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Penguin, 1966. Paperback. Good. 1966. Reprint. 222 pages. Black and white photographic paper cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning.

Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books. Very Good-. 1954. Reprint; Third Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Slightly slanted spine, original owner name and date "25 8 54" to front endpaper, some pencil crayon scribble to rear cover, inside rear cover nad last few leaves, paper lightly age toned with minor foxing. ; Third printing of Orange Penguin 423, 1954. Nice tight copy. ; 224 pages; Waugh's sixth novel featuring some of the upper class characters that had appeared in Waugh's earlier satirical novels Decline and Fall, Vile Bodies, and Black Mischief. The outbreak of the Second World War seems a bit of a damp squib, but peacetime lives of boredom and frivolity give way to a sense of purpose and solidarity as the period of the Phoney War changes with the onset of the cataclysmic events of 1940. .

Penguin Books, 1969. Paperback. Very Good. 1969. Reprinted. 222 pages. Paperback book with pictorial paper covers. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning.

Penguin, 1966. Paperback. Good. 1966. Reprinted. 222 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Penguin, 1958. Paperback. Good. 1958. 222 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Penguin Books, 1969. Paperback. Acceptable. 1969. Reprinted. 222 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Small tears and chipping, with heavy tanning and marking overall. Book is slightly curled.

Penguin, 1954. Paperback. Acceptable. 1954. Reprinted. 222 pages. Orange striped penguin cover. Neat, clean, with heavy tanning and foxing to pages and text block edges. Occasional thumbing throughout and inscriptions to half title page. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Small tears and chipping, with heavy tanning and marking overall. Book is slightly curled.

Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books. Very Good-. 1982. Reprint; Fourteenth Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading and cover creases, light shelf and edge wear with tiny split to fore edge of base of spine, remains of original publisher's price sticker to rear cover, paper lightly edge toned ; Fourteenth printing of Penguin mass market edition, 1982. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Cover design by Bentley/Farrell/Burnett. ; 224 pages; Waugh's sixth novel featuring some of the upper class characters that had appeared in Waugh's earlier satirical novels Decline and Fall, Vile Bodies, and Black Mischief. The outbreak of the Second World War seems a bit of a damp squib, but peacetime lives of boredom and frivolity give way to a sense of purpose and solidarity as the period of the Phoney War changes with the onset of the cataclysmic events of 1940. .

Penguin, 1969. Paperback. Good. 1969. 222 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Penguin Books, 1966. Paperback. Good. 1966. Reprinted. 222 pages. Pictorial paperback. Pen inscription to inside front cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Penguin, 1954. Paperback. Good. 1954. Reprinted. 222 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Penguin Books, 1961. Paperback. Good. 1961. Reprinted. 222 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Penguin Books, 1951. Paperback. Good. 1951. Reprint. 222 pages. Paperback book. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Penguin Books, 1969. Paperback. Acceptable. 1969. Reprinted. 222 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Small tears and chipping, with heavy tanning and marking overall. Book is slightly curled.

Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1942. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1942. First Edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with lettering. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Moderate tanning and wear marks to spine and boards with crushing to spine ends.

UK paperback reprint, 1972 Penguin Books. The book is in very good condition. No creasing to the spine or covers.

Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1942. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1942. First Edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth boards with lettering. Hinges are moderately cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpaper and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front pastedown. Front free endpaper is missing. Thumb-marking present. Binding is slightly loose. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Lettering is bright and clear. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards.

Penguin Books, 1966. Paperback. Good. 1966. Reprinted. 222 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.