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Evelyn Waugh. Helena : a novel. Chapman & Hall, 1950.
Price: US$9.63 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pages a little tanned, previous owner's name and an old gift inscription on front endpaper, else internally in very good condition; cover has some wear and marks, mild corner bumps, backstrip a little discoloured and gilt faded. No wrapper.
Seller: Nigel Smith Books, Gunnislake, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. HELENA.. Chapman & Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$13.22 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Un volume (19 cm) di XIII-265 pagine. In lingua inglese. Tela editoriale blu con titolo dorato al dorso; senza sovracoperta (no dust jacket); peraltro ottime condizioni. Prima edizione.
Seller: Libreria BACBUC - Studio bibliografico, Roma, RM, Italy
Waugh Evelyn. Helena. 1950-01-01, 1950.
Price: US$13.79 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1950-01-01. Chapman and Hall1950. Hardback. ACCEPTABLE No DJ. Edgewear. Rubbed. Foxing.
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn.. HELENA. A Novel.. Chapman and Hall, 1950., 1950.
Price: US$14.12 + shipping
Description: 8vo. xiii + 265pp. Ownership inscription to slightly browned front f.e.p., original blue cloth, d/w. chipped and torn with several tape repairs, yellow spine lettered in black. US$14
Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Helena. Chapman & Hall, London(Toronto), 1950.
Price: US$15.03 + shipping
Description: very good in torn d.j., 2 pieces missing top & bottom of spine
Seller: Ken Saunders, Stirling, ON, Canada
Evelyn Waugh. Helena : A Novel. Chapman & Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$15.40 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Caffrey Books, Oundle, United Kingdom
Waugh Evelyn. Helena: A Novel. Chapman and Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$16.53 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: original blue cloth slightly faded and rubbed, text block quite clean and sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Glenbower Books, Dublin, Ireland
Waugh, Evelyn.. HELENA. A Novel.. Chapman and Hall, 1950., 1950.
Price: US$16.94 + shipping
Description: 8vo. xiii + 265pp. Bookplate to front pastedown. Original blue cloth, spine faintly lettered in gilt. US$16
Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn. Helena: A Novel. Chapman & Hall, 1950.
Price: US$17.33 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ~Original blue cloth, unfaded. Owners' signatures to front endpaper and inside front board. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request. Size: xiii, 265pp. No dustwrapper
Seller: St Philip's Books, P.B.F.A., B.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Waugh Evelyn. Helena. Chapman & Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$17.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue Hard Cover. Spine ends rubbed, corners slightly bumped. Spine slightly leaning. Some very light foxing. 265pp all in very good condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn (1903-1966). Helena : a novel. London : Chapman & Hall, 1950.
Price: US$20.89 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiii, 265 pages ; 19 cm. Contents: Court memoir -- Fair Helen forfeit -- None but my foe to be my guide -- The career open to talent -- The post of honour is a private station -- Ancien Régime -- The second spring -- Constantine's great treat -- Recessional -- The innocence of Bishop Macarius -- Epiphany -- Ellen's invention. Subjects: Helena Saint approximately 255-approximately 330; Fiction; English Fiction, 20th century. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Waugh evelyn. Helena. CHAPMAN & HALL, 1950.
Price: US$28.43 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: RO40038906: 1950. In-12. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 265 pages. En anglais. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Seller: Le-Livre, SABLONS, France
Waugh, Evelyn. HELENA - A NOVEL. Chapman & Hall, 1950.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, small creases, torn, chipped and edge worn. A small piece of the bottom panel is missing. Now protected in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
WAUGH, Evelyn. Helena [1ST EDITION 1950]. London:Chapman and Hall, 1950.
Price: US$32.08 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback/Hardcover. Original dust cover laminated onto front cover. Clean text, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Seller: Stephen White Books, Bradford, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn (1903-1966). Helena : a novel. London : Chapman & Hall, 1950.
Price: US$32.74 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiii, 265 pages ; 19 cm. Contents: Court memoir -- Fair Helen forfeit -- None but my foe to be my guide -- The career open to talent -- The post of honour is a private station -- Ancien Régime -- The second spring -- Constantine's great treat -- Recessional -- The innocence of Bishop Macarius -- Epiphany -- Ellen's invention. Subjects: Helena Saint approximately 255-approximately 330; Fiction; English Fiction, 20th century. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
WAUGH, Evelyn.. HELENA. A Novel.. Chapman and Hall, London. 1950., 1950.
Price: US$33.46 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 265pp. A very good hardback copy in good dust jacket. Gift card pasted onto front pastedown. Paper a little discoloured. Jacket creased at hinge, water damaged at spine and missing small segments.
