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Auction archive: Lot number 197

WAUGH. A COMPLETE SET OF EVELYN WAUGH'S TRAVEL BOOKS, 1930-1960, FIRST EDITIONS (8 VOL.)

Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,632 - US$3,948
Price realised:
£7,500
ca. US$9,870
Auction archive: Lot number 197

WAUGH. A COMPLETE SET OF EVELYN WAUGH'S TRAVEL BOOKS, 1930-1960, FIRST EDITIONS (8 VOL.)

Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,632 - US$3,948
Price realised:
£7,500
ca. US$9,870
Beschreibung:

Waugh, Evelyn A COMPLETE SET OF EVELYN WAUGH'S TRAVEL BOOKS, 1930-1960, COMPRISING: i) Labels. Duckworth, 1930, FIRST EDITION, original cloth, DUST-JACKET; ii) Remote People. Duckworth, 1931, FIRST EDITION, original cloth; iii) Ninety-Two Days. Duckworth, 1934, FIRST EDITION, folding map, photographic illustrations, original cloth, DUST-JACKET; iv) Waugh in Abyssinia. Longmans, Green and Co., 1936, FIRST EDITION, original cloth; v) Robbery under Law: The Mexican Object-Lesson. Chapman and Hall, 1939, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY WAUGH ("For | Gertrude Turquand | from | Evelyn Waugh | July 1939") on front free endpaper, autograph note by the author loosely inserted, original cloth, DUST-JACKET; vi) When the Going was Good. Duckworth, 1946, FIRST EDITION, folding map, original cloth, DUST-JACKET; vii) The Holy Places. The Queen Anne Press, 1952, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 500 of 950 COPIES, original cloth; viii) A Tourist in Africa. Chapman and Hall, 1960, FIRST EDITION, photographic illustrations, original cloth, DUST-JACKET; mostly 8vo, jackets worn at extremities with occasional minor tears, some spotting and browning, ink inscription in two volumes (8)

Auction archive: Lot number 197
Auction:
Datum:
12 Jul 2016
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Waugh, Evelyn A COMPLETE SET OF EVELYN WAUGH'S TRAVEL BOOKS, 1930-1960, COMPRISING: i) Labels. Duckworth, 1930, FIRST EDITION, original cloth, DUST-JACKET; ii) Remote People. Duckworth, 1931, FIRST EDITION, original cloth; iii) Ninety-Two Days. Duckworth, 1934, FIRST EDITION, folding map, photographic illustrations, original cloth, DUST-JACKET; iv) Waugh in Abyssinia. Longmans, Green and Co., 1936, FIRST EDITION, original cloth; v) Robbery under Law: The Mexican Object-Lesson. Chapman and Hall, 1939, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY WAUGH ("For | Gertrude Turquand | from | Evelyn Waugh | July 1939") on front free endpaper, autograph note by the author loosely inserted, original cloth, DUST-JACKET; vi) When the Going was Good. Duckworth, 1946, FIRST EDITION, folding map, original cloth, DUST-JACKET; vii) The Holy Places. The Queen Anne Press, 1952, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 500 of 950 COPIES, original cloth; viii) A Tourist in Africa. Chapman and Hall, 1960, FIRST EDITION, photographic illustrations, original cloth, DUST-JACKET; mostly 8vo, jackets worn at extremities with occasional minor tears, some spotting and browning, ink inscription in two volumes (8)

Auction archive: Lot number 197
Auction:
Datum:
12 Jul 2016
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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