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Decline and Fall: An illustrated novelette
by Waugh, Evelyn
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Missing
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday, Doran & Company, inc, 1929-01-01. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good/Missing. First Edition stated; this would be the first American edition, published by Doubleday in 1929. Dust jacket is missing. Pages are clean, with the red tint at top of text block fading, and deckled edges showing age toning. Blue cloth boards show wear to edges, and spine shows sunning and some medium staining. Patterned endpapers; FFEP has former owner's signature in pen. Illustrated title labels affixed to front and to spine. Please see our photo.
Synopsis
Decline and Fall is a novel by the English author Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1928. It was Waugh's first novel, based in part on his schooldays at Lancing College and his experience as a teacher in Wales. It is a social satire that employs the author's characteristic black humour in lampooning various features of British society in the 1920s.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPwaughDF
- Title
- Decline and Fall: An illustrated novelette
- Author
- Waugh, Evelyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Missing
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company, inc
- Date Published
- 1929-01-01
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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