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Vile Bodies
by Evelyn Waugh
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
-
Hudson, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Jonathan Cape / Harrison Smith, 1930. First American Edition . Decorative Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. A sound copy with bumps/wear to top corners, minor shelfwear; faint foxing to green cloth spine, very light soiling to back decorative cover, text clean and unmarked. Jacket shows edgewear, moderate soiling, bright and colorful, not price clipped. Yellow endpapers match boards. Back of jacket lists to "The Winter Alone", rear flap describes "Orderly", by M.R. Werner. Rare title in jacket.
Synopsis
Vile Bodies is a 1930 novel by Evelyn Waugh satirising decadent young London society between World War I and World War II. The title comes from the Epistle to the Philippians 3:21. The book was originally to be called "Bright Young Things" (which went on to be the title of Stephen Fry's 2003 film); Waugh changed it because he decided the phrase had become too clichéd.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trench Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004772
- Title
- Vile Bodies
- Author
- Evelyn Waugh
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape / Harrison Smith
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Trench Books
Biblio member since 2009
Hudson, Maine
About Trench Books
General stock, but specializing in fiction titles through 1970 and early children's series books. Large inventory, being listed as time permits. All listed titles are subject to prior sale.
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