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Evelyn Waugh. Vile Bodies. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, New York, 1930.

Price: US$18.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Yellow letters on green cloth. Top end stained navy. Endpapers are yellow with the publisher's logo in white. 321 pages. Spine has faded to tan and the ends are frayed. Top edge has faded and one corner is rubbed through to the board. 1 1/2 in. of the bottom end of the spine has water stain; this runs across the joints and onto the adjacent corners of the boards. Text block ends have darkened. Front edge of one page is chipped from rough cut opening. Scans e-mailed upon request.

Seller: Books from the Past, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.

Waugh, Evelyn. Vile Bodies. Jonathan Cape, New York, 1930.

Price: US$68.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: New York: Jonathan Cape, 1930 321 pp.Text is clean, tight, unmarked. Front hinge is cracked .Yellow patterned endpapers match the cover with a green spine.Yellow printed title is faded, rubbed. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Second Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Seller: Catron Grant Books, Rio Rancho, NM, U.S.A.

Waugh, Evelyn. Vile Bodies. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Hardbound, no dust jacket. First US edition. Boards show bumping, wear, and darkening to outer edges, otherwise good. Tight interior, sound binding. Previous owner's name written on front fixed end page in pencil.

Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.

WAUGH, Evelyn. Vile Bodies. Jonathan Cape Harrison Smith, New York, 1930.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First American edition. Ex-private lending library stamp on front fly, with a note from a previous owner that he bought the book from the library, spine sunned and extremities rubbed, else a good or better copy lacking the dustwrapper.

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

Waugh, Evelyn. Vile Bodies (First Edition). Jonathan Cape, New York, 1930.

Price: US$151.25 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: FIRST AMER. EDITION, first prinitng. Original quarter green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Top and bottom of the spine fraying. Moderate to heavy wear at the extremities. Gilt lettering on the spine faded. Front board starting. Previous owner's stamped name on the front flyleaf. Overall in FAIR condition only. Photos available upon request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.

WAUGH, EVELYN. VILE BODIES. JONATHAN CAPE/HARRISON SMITH, NY, 1930.

Price: US$189.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: small closed tear to the crown area, spine sunned, clean, unmarked copy!

Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.

WAUGH, Evelyn. Vile Bodies. Jonathan Cape Harrison Smith, New York, 1930.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First American edition. Spine sunned and extremities rubbed, else a good or better copy lacking the dustwrapper.

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

Waugh, Evelyn. Vile Bodies. Jonathan Cape/Harrison Smith, NY, 1930.

Price: US$203.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First printing. Good to very good overall condition. Spine and spine lettering are faded. Spine ends are frayed , with a 1/2" closed vertical tear to the crown. Minor edgewear and smudging to the boards. No dustjacket

Seller: Bruce Davidson Books, Arlington, MA, U.S.A.

Waugh, Evelyn. Vile Bodies. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Third impression. Extremities of spine rubbed and slightly soiled beneath dust jacket. Jacket slightly soiled.

Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.

Waugh, Evelyn. Vile Bodies By Evelyn Waugh. First Edition, Boards. New York, 1930. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, Incorporated, New York, 1930.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First Edition. Original decorated boards over green cloth, near fine with minimal wear to extremities, contains some fading to spine. Contains decorated pastedowns, with complete and intact pages, top edge black. This copy in a plastic-protective cover.

Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.

Evelyn Waugh. Vile Bodies. Jonathan Cape, 1930.

Price: US$399.99 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: "A wickedly witty and iridescent novel" (Time) from one of England's greatest satirists takes aim at the generation of Bright Young Things that dominated London high society in the 1920s. In the years following the First World War a new generation emerged, wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter. The Bright Young Things of 1920s London, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercised their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade. In these pages a vivid assortment of characters, among them the struggling writer Adam Fenwick-Symes and the glamorous, aristocratic Nina Blount, hunt fast and furiously for ever greater sensations and the hedonistic fulfillment of their desires. Evelyn Waugh's acidly funny satire reveals the darkness and vulnerability beneath the sparkling surface of the high life. Second American printing. Book has no DJ and is in an acceptable state but is inscribed by Waugh "To Martha From Evelyn Waugh Aug 19, 1930 Photos available by request. International customers will be charged actual shipping costs.

Seller: Bergen Book Studio, Hillsdale, NJ, U.S.A.

Waugh, Evelyn. VILE BODIES. Jonathan Cape / Harrison Smith (1930), New York, 1930.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Description: First U.S. edition, published March, 1930 (the UK was published January). Waugh's working title for the book was "Bright Young Things," a tabloid nickname for the hard-partying young aristocrats and socialites of 1920s London whom he satirizes herein. 8vo green cloth-backed, decorated yellow paper boards; spine stamped in yellow; top edge black. Fading to cloth at ends of spine and a spot near the center, spine cloth a bit rumpled, otherwise about very good with paper-covering still bright and black top-edge color still strong. In good to very good dust jacket with professional repair to spine and corners, and light glass-ring on rear panel. A scarce book in jacket.

Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.

Evelyn Waugh. Vile Bodies. Jonathan Cape / Harrison Smith, New York, 1930.

Price: US$1995.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 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.

Seller: Trench Books, Hudson, ME, U.S.A.

Waugh, Evelyn. VILE BODIES. Jonathan Cape / Harrison Smith (1930), New York, 1930.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Description: First U.S. edition, published just a few months after the UK. Waugh's working title for the book was "Bright Young Things," a tabloid nickname for the hard-partying young aristocrats and socialites of 1920s London whom he satirizes herein. 8vo green cloth-backed, decorated yellow paper boards; spine stamped in yellow; top edge black. About very good with edges a little toned and rubbed, minor creasing to spine, and boards visible at tips; in near fine dust jacket with red lettering on spine faded but readable and subtle professional repair to edges. Housed in supplied plain black cloth slipcase. Scarce in dust jacket.

Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.

Waugh, Evelyn. Vile Bodies. Jonathan Cape Harrison Smith, 1930.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First US edition, with First Published 1930 on the copyright page, near fine in a very good dust jacket with the original $2 price on the front flap. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.