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Waugh, Evelyn. LOVE AMONG THE RUINS: A Romance of the Near Future. Chapman & Hall, London, 1953.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This is No. 78 of 350 copies signed by Evelyn Waugh. A bitingly satirical novella set in a dystopian, quasi-egalitarian Britain. Recently, in an article for The Orwell Society, Richard Lance Keeble suggested that this much-neglected work was composed as a sort of tribute to the author of the recently publised Nineteen Eighty-Four (1948). Decorations by various eminent hands including the author's. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with decorative gilt stamping. A fine copy.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Evelyn Waugh. Love Among the Ruins. Chapman & Hall, 1953.
Price: US$695.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy In Reddish Cloth. Limited Edition. 1/350 Copies of 300 For Sale Signed by The Author #235 Gorgeous Fresh Copy.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
WAUGH, Evelyn.. Love Among the Ruins: A Romance of the Near Future.. Chapman & Hall, London, 1953.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: 50 pp. With Decorations by Various Eminent Hands including the Author's. 8vo, publisher's red gilt cloth in the publisher's glassine wrapper with text on the front flap. First edition; No. 311 of 350 copies signed b y Evelyn Waugh. Slight tanning to small areas of the endsheets; otherwise a fine copy in the printed glassine with some creasing and a large chip to the top of the spine and rear panel.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Evelyn Waugh. Love Among Ruin, A Romance of the Near Future. Chapman & Hall, London, 1953.
Price: US$1016.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Love Among Ruins, A Romance of the Near Future signed by Evelyn Waugh, Limited and signed edition numbered 88/350, Published by Chapman & Hall, London 1953, A lovely copy of this limited edition of Waugh's story of satire set in a dystopian quasi-egalitarian Britain. This edition of Love Among Ruins is complete with a rare printed glassine dust jacket. Overall a very good copy/near fine of this classic and collectable title. The book includes decorations by various eminent hands including the author's. Original, red cloth boards with bright gilt illustration on the cover of the book. Lettering on the spine which is very lightly faded in colour. The extremities of the book are in very good condition. The contents are clean and bright. Light spotting only on the end pages. The glassine dust jacket is printed and includes the Two Guineas net price on the flap. Chips on the corners of the wrapper. 8vo 49 printed pages.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Love Among the Ruins. Chapman & Hall, London, 1953.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION of 350 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 Red 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$1929.97 + shipping
Description: First edition, signed limited issue, additionally inscribed by Waugh "For Darling Momo, with love from Evelyn", on the limitation page. Maud "Momo" Marriott, née Kahn, was the sister of Nin Ryan and wife of Major General Sir John Marriott. Waugh became friends with the Marriotts through Randolph Churchill, while they were stationed in the Middle East during the Second World War. This is number 20 of 350 copies signed by the author. Octavo (212 x 136 mm). Bound for Asprey in near-contemporary quarter purple morocco, with brown cloth sides, titles to spines gilt with raised bands, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Spine sunned, spine ends very slightly rubbed, internally fine. An excellent copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Love Among the Ruins. Chapman & Hall, London, 1953.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: LIMITED EDITION of 350 copies SIGNED by Evelyn Waugh. A spectacular copy bound in the publisher's cloth. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.