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Evelyn Waugh. Vile Bodies. Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1930.

Price: US$10.33 + shipping

Condition: Poor

Description: 7th impression, Wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, corners bumped and worn, boards showing, spine well worn and in poor condition, top and bottom of spine chipped and worn, pieces missing, spine ripped most of length of edge of spine join with back cover, surface chipped and worn

Seller: Neo Books, Sidcup, KENT, United Kingdom

Evelyn Waugh. Vile Bodies. Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1930.

Price: US$32.43 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 11th impression, some wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, corners a little bumped and worn, top and bottom of spine a little bumped and worn, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, some foxing mainly on edges

Seller: Neo Books, Sidcup, KENT, United Kingdom

Evelyn Waugh. VILE BODIES. (1930). Chapman & Hall, London, 1930.

Price: US$50.12 + shipping

Description: First edition, Ninth Impression. Un volume (19 cm) di X-252-(2) pagine. Titolo illustrato con disegno in rosso e nero. Qualche fioritura (foxing) alle prime e ultime pagine. Legatura editoriale in cartonato marmorizzato rosso con titolo dorato al dorso. Minime usure ai margini. Buone condizioni.

Seller: Libreria BACBUC - Studio bibliografico, Roma, RM, Italy

Evelyn Waugh. Vile Bodies. Chapman & Hall, 11, Henrietta Street London, 1930.

Price: US$58.48 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Second impression Black and orange forepiece of racing car 13 crashing. No dust wrapper. By mistake it was put into the book area, where a browser ripped the header in pulling it from the shelf.1-3cm tear. Neat pencil owner dated 1943.

Seller: Boulevard Bookshop and Thai Cafe, Hastings, United Kingdom

Waugh, Evelyn. Vile Bodies (UK HB 2nd impression - 1930). Chapman & Hall, 1930.

Price: US$123.46 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: UK hardback second impression. Has the iconic colour frontispiece. Good with some light spotting to prelims and wear to spine ends of black and red cloth. No jacket.

Seller: Hunter Books, Burnham, BUCKS, United Kingdom

Evelyn Waugh. Vile Bodies. Chapman and Hall, 1930.

Price: US$155.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st edition 5th impression in VG condition. Previous owner's inscriptions to paste down and front end paper. Rest of pages clean, binding firm. Boards clean, edge wear and marks to corners, minor damage to top and bottom of spine. No jacket. Please see pics. Paypal accepted, any questions get in touch.

Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom

Waugh, Evelyn. Vile Bodies. Chapman & Hall, London, 1930.

Price: US$246.90 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First Edition/First Printing Published by Chapman & Hall, London 1930. Red and Black illustrated Title page 6 ink letters to front top of pastedown. Missing half-title page Slight toning/marking to pages. Occasional spotting throughout. Snakeskin red and black cloth in G- condition with minor shelfwear to edges and tips. Slightly faded Gilt text to spine.

Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom

Evelyn Waugh. Vile Bodies. Chapman & Hall, London UK, 1930.

Price: US$259.91 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A second edition of Vile Bodies. Original red and black boards with rubbed gilt lettering on the spine. Clean contents. 8vo 252pp with 2 pages of publishers advertisements.

Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom

Evelyn Waugh. Vile Bodies. Chapman & Hall, 1930.

Price: US$389.80 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: fifth impression * * 252 pages * * previous owners name & 1930 on inside cover * * Buyers in Dublin are welcome to view and purchase in store at Parliament Street you do not need to order online, please send us an email instead, so we can reserve it for you parliamentstreet at Oxfam dot org * * We are open Mon - Saturday 10 - 5.30; Sunday & bank holidays 1.30 - 5pm * * The shipping rate shown is based on 1.5kg and dependent on the destination, we will contact you in case of discrepancy. For multiple orders we will contact you with shipping options, as the quoted rate for a 2nd order is a total weight on 3kg, and yours might well weigh less

Seller: Oxfam Bookshop Dublin, DUBLIN, IRL, Ireland

WAUGH, Evelyn.. VILE BODIES.. London: Chapman and Hall, 1930., 1930.

Price: US$513.32 + shipping

Description: First edition, 8vo., pp.x,252,(ii), marbled red cloth, gilt; two ink ownership autographs to front free endpaper (one dated 1930), darkening to spine, rubbing to boards, slight roll to spine, a good, clean copy. No dust-jacket.

Seller: Minster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970), YORK, United Kingdom

Evelyn Waugh. Vile Bodies. Chapman and Hall, 1930.

