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Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited Edition. #181 of 850 numbered copies of the regular issue (there were 150 Signed copies). A Fine copy in dull orange buckram, in a Near Fine pale grey dustwrapper printed in black, price-clipped, with tiny wear to crown, upper flap points. 37pp. with four wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. Clean and unmarked. Printed in Great Britain. Two pieces about Palestine. Q19579
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$895.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited Edition signed by both Evelyn Waugh and Reynolds Stone of Waugh's observations about and reflections on ancient and sacred places in the Middle East. Illustrated with woodcuts by the distinguished 20th century British engraver Reynolds Stone. One of fifty numbered copies bound in red Niger morocco leather and signed by both Evelyn Waugh and Reynolds Stone on a limitation page. This copy is number 20. 37 pages, illustrated, gilt titles. No dust jacket. Has rubbing on several small spots on the spine edge of the front cover as well as rubbing on the fore edge corners both top and bottom. Also a bit of foxing on the front endpapers. We'll cheerfully provide photos upon request.
Seller: M.S. Books, Salisbury, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$1850.00 + shipping
Description: Signed limited issue, number 23 of 50 specially bound copies, signed by both the author and illustrator Reynolds Stone, from a total edition of 1,000 copies.ÂQuarto, original red morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gray endpapers, top edge gilt. Frontispiece woodcut and title page printed in brown, 3 further woodcuts in text printed in black. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. The Holy Places is Evelyn Waugh's travelogue concerning his journey through the Middle East. It is based on an article Waugh wrote for Life magazine, "The Plight of the Holy Places," (24 December 1951) after visiting Israel Palestine in 1951 with his friend Christopher Sykes. Patrick Leigh Fermor reviewed the work in the Sunday Times, noting that "few minor pleasures equal the delight of opening a book as beautifully presented as this."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.