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Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS SATIRE WAUGH, EVELYN. Vile Bodies. 2 page publisher's advertisement at end. Pictorial title-page printed in red and black. 8vo, original patterned boards, spine gilt-lettered, slight lean, top edges a little dust-soiled; dust jacket, spine panel tanned slightly, small nicks to corners and spine panel extremities and one small 5mm puncture not affecting lettering; contents clean; custom red cloth drop-back box. London: Chapman and Hall, 1930
first edition in the rare dust jacket with the price "7/6" on the spine panel and with Second Choice by Jeffery E. Jeffery as the last book on Chapman and Hall's list of Centenary Year Novels printed on the rear panel. Unlike most copies that appear on the market, this jacket is entirely unrestored. Waugh's second novel.