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
Evelyn Waugh. Helena. Chapman & Hall, 1950.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardback book (265 pages) in dust jacket that has moderate creases/chipping/tears at edge. Slightly cocked with front board slightly over-lapping. Date of 1950 on bottom of title page with no other date present. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2-BS-3-TS) rareviewbooks
Seller: rareviewbooks, Kensington, MD, U.S.A.
WAUGH, Evelyn. Helena. A Novel. Chapman & Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (265pp). Dust jacket price-clipped and lightly chipped, owner's name inscribed ffep. Rear endpaper browned in offset position with dust jacket flap. Otherwise nicely preserved Size: Octavo
Seller: C.P. Collins Booksellers, Leichhardt, NSW, Australia
Waugh, Evelyn. Helena. Chapman & Hall, 1950.
Price: US$44.85 + shipping
Description: Good+ hardback (light edgewear, endpapers foxed, ownership sig., pages gently age-toned) in Good+ dustwrapper (light edgewear, age-toned, internally foxed). 265 pp 8vo blue cloth in dustwrapper. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale.
Seller: High Barn Books, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Helena. Chapman and Hall, 1950.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover with dust jacket. Blue paper over boards with faded lettering (once gilt?) to spine. White, illustrated DJ with black lettering. Title page dated 1950. 265 pages. Good condition. Covers clean and square. DJ clean but has some chipping at corners. Pages clean and free of marks but toned. Binding strong, but book slightly shelf cocked. A good reading copy of Waugh's only historical novel.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Waugh, Evelyn. Helena. Chapman & Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Seemingly more than one dust jacket design? This is the one with the wood grain background. Nice book, strong gilt spine lettering, Stanford University bookplate to pastedown. Jacket has light chipping at spine ends, other tiny chips and tears.
Seller: Craig Hokenson Bookseller, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Waugh, Evelyn. Helena. Chapman & Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$51.32 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition/First Printing Published by Chapman & Hall, London 1950. VG clean and tight condition. No marks or inscriptions. Occasional spotting. Clean Blue cloth covers with water marks to edges. DJ has Wood effect front and Yellow spine & Rear Dustjacket not price clipped. Small section missing from top front Protected in archive cover.
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Helena A Novel. Chapman and Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$51.33 + shipping
Description: A smart first edition copy of Evelyn Waugh's favourite of his novels, Helena. A first edition copy.Helena is Evelyn Waugh's only historical novel that follows the quest of Helena of Constantinople to find the relics of the cross on which Christ was crucified. Waugh described this as his best work.Evelyn Waugh was an English writer of novels, biographies and travel books. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light marks to the boards and bumping to the head of the spine. Previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Helena. Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1950.
Price: US$51.33 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 265 pages. No publishing history other than 'CAT. NO. 5081/4' so presume first edition.Wood-effect background background dustjacket with some browning to cream spine. Taped creases to front panel so bottom third of front panel looks tatty. Edges and corners of dustjacket are tatty with some taping. Loss to bottom spine-ends. NOT price-clipped. Clean dark blue hardback binding with light wear to spine-ends (which has light rubs) and boards' corners. Light browning to page-edges o/w pages clean and tidy.
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Helena. Chapman and Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$57.75 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition of Evelyn Waugh's historical novel in the original publisher's dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) was a well-renowned English writer of travel books, novels and biographies. This is Waugh's sole historical fiction work. It follows Helena of Constantinople and her mission to find the relics of the cross on which Christ was crucified. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is very smart and bright, with some loss to the gilt spine lettering. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Dust wrapper is chipped, particularly to the head and tail of the spine and to the folds of the flaps, with a large loss to the tail of the spine. Slightly sunned to the spine of the wrap. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Helena. Chapman and Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$57.75 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A first edition copy of the Uniform Edition of Evelyn Waugh's only historical novel. The first impression of the Uniform Edition of this work, published the same year as the first edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dustwrapper. Correctly identified with '5081/4' to the colophon. The dustwrapper is the Uniform Edition version, priced at 8s. 6d. to the front flap. Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) was a well-renowned English writer of travel books, novels and biographies. This is Waugh's sole historical fiction work. It follows Helena of Constantinople and her mission to find the relics of the cross on which Christ was crucified. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally sound, with marks to the boards. Spine is slightly cocked. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrapper is sunned to the spine and chipped to the head and tail of the spine and to the folds of the flaps. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn.. Helena. A Novel.. Star Editions, London., 1950.
