Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead
by BYRNE, Paula
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0060881305
- ISBN 13
- 9780060881306
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper / HarperCollins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2010. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0060881305 . Stated First U.S. Edition. Paula Byrne has written a biography of Evelyn Waugh, with a focus on the genesis of his magnum opus "Brideshead Revisited." In it, she discusses Waugh's experiences with Hugh Lygon and the ultra-wealthy Lygon family and their castle-home, Madresfield. The Lygons and their home both closely resemble Waugh's Flyte family and their Brideshead estate. With two sections of photos of Waugh and people and scenes described in the book. --- In tan and pale blue paper-covered boards with spine titling stamped in black. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with photo of a youthful Waugh riding his motorbike. --- An about-Near Fine copy lacking damages worthy of mention, in similar, unclipped jacket which is wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xi, (2), 368 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87373
- Title
- Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead
- Author
- BYRNE, Paula
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060881305
- ISBN 13
- 9780060881306
- Publisher
- Harper / HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- 0060881305
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir;
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Littleton, Colorado
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