1996, ISBN: 9780701139124

New York, NY: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1943 Longmans, Green, and Company, New York. 1943. Hardcover. 3rd Printing by copyright page information. Book is tight, square, and unmarked b… More...

New York, NY: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1943 Longmans, Green, and Company, New York. 1943. Hardcover. 3rd Printing by copyright page information. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good; light glue toning to endpapers; light bumping to head, tail, and upper tips; scant shelfwear. No DJ. Red cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. Deckle fore edge. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 353 pp 8vo. Hilare lloo, Francis K. Connally, Thomas J. Walsh, G.K. Chesterton, Katharine Burton, Westbrook Pegler, Heywood Broun, Wyndham-Lewis, Agnes Repplier, Evelyn Waugh, Frank Sullivan, John Kieran, George N, Shuster, Francis C. Kelley and many others are represented in this book. The contributions are divided into five classes: 1) Fiction and Short Stories; 2) Humorous and Satirical Poetry; 3) Essays, Letters and Columns; 4) Plays and Dialogs; 5) Anecdotes of Fact and Fancy. The connection between all of these is of course that everything is referenced to humor with abounds in literature and writing. Why Catholics? Catholics consider themselves a family, a unit, from a cultural and religious point of view. So why not bring them all together for a family picture? The editor's family pride (being a Catholic) is a good a reason as any for this book. This book will emphasize the connection, real and vital , which exists between religion and humor. A clean very presentable copy., Longmans, Green, and Company, 1943, 3, J M Dent and Sons, London - first edition 1986 hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket LOOSELY INSERTED: extensive review of 'Letters of Nancy Mitford to Evelyn Waugh', newspaper dated 1996. Previous owner's bookplate to half-title page. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Thirty-one b&w photographs, family tree, select bibliography, list of Evelyn Waugh's works, and index. In this important new biography, Martin Stannard gives the most detailed account ever published of Waugh and his work. Years of research have unearthed a great deal of new material. The author rejects the stereotyped image of Waugh as a brilliant clown and in its place we see a more complex and sympathetic character and, above all, the serious artist., J M Dent and Sons, London - first edition, 1986, 0, (Subject: World War II - General) An anthology edited and introduced by Mordecai Richler. An international selection of writings by novelists, poets, essayists, diarists and journalists. Includes Simone de Beauvoir, Evelyn Waugh, Norman Mailer, Primo Levi, Martha Gellhorn, Yukio Mishima, Studs Terkel, John Hersey, Elie Wiesel et al. Subjects as diverse as the London Blitz, the invasion of Poland, the Australian war, and Hiroshima are covered. (Published: 1991) (Publisher: Chatto & Windus) (ISBN: 0701139129) (Pagination: 727pp) (Condition: vg in chipped d/w) UL-XXXXXX, 0<

1992, ISBN: 9780701139124

Hardcover, Gebraucht, guter Zustand, All orders are dispatched within 1 working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we are dedicated to recycling unwanted books on behalf of a… More...

Hardcover, Gebraucht, guter Zustand, All orders are dispatched within 1 working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we are dedicated to recycling unwanted books on behalf of a number of UK charities who benefit from added revenue through the sale of their books plus huge savings in waste disposal. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied. , [PU: Chatto & Windus]<

1992, ISBN: 9780701139124

Hard cover, Slight shelf wear otherwise fine., Very Good., 732 p., London, [PU: Chatto & Windus]