Price: US$57.75 + shipping
Description: New edition, for sale on the continent of Europe only, from the sheets of the first Chapman & Hall edition. Octavo. pp xiv, 265. Wrappers.Spine slightly bruised at head. Near fine. No dustwrapper.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-1966). Helena. A Novel. London: Chapman and Hall, 1950, 1950.
Price: US$57.75 + shipping
Description: [Historical fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.265 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the primary 'wood-grain' dust-jacket, priced at 9/6. Toning to edges, and some rippling to endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Cloth shows extensive water staining and moderate wear. Jacket shows very heavy wear, with toning to spine and large losses to edges. Fair. Historical novel about the Empress Helena and the founding of pilgrimage sites in the Holy Land. The novel is also a Catholic apologetic about the True Cross.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
WAUGH EVELYN. HELENA. Chapman & Hall, 1950.
Price: US$61.17 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: RO60110560: 1950. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 265 pages. Pages de garde partiellement jaunies. Jaquette manquante. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Seller: Le-Livre, SABLONS, France
Waugh, Evelyn. Helena. Chapman & Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$61.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue, cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Minor wear to the book, no inscriptions. The original, unclipped dust jacket has general wear with small chips and losses, now protected by a clear, removable cover. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics.
Seller: Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA, HINDHEAD, United Kingdom
WAUGH, EVELYN.. Helena.. London; Chapman & Hall; 1950., 1950.
Price: US$66.92 + shipping
Description: First Edition, First Impression; Cr. 8vo; pp. xiv, 265; bound in publishers, blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket a little chipped and worn on edges with the price at 9s. 6d. net, good copy.
Seller: Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australia
Evelyn Waugh. Helena. Chapman and Hall, 1950.
Price: US$70.58 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Helena, Evelyn Waugh, Chapman and Hall, 1950 Considered by the author to be perhaps his finest, this was Waugh's only historical novel. Based on the life of St. Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine and finder of the true cross, this spiritual adventure brings to life the political intrigues of ancient Rome and the early years of Christianity. This is in very good condition. The binding is straight and tight, the boards clean and the lettering on the spine bright. The toned end papers and pages are clean without marks, tears or inscriptions. The variant unclipped dust jacket, protected in a clear removable cover, is in very good condition with some slight nibbling to the top and bottom edge of the spine and corners. Will be dispatched wrapped in bubblewrap and in a cardboard box.
Seller: Grimes Hill Book Club, Wythall, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn. Helena. Chapman & Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Page 49 creased, owner bookplate on front pastedown, spine ends rubbed with spine cocked, very good lacking the dust jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Evelyn Waugh. Helena. Chapman & Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$77.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition of Evelyn Waugh's historical novel surrounding Helena of Constantinople, in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Written by celebrated British author, Evelyn Waugh, this work has been noted as a personal favourite of the author. This is Waugh's sole historical fiction novel, set in the age of Emperor Constantine. The story follows Helena of Constantinople and her mission to find the relics of the cross on which Christ was crucified. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is smart with edge wear and minor loss to the head and tail of the spine. The odd closed tear or chip. Sunning to the wrap, mainly to the spine, and the odd mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Helena A Novel by Evelyn Waugh. Chapman & Hall (London), 1950.
Price: US$78.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: True First Edition from England published by Chapman & Hall (London). No dust jacket. Book cover has some ever so slight rubbings, but otherwise this book is in immaculate condition. First editions from England are highly sought after. (BR) Box 70
Seller: Best Books And Antiques, Chandler, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$83.41 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First impression of the Star Editions issue, which was one of a series of books that were published as a uniform series in co-operation with major publishers, to be sold on the Continent of Europe only. This edition was printed from the sheets of the first Chapman & Hall edition, published in the same year as the true first edition, 1950. ***Near fine in scarlet card covers with white titles to the spine and front cover. The covers remain clean and unmarked. The spine is hardly worn, with just a small closed tear to the top. Corners sharp. Spine colour remains unfaded. Slight foxing to the edges of the page block. Interior pages clean. No inscriptions. Spine tight. Binding square. ***In a very good original dustwrapper, which has the same design as the covers. The fragile dustwrapper is largely complete, with some loss at the top of the spine, just affecting the letter 'E' of 'Evelyn'. Some light edge-wear and slight creasing to the extremities. The spine colour of the dustwrapper is slightly faded. 182mm x 124mm. 265 pages. ***A rare example of the Star Edition of Evelyn Waugh's novel 'Helena', complete in its original dustwrapper, in very nice collectable condition. These Continental paperback editions were not very robust productions, and consequently, very few have survived in such collectable condition. They are also quite uncommon to find in the UK. Of interest to collectors of the works of Evelyn Waugh. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. International Edition
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn:. Helena.. London: Chapman & Hall, 1950.