Price: US$599.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1930, First Edition, 6th Impression, as stated.Chapman & Hall, London. Publisher's original black and red swirled boards with gilt title to spine.Light bumping to the head and tail of spine, although the gilt lettering is in very good condition. Small loss to the head of spine. Included with the book, as the Title Page, is a colour cut down pictorial panel of the original dust jacket. Clean end papers and tidy contents. 252 printed pages plus 2 pages of advertisements. Pages are unmarked yet yellowed due to age. This classic novel of satire recounts the tale of decadent society between World War I and II. 'Vile Bodies' is a satire on a group of rich young people in the inter-war years. Dubbed the 'Bright Young Things', the British tabloids fed on the doings of these prominent socialites, of which Waugh was one.

Seller: Taylor & Baumann Books, LLC, Ridgefield, CT, U.S.A.

Waugh, Evelyn. Vile Bodies. Chapman & Hall, London, 1930.

Price: US$643.28 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition/First Printing Published by Chapman & Hall, London 1930. VG clean and tight condition. Owner's name to front pastedown. Slight toning to pages. Very slight lean Snakeskin red and black cloth in VG condition with minor shelfwear to edges and tips. Bright Gilt text to spine Protected in acetate cover.

Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom

WAUGH, Evelyn. Vile Bodies. Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1930, 1930.

Price: US$643.28 + shipping

Description: 1st edition. Hardcover. Excellent red-and-black snakeskin-patterned boards, slightly darkened spine, strong gilt spine lettering, square binding, pages and endpapers very clean with no hint of foxing. This first impression of Waugh's second novel, a satire on the' Bright Young Things' of the era, is scarce in such nice condition.

Seller: Shellhouse Books, Quinton, Northants, United Kingdom

Evelyn Waugh. Vile Bodies. Chapman and Hall Ltd., London, 1930.

Price: US$649.77 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First printing. Lacking jacket. Red and black snakeskin cloth binding. Very clean binding with only a hint of fading to spine and bright gilt lettering to spine. Light browning to page edges, a couple of light marks to top page edge. Good solid binding. Text has a few light marks but overall is in very clean condition. Four pages have been folded to the upper corner. Short tear to the lower edge of the half title page with an archival tape repair. A couple of light spots of foxing to the illustrated title page. Small bookseller's label to rear pastedown endpaper. Waugh's second novel and first major commercial success. A very nice example. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. x, 254

Seller: Tarrington Books, Tarrington, HEF, United Kingdom

WAUGH, Evelyn. Vile Bodies. Chapman & Hall, London, 1930.

Price: US$700.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Contemporary bookplate front pastedown, spine slightly toned, shallow chip at the crown, and a small spot on the topedge, a very good copy lacking the dust jacket.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Waugh, Evelyn.. VILE BODIES.. Chapman & Hall, London, 1930.

Price: US$725.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 252 pp, 7 5/8" H, red & black patterned cloth with gilt lettering on spine. First printing of the first edition with no subsequent printings noted on the verso of the half title page. Black/white/red decorated title page. Waugh's second novel, a comedy of manners, satirizes the 'Bright Young Things' of post First World War London society. Light browning to endpapers, light browning to pages - a little more in margins, moderate browning to edges of text block, some light wear at top/bottom of spine and at corners of boards, four very small light stains on pages 128 & 129, slight separation between page gatherings at pages 144/145 but holding firm in binding, very small light soiling mark in magin of page 179, several small light liquid marks on front board, some faint handling marks on boards, darkening to spine colour.

Seller: Capricorn Books, Oakville, ON, Canada

Waugh, Evelyn 1903-1966.. Vile Bodies. Chapman & Hall, London, 1930.

Price: US$747.24 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: NICE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION - BOUND BY BAYNTUN RIVIERE OF BATH : blue crushed half morocco, two little squeezes to outer corners, pages with tone to edges. Title-page printed in red and black, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial title, advertisement f. at rear. Top edge is in gilt. p. x, 253, [1]

Seller: BiblioFile, Cadole, FLINT, United Kingdom

WAUGH, Evelyn. Vile Bodies.. London Chapman and Hall 1930, 1930.

Price: US$773.23 + shipping

Description: First edition of Waugh's second novel. 8vo., original red and black marbled cloth, spine titled in gilt. Pictorial title page printed in red and black. Spine darkened, small stain to fore-edge, a little light occasional spotting, otherwise a very good copy.

Seller: G. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA, London, United Kingdom

WAUGH, Evelyn.. Vile Bodies.. Chapman & Hall, London., 1930.

Price: US$974.66 + shipping

Description: First edition. Octavo. pp x, 252, [2] adverts. Title-page design by the author. Ownership signature on front free endpaper. Very good indeed. No dustwrapper.

Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom

Waugh, Evelyn. Vile Bodies - SIGNED. Chapman and Hall 1930, 1930.

Price: US$1267.06 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A first edition, first printing published by Chapman and Hall in 1930. A very good copy with some fading to the spine as well as rubbing to the spine and edges. Stain to the top edge with some spotting to the page edges. SIGNED by way of a signature cut on the half title page. One bookplate to the rear of this page. Rare copy of the first edition.

Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom

Evelyn Waugh. Vile Bodies. Chapman & Hall, London, 1930.

Price: US$1286.55 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh. Chapman & Hall, London 1930: First edition Presented is a very good copy of the first edition of Vile Bodies. Included with the book is a colour cut down pictorial panel of the original dust jacket. This classic novel of satire recounts the tale of decadent society between the World War I and II. A lovely find. Original red and black pictorial covers with bright colours. The spine is darkened with some frayed lower ends and rubbed gilt lettering. Clean end papers and tidy contents. Colour title page is clean. Very minor spotting. A bright coloured cut down from the original cover is included with the book. 252 printed pages plus 2 pages of advertisements.

Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom

WAUGH, Evelyn.. Vile Bodies.. London: Chapman and Hall, 1930, 1930.

Price: US$2274.21 + shipping

Description: First edition, first impression, of Waugh's second novel, a satire of London's rich young socialites. The working title, Bright Young Things, was abandoned as Waugh felt the phrase was too clichéd. It sold well on publication, reaching seven printings in as many weeks, and established Waugh as the pre-eminent novelist of his generation. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in crimson morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, dark green endpapers, gilt edges. Black and red decorative title page. A fine copy.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom

WAUGH, EVELYN.. Vile Bodies. London: Chapman & Hall, 1930, 1930.

Price: US$17500.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some small chips, not affecting illustration or lettering and with very minor internal archival mends. An observant bibliographically inclined collector of our acquaintance, in comparing this example with another at hand, discovered subtle differences in the titles listed on the back panel. Both jackets were priced at the first edition's issued price of 7/6 (in pre-paperback days, English publishers generally reduced prices quickly to 3/6), but one ends with Jeffery's Second Choice, while this example lists Jeffery's Miss Vell Intervenes and follows with Winder's Sin-Offering. His research indicates that this would have logically followed the former. It can then be presumed that this is at least a second state of the dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.

Evelyn Waugh. Vile Bodies. Chapman and Hall, London, 1930.

Price: US$25341.14 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: An exceptional first edition copy of Evelyn Waugh's satire on the Bright Young Things. With the exceedingly scarce first state dustwrapper in a lovely condition. 'Vile Bodies' is a satire on a group of rich young people in the inter-war years. Dubbed the 'Bright Young Things', the British tabloids fed on the doings of these prominent socialites, of which Waugh was one of. Other contemporaries include Nancy Mitford, Beverley Nichols, Edith Sitwell and Anthony Powell. This novel examines the frenetic but empty lives of these fictionalised youngsters who indulge in parties, heavy drinking and sex.With the vanishingly scarce original dustwrapper in a lovely condition. The dustwrapper is the first impression with '7/6' to the spine and 'Second Choice' listed to the rear panel'. The dustwrapper has been expertly restored to the spine and to the rear wrap. Lettering has been restored in facsimile. The wrap has been relined imperceptibly. A truly lovely example of this scarce dustwrapper.Dubbed as Waugh's most 'modern' novel, stylistically the work is fragmented and disjointed. Formed of rapid scene changes, his kaleidoscopic techniques comprises many changes of perspective and personage. In 2003 Stephen Fry adapted this novel for film, and David Bowie cited this novel as the primary influence on his composition of 'Aladdin Sane'.A darkly comic novel, 'Vile Bodies' was Waugh's second novel following the commercial success of 'Decline and Fall'.A scarce find, of this important novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of spine. Small loss to the head of spine. Dustwrapper is in an excellent condition. Dustwrapper has been professionally restored to the spine and rear wrap. Lettering to the spine and rear wrap have been restored in facsimile. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom