. – Far From the Madding War. London: September 1941. Reprint. [With:] – A Distant Prospect. A Sequel to First Childhood. London: 1945. Authorial presentation inscription to Clarissa dated June 1945. [With:] COWARD, Noel (1899-1973). Play Parade. London: May 1937. Reprint. Authorial presentation inscription to Beatrice [Beckett, Anthony Eden’s first wife] and with Anthony Eden’s bookplate. [With:] COOPER, Duff (1890-1954). Translations and Verses. London: The Dropmore Press, 1949. Number 83 of 600 copies. Presentation inscription to Clarissa dated 24 November 1949. [With:] – Sergeant Shakespeare. London: 1949. Presentation inscription to Clarissa dated 24 November 1949. [With:] – Talleyrand. London: 1945. Reprint [And:] WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-1966). Work Suspended and other stories written before the Second World War. London: Chapman & Hall, 1949. Authorial presentation inscription on half title to Clarissa dated 14 July 1950.
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