Vile Bodies
by Waugh, Evelyn
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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London, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
0 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.
Synopsis
Vile Bodies is a 1930 novel by Evelyn Waugh satirising decadent young London society between World War I and World War II. The title comes from the Epistle to the Philippians 3:21. The book was originally to be called "Bright Young Things" (which went on to be the title of Stephen Fry's 2003 film); Waugh changed it because he decided the phrase had become too clichéd.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Idlegeniusbooks (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008856
- Title
- Vile Bodies
- Author
- Waugh, Evelyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
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About the Seller
Idlegeniusbooks
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London, Aberdeen
About Idlegeniusbooks
We are a small trader specialising in Modern First Editions. We are also the book 'Experts' for Cashintheattic and value books for insurance and Probate.Our stock includes many signed books and Ephemera items. We also sell books on London and Architecture.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...