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Decline and Fall. Evelyn Waugh. 1928

 Decline and Fall. Evelyn Waugh. 1928. Binding.

Decline and Fall. Evelyn Waugh. 1928. Title and Frontis. Decline and Fall. Evelyn Waugh. 1928. Authors Note.

Decline and Fall. Evelyn Waugh. 1928. Example of text and illustration.

 Decline and Fall. Evelyn Waugh. 1928. Example of text and illustration. Decline and Fall. Evelyn Waugh. 1928. Example of text and illustration.
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Waugh. Evelyn. Decline and Fall. An Illustrated Novelette. Chapman and Hall. 1928. 1st Edition. Small octavo 175mm x125mm. Brown library cloth, gilt titles to spine. Covers marked and splitting at front spine, holding. With Boots Book Lovers Library Label affix to front. Half title [ i ], publishers imprint Originally Published September 1928 to verso, blank, Full page frontis illustration by Waugh to verso "The wedding was an unparalleled success Among the Lower Orders". Title, Dedication to Harold Acton, Author's note ix, contents xi-xii Boots Library book purchase label tipped onto contents page xii. PP288. with four full page illustrations by Waugh (total five including Frontis). One page loose, all pages cropped without loss to print area. Boots Library label pasted on back pastdown. A scarce first edition which has experienced a little decline in condition through the fall into hands of the Boots Book Lovers Library. A rare survivor.
Cat. No. 92245                                            £900

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