Labels: A Mediterranean Journal

London: Duckworth, 1930. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A smart first edition of this illustrated travel journal from Evelyn Waugh, from the library of the son of Joyce Gill. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and six plates. Collated complete. Waugh's first travel book written on his honeymoon cruise with his first wife, Evelyn Gardner, affectionately known as She-Evelyn. The holiday was not successful as Waugh's new wife fell ill and their activities were inhibited. Written by Evelyn Waugh, an English novelist, biographer, travel writer, journalist, and book reviewer best known for his early satires Decline and Fall, and A Handful of Dust. From the library of the son of Joyce Gill, a life-long friend of Evelyn Waugh. Joyce and Evelyn had a passionate affair during the annulment of Evelyn"s first marriage to "She-Evelyn". The pair were introduced sometime around Christmas in 1923 at a nightclub in Fitzrovia, their affair seeming to come to a head in the summer of 1935, when Evelyn invited Joyce to leave her husband and join him on his travels to Abyssinia. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the top of the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light spotting to the first and last few pages. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Very Good