London: Dropmore Press, 1949. Limited edition. Quarto (10 5/8 inches tall), original black morocco, top edge gilt, uncut. Fine. "TO BE A SON OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, TO BE AN ALUMNUS OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY, IS TO BE HEDGED ABOUT WITH MEMORIES. IT IS AN UMBILICAL CORD JOINING YOU TO YOUR..... More
London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1945. First edition. 12mo. (7 1/2 inches tall), original red cloth with gilt spine, original dust jacket. Very slight dulling to spine ends of bright, sharp boards, minor chipping to ends and corners of clean, unclipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "TO KNOW AND LOVE..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1950. First American edition. Octavo, original tan cloth, original pictorial dust jacket. Staining to joints and hinges of book, wear to spine ends of dust jacket. Very good indeed. "FOR JIM POWERS/WITH WARM REGARDS/FROM/EVELYN WAUGH" First American edition of Waugh's historical novel, published in..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1959. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Top of boards lightly bumped, else fine, fading to spine of dust jacket. A near-fine copy. AN EVOCATIVE PORTRAIT OF FIFTY YEARS OF ENGLISH CATHOLICISM First edition of Evelyn Waugh's authorized biography of his friend and..... More