Price: US$83.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. HB. Royal blue cloth, gilt title top spine, and dustjacket. 265pp. Printed on laid paper. Novel based on Saint Helena's life. Clean covers and page faces, top closed page edges tanned with some spots, tiny bump bottom rear corner. Front endpapers have blotchy browning. Jacket clean and bright, small closed tear to rear near base of spine. A few tiny teears to top rear. Very Good in Very Good jacket.
Seller: David Ford Books PBFA, Cley-next-the-Sea, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Helena. Chapman and Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$85.54 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 351 grams
Seller: Book Souk, Porstoy, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Helena. Chapman and Hall, 1950.
Price: US$96.24 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Blue cloth. Very nice copy in like dustwrapper, save for short tears to top of spine, resulting in a small piece being only just still attached.
Seller: Tindley and Everett, ABA, London, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Helena. Chapman & Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$112.74 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: blue publisher's cloth; lettering in gilt on spine; gilt is bright; 265 pp; a little bubbling of the cloth on front panel originating at the bindery; short gift inscrition on f.f.e.p; the thin paper of the d.j. used by the publisher is delicate; it has 3 closed tears with no loss; has minor chipping at extremities with a small 3/8 in. and a small 1/4 in. chip at head of spine not affecting lettering; the brown and yellow d.j. is not price clipped, bears the price 9s. 6d. net on front flap with lettering in black on spine; both book and jacket are in collectible condition.
Seller: Reeve & Clarke Books (ABAC / ILAB), South River, ON, Canada
WAUGH, Evelyn. Helena. Chapman & Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Light overall wear, very good or better in very good dust jacket with shallow chipping, mostly at the spine.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
WAUGH, Evelyn.. Helena. A Novel.. Chapman & Hall, London., 1950.
Price: US$160.41 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. pp xiii, 265.Very good indeed in very good, price-clipped dustwrapper with several nicks.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Helena *First Edition*. Chapman and Hall, 1950.
Price: US$160.41 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A Near fine book in a very good DW. First Edition. The book has a very slight bump to bottom of spine and a few dust marks to top page edges. DW has a slight to top of spine, not affecting any text and a few bumps to bottom of DW.
Seller: The Books of Eli, Birmingham, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn. Helena. Chapman and Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$192.50 + shipping
Description: 12mo (19cm). Navy cloth-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 265pp. Clean, straight and tight with a trace of rubbing to cloth at spine ends; Very Good+. In the original unclipped (priced 9s.6d.) patterned dustwrapper, unclipped; somewhat mottled on spine panel with a shallow loss at crown (away from lettering); Very Good. Foyles bookseller ticket underneath jacket on front pastedown. DAVIS (et al) XXV.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Waugh, Evelyn.. HELENA.. Chapman & Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$229.65 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A beautiful copy, the only negatives are the tiniest hint of glue residue from a presumed book plate on front paste down and some light tanning to ep's. The book it's self appears unread. Jacket is un-clipped at 9s.6d net. It has been paper repaired to very minor chipping and a closed tear.
Seller: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, New Zealand
Waugh, Evelyn. HELENA. Chapman & Hall, Toronto, 1950.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. First Canadian edition from the UK sheets. 8vo. A very scarce issue. Waugh's ambitious novel based on the life of Saint Helena. A fine copy in near fine wrapper with a few tiny chips, internal archival tape repair at the fold & a bit of soiling to the rear panel. despite these flaws, a very decent example - the paper stock for this wrapper is so thin & delicate, that survival in any form is truly amazing.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
WAUGH, Evelyn.. Helena.. Chapman & Hall, Toronto, 1950.
Price: US$338.21 + shipping
Description: First Canadian edition (UK sheets with a UK d/w). A fine copy in the English d/w, price "9s.6d" on the flap. The d/w has a bit of light wear to the spine ends and corners but is in fact, near fine.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Evelyn Waugh. Helena. Chapman & Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$378.56 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition of Evelyn Waugh's historical novel in the original publisher's dust wrapper. First edition of Helena by Evelyn Waugh in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper.This is Waugh's sole historical fiction work. It follows Helena of Constantinople and her mission to find the relics of the cross on which Christ was crucified.Evelyn Waugh was a well renowned English writer of travel books, novels and biographies. In the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. There is some light wear to the extremities of the dust wrapper resulting in a few small tears and creases. To the binding, there is some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Helena. Chapman & Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$407.44 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st printing, appears little read, not price clipped ( 9s 6d net), no owner's name or other inscription, page ends mildly age toned ( text unaffected), small bruise to top corner of board at rear, head of D/j spine has some loss either side, some shelf rubbing to head and base of D/j spine, rear of D/j has two 1cm tears at head and shelf wear at base. This copy purchased by me over 40 years ago.
