ONE OF 20 COPIES FOR PRESENTATION
When the Going Was Good
Duckworth, 1946.
First edition, deluxe issue. Number 16 of only 20 copies reserved for presentation by the author. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge stained red. Author's presentation copy, inscribed by Waugh, "For Lovelace Anthony Stamer with all good wishes for his future happiness from Evelyn Waugh, 1st January 1948". Tipped in colour frontispiece of a portrait of the author by Henry Lamb and one fold-out map. A very good copy indeed, with fading to the spine and some mottling to the boards.
Given by Waugh to Stamer on the occasion of his marriage.
Edited selections from the author's early travel writing: Labels, Remote People, Ninety-two Days and Waugh in Abyssinia.
PROVENANCE: Sir Lovelace Anthony Stamer (1917-2012), presentation inscription and ownership signature to the front endpaper.
Stock ID: 44388
£8,750.00
