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Vile Bodies [Modern Library No. 120.2]
by WAUGH, EVELYN
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good in original cloth. Very lightly toned at spine, and slightly spine-cocked; contemporary previous ownership signature t
- Seller
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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Modern Library, 1933. First Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Very good in original cloth. Very lightly toned at spine, and slightly spine-cocked; contemporary previous ownership signature to front free endpaper. Binding tight, text clean and bright. Lacking dust jacket.. 16mo. 4.5 x 6.75 in. x, 321 pp. Modern Library Binding Style 7, full green balloon cloth, Rockwell Kent Torchbearer device in gilt on upper cover, gilt tiltes and ornament to spine, with Kent endpapers. An exceedingly sound copy, with fresh balloon cloth overall.
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
- Irving Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49
- Title
- Vile Bodies [Modern Library No. 120.2]
- Author
- WAUGH, EVELYN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in original cloth. Very lightly toned at spine, and slightly spine-cocked; contemporary previous ownership signature t
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Modern Library Edition
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
Terms of Sale
Irving Book Company
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About the Seller
Irving Book Company
Biblio member since 2021
Asheville, North Carolina
About Irving Book Company
Classical, Catholic, Southern, Photographic, Poetic, Scholarly, and early Modern Library Editions, &c.
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Device
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Library Binding
- A type of reinforced binding designed for libraries, schools, or other applications where a book might experience high...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...