Vile Bodies.
by Waugh, Evelyn
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London; Folio Society, 2015., 2015. Hard Cover. Octavo, pp. xvi, [2], 204. Colour frontispiece and 5 further monochrome plates. Publisher's black cloth with colour illustration to upper board and gilt titles and motif to spine; house in a matching black slipcase. A clean, neat copy; Fine book in like slipcase. Set in 1920s Mayfair, this novel chronicles the escapades of the Bright Young Things, with illustrations by Kate Baylay and an introduction by David Lodge.
Synopsis
Vile Bodies is a 1930 novel by Evelyn Waugh satirising decadent young London society between World War I and World War II. The title comes from the Epistle to the Philippians 3:21. The book was originally to be called "Bright Young Things" (which went on to be the title of Stephen Fry's 2003 film); Waugh changed it because he decided the phrase had become too clichéd.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9578
- Title
- Vile Bodies.
- Author
- Waugh, Evelyn
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London; Folio Society, 2015.
- Date Published
- 2015
- Keywords
- Fiction
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About the Seller
Keel Row Books
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
About Keel Row Books
Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Folio
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- Fine
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