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spine ends and corners and a small chip to the base of the spine. $31,500 The author’s successful second novel, chart- ing the rise of the ‘Bright Young Thing’. It is also one of the author’s scarcest books. 59. WAUGH, Evelyn BLACK MIS- CHIEF Chapman & Hall, 1932 [46592] First edition. 8vo. Original marbled cloth in pictorial dustwrapper. Retaining the green book society Book of the Month wraparound band. Frontispiece map of the “Azanian Empire”. A fine copy, in a near fine dustwrapper, bright and crisp with just a little wear and darkening to the spine ends. $3,200 The author’s third novel, drawing on his ex- periences in Africa which as he reported in his travel journal, Ninety Two Days, were “experiences vivid enough to demand trans- lation into literary form”. Given the instant success of Waugh’s first two novels, the crit - ical response was lukewarm, and the novel became better known for its attack on the Catholic journal, The Tablet, and the heated response from The Tablet’s Editor, Ernest Oldmeadow, who asserted that it was “a work both disgraceful and scandalous. It abounds in coarse and sometimes disgusting passages, and its climax is disgusting.” Need- less to say this did nothing to harm sales. 60. WAUGH, Evelyn MR LOVEDAY’S LITTLE OUTING And Other Sad Sto - ries Chapman & Hall, 1936 [46769] First edition. Original cloth lettered in gilt, in pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy in a near very good dustwrapper indeed, clean and generaly crisp with a little wear to the head of the spine and some spotting to the page edges and rear panel of the dustwrapper with a small hole to the rear joint. $4,200 The author’s uncommon first collection of short stories.
57. STEVENSON, Rob- ert Louis TREASURE ISLAND Cassell, 1883 [46740] First edition, first is - sue with four pages of adverts dated 5G-783. Contains textual points, ‘rain’ for ‘vain’ on page 40 and ‘worse’ for ‘worst’ on page 197. The 7 is missing in page 127 and the 8 present in page 83. Original russet cloth let- tered in gilt on the spine. Frontispiece map printed in three colours. A very good copy indeed with bright gilt and clean cloth showing just a couple of inconspicuous marks and light wear to the extrem- ities. Occasional light foxing throughout and a neat superficial repair to
the rear hinge. An unusually well preserved copy. $25,000 A children’s classic and widely regarded as the best maritime adventure story, whose influence is writ large across adventure fiction throughout the twentieth century. It had is origins in a hand drawn map and a story woven around it to entertain some children in 1881. The initial draft, then entitled ‘The Sea Cook’, caught the eye of James Henderson editor of Young Folks who agreed to serialise the work. It was there that the title was changed to Treasure Island. The serial met with little reaction, but upon being published in book form, it was an instant success. “Treasure Island established itself as a classic, drawing plaudits from the widest range of literary sensibilities. In 1890 W.B. Yeats wrote to tell [Stevenson] that the book was the only one in which his seafaring grandfather had ever taken any pleasure and that he reread it on his deathbed with infinite satisfaction. Jack London, in so many ways RLS’s true spiritual heir, declared: ‘His Treasure Island will be a classic to go down with Robinson Crusoe, Through the Looking Glass and The Jungle Books’” (Frank McLynn - Robert Louis Stevenson). Prideaux 11 58. WAUGH, Evelyn VILE BODIES Chapman & Hall, 1930 [46768] First edition. Original marbled cloth in pictorial dustwrapper, which is believed to be the earliest state with “Second Choice” by Jeffery E. Jeffery as the last title on the rear panel. A fine copy in a very good dustwrapper, which his a little dusty with wear to
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