Seller: MHO - Collectors' Books, Fittleworth, Pulborough, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Helena. Chapman & Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$446.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition/First Printing Published by Chapman & Hall, London 1950. With the very scarce Daily Mail wraparound band. VG clean and tight condition. No marks or inscriptions. Occasional spotting. Very clean Blue cloth covers with few dust marks DJ has Wood effect front and Yellow spine & Rear Dustjacket not price clipped. Minor chipping to top of spine. Protected in archive cover.
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Helena : A Novel. Chapman & Hall 1950, London, 1950.
Price: US$449.14 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: xiii, 265 pp. Original dark blue cloth in dust wrapper. Minor marks to boards. Jacket now protected in a clear plastic wrapper. Slight marks to free endpapers. No ownership names. Clean copy in Near Fine condition. 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
WAUGH. EVELYN.. HELENA. A Novel.. Chapman & Hall. London. 1950, 1950.
Price: US$449.14 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.4 x 5.1 inches). A fine copy finely bound in recent full dark blue morocco, spine with raised bands, lettered, ruled and decorated in gilt. Single gilt ruled border to boards. Top edge gilt. A Fine copy.
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn.. Helena.. Chapman and Hall, London, 1950.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 265 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A near fine copy in a bright, unchipped jacket which is price-clipped.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
WAUGH, Evelyn.. Helena.. London Chapman & Hall, 1950.
Price: US$574.75 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression; 8vo; faint offsetting to endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, with the price-clipped dustjacket, small tear to front flap, short closed tear to rear panel, minor dust-soiling, else a near-fine example. Evelyn Waugh's personal favourite of his novels and 'a superlatively well done book' (Chicago Tribune) set in the age of Emperor Constantine.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn.. Helena.. London Chapman & Hall, 1950.
Price: US$907.50 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression; 8vo; bookseller's label to front pastedown, else internally fine; publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, with the original unclipped dustjacket and 'Daily Mail Book of the Month' wraparound band, light marks and edge-wear, else near-fine. Evelyn Waugh's personal favourite of his novels and 'a superlatively well done book' (Chicago Tribune) set in the age of Emperor Constantine.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn.. Helena.. London: Chapman & Hall, 1950, 1950.
Price: US$962.45 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression. Waugh considered this to be his best post-war work. Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine in gilt. With dust jacket and yellow wraparound band. Spine slightly rolled, a little minor spotting to contents. An excellent copy in the jacket with faintly sunned spine and minor loss to head of spine.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn.. Helena. A novel.. London: Chapman and Hall, 1950, 1950.
Price: US$5774.69 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, large paper issue, presentation copy, inscribed, "Dear Robert, You can't say this isn't a finer looking book than yours, Evelyn" on front free endpaper to the writer Robert Henriques (1905-67). Approximately 50 copies were specially bound and printed on handmade paper. Waugh considered this novel his greatest literary achievement: he told his biographer that "it's far the best book I have ever written or ever will write". Robert Henriques was with the Royal Artillery between 1926-33. A novel, No Arms, No Armour was published to much acclaim in 1939. He rejoined the Royal Artillery in 1939, moved to the Commandos and then to Combined Operations. After the war he became a farmer in the Cotswolds but continued to write and also helped run the early Cheltenham Literary Festivals. Selina Hastings notes in her biography of Waugh that "He was always on the look-out for potential converts, frequently displaying a missionary zeal that although undoubtedly inspired by Christian conviction was more suitable to a playground bully." and Henriques was identified by Waugh as a potential convert to Catholicism. As Hastings notes "Helena is a short novel, but the writing of it was spread over five years, from May 1945 to the spring of 1950. The third and fourth centuries AD, the early Christians, the Roman Empire under Constantine, were unfamiliar territory, and Evelyn was exceptionally anxious to do his subject justice. He turned to his friend and ex-Commando colleague, the Jewish writer Robert Henriques". Selina Hastings, Evelyn Waugh: a biography, London, 1994, pp. 507 and 538. Octavo. Original white cloth, lettering to spine in gilt. Remnants of glassine at rear. A remarkably bright copy despite some soiling to joints and spots of staining to rear cover, foxing to free endpapers, a very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom