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Waugh, Evelyn. Basil Seal Rides Again or The Rake's Regress. Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1963.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue jacket, paper label on its spine with typed title. Book looks like a sample with unfinished boards where supposedly color illustration, now glued to page facing the title page, should have been. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop, a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975.
Seller: The Calico Cat Bookshop, Ventura, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$110.79 + shipping
Description: An Unsigned, Unnumbered Copy of a Limited, Signed and Numbered Edition of 750 copies. 4to. blue cloth hardback with gilt titles to spine, gilt vignette to upper board and bevelled edges to boards, in dark blue buckram slipcase. 49pp. with colour frontispiece lithograph by Kathleen Hale. No Author's signature or Edition number to Limitations page. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Slight fading to cloth spine and dulling to gilt titles. A few faint marks to upper board. A VERY GOOD COPY in VERY GOOD SLIPCASE. (Shelf 2) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
Seller: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Basil Seal rides again or the rake's progress. Chapman & Hall, UK, 1963.
Price: US$185.31 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 49 pages. hand laid paper no.313/750 copies signed by the autho r 2 pen squiggles on front fly partly rubbed out scans availa ble bound in a heavy blue cloth slight stain back cover
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
Price: US$222.87 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Scarce limited edtion No.374 Of 750 and flat signed by author. Boards have minor wear with light fading to spine, clear DJ that has tear to front. Content is clean.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Price: US$257.65 + shipping
Description: Colour frontis by Kathleen Hale. Very Good (-), without dust jacket (covers lightly stained; interior clean and tight. No owner's markings).
Seller: Much Ado Books, Alfriston, SUSSE, United Kingdom
Price: US$257.65 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, signed limited edition. pp49. Blue buckram covered hard boards with gilt lettering to the spine and gilt decoration to the upper board. Rough cut fore edge. In the original clear plastic (glassine) jacket. SIGNED by the author to the title page and numbered 242 out of an edition of 750 copies. In Near Fine condition with some spotting to the edges, clean internally, boards a little bowed.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Basil Seal Rides Again or The Rake's Regress. Chapman & Hall, London, 1963.
Price: US$289.86 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: One of a limited edition of only 750 each signed by Evelyn Waugh. This copy hand numbered 392 on the limitation page.Blue buckram with bevelled edges, gilt lettering to the spine, The "rake" of the story riding on a winged horse in gilt outline on the front board.Top edge gilt fore edge deckled.49 pages,Colour frontispiece by Kathleen Hale.7.75 X 10.75 inches.Near fine book in a newly fitted pristine clear protective dustjacket.
Seller: Jacques Gander, Fairford, United Kingdom
Price: US$322.07 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a Very Good Copy of this book in it's original blue buckram with gilt title lettering to spine.Issued without Dust-wrapper.This is a Limited Edition of 750 numbered and Signed copies by Evelyn Waugh with this copy numbered 214.Attractive coloured frontispiece is by Kathleen Hale.Book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness,no turned corners to the text.The outer boards have bevelled edges.Top edge of the bpook in gilt with other edges untrimmed.There is a faded strip linre to the rear cover and one small brown mark to the bottom edge of the lower cover.The book has no previous names or inscriptions present.Clean bright and tight copy for the collector.4to 1963 49pp Limited Edition SIGNED. About The Book: Basil Seal Rides Again was Waugh’s last published work of fiction. In the short story Waugh resurrects a number of characters from some of his earliest novels, such as Peter, Lord Pastmaster, who first appeared as Peter Beste-Chetwynde in Decline and Fall and of course, Basil Seal himself, who appeared as the hero of The Black Mischief and Put Out More Flags.The story begins with the ageing Basil and Peter discussing the theft of a set of Peter’s shirts by a young man, Charles Albright, who it later transpires is involved with Basil’s daughter, Barbara much to the chagrin of Basil. Waugh describes the book in his dedication as a ‘senile attempt to recapture the manner of my youth’ Limited Editions were published in the UK and US in 1963 to coincide with his own 60th birthday.
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom
Price: US$332.54 + shipping
Description: 49pp. Large 8vo. Original boards, light sunning to top and bottom edges. Colour frontispiece. A very good copy. Limited edition, signed by the author. Copy number 331 of 750.
Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia
Evelyn Waugh. Basil Seal Rides Again (Signed). Chapman and Hall - UK, 1963.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Basil Seal Rides Again (Signed) 1963 Fine Minus in Original Acetate jacket- signed 1 of 750 Limited Edition Additional Photos Available Upon Request Chapman and Hall - UK
Seller: D & L Fine Books, Richboro, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$463.77 + shipping
Description: vi + 49pp + coloured frontispiece by Kathleen Hale. This edition limited to 750 copies signed by the author. Printed at The Shenval Press. Decorated cloth boards. End papers slightly creased, but a very nice copy. 26x20cms.
Seller: Jane & John Kinnaird, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Basil Seal Rides Again, or The Rake's Progress. Chapman and Hall, London, 1963.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 49 p. Blue cloth with gilt stamping. One of 750 numbered copies signed by Waugh in black ink. Near Fine in original unprinted wrapper. Typical spine fading, otherwise in great shape. Wrapper a bit cloudy, chipped a bit at head.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$486.96 + shipping
Description: First edition. 4to. Original blue buckram, spine lettered in gilt, Pegasus and Basil Seal emblem in gilt on upper cover, t.e.g., others untrimmed. London, Chapman & Hall. Number 606 of 750 numbered copies, signed by the author. A near fine copy.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn. Basil Seal Rides Again. Chapman & Hall, London, 1963.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Frontispiece illustration by Kathleen Hale. Number 45 of 750 numbered copies signed by the author. Faint handling to boards; very near fine without the glassine dustwrapper. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Evelyn Waugh. Basil Seal Rides Again Or The Rake's Regress. Chapman & Hall, 1963.
Price: US$515.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed and numbered limited edition hardback (32/750), 1963, in the original clear glassine dust wrapper. In overall very good used condition in a poor wrapper with minor signs of age, handling and storage - wrapper complete but rubbed, brittle and chipped (now protected); blue cloth bevel-edged boards a touch rubbed to edges but remain overall clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - ownership signature neat to front endpaper dated 1963 and signed by the author to limitation page; slight toning to untrimmed page-ends but text and illustrated frontispiece (Kathleen Hale) bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.
Seller: Hall of Books, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. BASIL SEAL RIDES AGAIN or The Rake's Regress. Chapman and Hall, London, 1963.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: LIMITED EDITION, BEING #593 OF 750 COPIES SIGNED BY EVELYN WAUGH. Blue cloth with the original acetate wrapper. The wrapper is torn and tape repaired at the lower back corner. The book itself is in fine condition. The British issue of the limited first edition.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Evelyn Waugh. Basil Seal Rides Again, or, The Rake's Regress. Chapman & Hall, London, 1963.
Price: US$618.37 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A signed limited edition short story by Evelyn Waugh, signed by Waugh himself. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece. A limited edition work, limited to seven-hundred and fifty numbered copies, of which this is numbered five-hundred and fifty-six.Signed by Waugh to the limitation page.In the original glassine wrap.An entertaining long short story by Evelyn Waugh, the revival of the protagonist of 'Black Mischief' and 'Put Out More Flags'.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece.Evelyn Waugh was one of the most popular authors of the twentieth century. His other novels include 'Decline and Fall', and 'A Handful of Dust'.Illustrated by Kathleen Hale. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original glassine wrap. Externally, smart, with light discolouration to the boards and spine. Glassine wrap is a little discoloured with some marks. Chip to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just a couple of light spots. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn. Basil Seal Rides Again or The Rake's Regress. London Chapman and Hall 1963, 1963.
Price: US$637.69 + shipping
Description: First edition. No.359 of 750 numbered copies, signed by the author. With frontispiece by Kathleen Hale. 4to. Fine bright original publisher's cloth stamped in gilt, with the original acetate wrapper (this with small chip to head of spine) Spine just a trifle sunned, otherwise a very good copy. 'Basil Seal Rides Again' was Waugh's last published work of fiction. In the short story Waugh resurrects a number of characters from some of his earliest novels, such as Peter, Lord Pastmaster, who first appeared as Peter Beste-Chetwynde in Decline and Fall (1928) with Margot, his mother; Ambrose Silk; and, of course, Basil Seal himself, who appeared as the hero of Black Mischief (1932) and Put Out More Flags (1942). Waugh referred to 'Basil Seal Rides Again' in a December 1962 letter to Mrs Ian Fleming as a 'senile attempt to recapture the manner of my youth'.
Seller: G. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA, London, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn. Basil Seal Rides Again or The Rake's Regress. London Chapman and Hall 1963, 1963.
Price: US$637.69 + shipping
Description: First edition. No.312 of 750 numbered copies, signed by the author. With frontispiece by Kathleen Hale. 4to. Fine bright original publisher's cloth stamped in gilt, with the original acetate wrapper. 'Basil Seal Rides Again' was Waugh's last published work of fiction. In the short story Waugh resurrects a number of characters from some of his earliest novels, such as Peter, Lord Pastmaster, who first appeared as Peter Beste-Chetwynde in Decline and Fall (1928) with Margot, his mother; Ambrose Silk; and, of course, Basil Seal himself, who appeared as the hero of Black Mischief (1932) and Put Out More Flags (1942). Waugh referred to 'Basil Seal Rides Again' in a December 1962 letter to Mrs Ian Fleming as a 'senile attempt to recapture the manner of my youth'.
Seller: G. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA, London, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Basil Seal Rides Again, or, The Rake's Regress. Chapman & Hall, London, 1963.
Price: US$708.54 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A signed limited edition short story by Evelyn Waugh, signed by Waugh himself, from the library of a son of one of his lovers, Joyce Gill. A limited edition work, limited to seven-hundred and fifty numbered copies, of which this is numbered seven-hundred and forty-one.Signed by Waugh to the limitation page.In the original glassine wrap.An entertaining long short story by Evelyn Waugh, the revival of the protagonist of 'Black Mischief' and 'Put Out More Flags'.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece.Evelyn Waugh was one of the most popular authors of the twentieth century. His other novels include 'Decline and Fall', and 'A Handful of Dust'.Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.From the library of the son of Joyce Gill, a life-long friend of Evelyn Waugh. Joyce and Evelyn had a passionate affair during the annulment of Evelyn"s first marriage to "She-Evelyn". The pair were introduced sometime around Christmas in 1923 at a nightclub in Fitzrovia, their affair seeming to come to a head in the summer of 1935, when Evelyn invited Joyce to leave her husband and join him on his travels to Abyssinia. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original glassine wrap. Externally, smart, with fading to the head of the front board and spine. Glassine wrap is a little discoloured with some marks, and a small closed tear to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Basil Seal Rides Again. Chapman & Hall, London, 1963.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION of 750 copies printed. This copy is authentically SIGNED by Evelyn Waugh on the limitation page. A beautiful copy. The book is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's blue cloth with minor wear to the boards. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy SIGNED by the author in collector's condition. We buy SIGNED Waugh First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$1256.06 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression. One of a limited edition of 750 numbered copies, this an out-of-series copy inscribed by the author on the limitation leaf, "For Frederick Stopp, from Evelyn Waugh, with autumnal greetings." Stopp, a Cambridge don, had published Evelyn Waugh: Portrait of an Artist five years earlier. It was a hefty tome initially, and Waugh bemoaned its length, writing that "a third could go without loss" in a letter to the publisher John MacDougall, 29 October 1957. As per Waugh's instruction, 15,000 words were cut. It is said that Ronald Knox sent Waugh a telegram: "Stop Stopp Stop." Quarto. Original blue cloth, titles to spine and pictorial design to front board in gilt, blue endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Colour frontispiece by Kathleen Hale, title page printed in blue. Spine and board edges a little faded, internally fine. An excellent copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn.. Basil Seal Rides Again or The Rake's Regress.. London Chapman & Hall, 1963.
Price: US$3327.50 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue, one of 750 numbered copies, this being an out-of-series presentation copy, inscribed by the author; 4to; colour frontispiece by Kathleen Hale, title and dedication printed in blue and black, ink spelling correction to p15; publisher's blue cloth, device to upper cover and titles to spine gilt, top edge gilt, blue endpapers; a fine copy. First edition limited to 750 copies, this being an out-of-series presentation copy with limitation crossed out and inscribed by the author, 'for Bridget / with love from Evelyn / Nov 1st 1963'.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom