Evelyn Waugh — Tactical Exercise

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this US-only collection of Waugh"s shorter works, complete with the original clipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition. Complete with the original clipped dust wrapper.A US-only collection of Waugh"s twelve shorter pieces, including "The Curse of the Horse Race," the title piece, "Mr Loveday"s Little Outing," and the first American appearance of "Love Among the Ruins."Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) was one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century, best known for Brideshead Revisited, Scoop, and Decline and Fall. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight fading to extremities. Previous bookseller's discreet label to rear paste down. Dust wrapper, very smart. Clipped. Slight edge wear with one or two small chips, closed tears and creases to extremities, more so to head and tail of spine. Minor sticker residue to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.