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Published by London: Chapman and Hall, 1950, 1950
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
First edition, first impression, large paper issue, presentation copy, inscribed, "Dear Robert, You can't say this isn't a finer looking book than yours, Evelyn" on front free endpaper to the writer Robert Henriques (1905-67). Approximately 50 copies were specially bound and printed on handmade paper. Waugh considered this novel his greatest literary achievement: he told his biographer that "it's far the best book I have ever written or ever will write". Robert Henriques was with the Royal Artillery between 1926-33. A novel, No Arms, No Armour was published to much acclaim in 1939. He rejoined the Royal Artillery in 1939, moved to the Commandos and then to Combined Operations. After the war he became a farmer in the Cotswolds but continued to write and also helped run the early Cheltenham Literary Festivals. Selina Hastings notes in her biography of Waugh that "He was always on the look-out for potential converts, frequently displaying a missionary zeal that although undoubtedly inspired by Christian conviction was more suitable to a playground bully." and Henriques was identified by Waugh as a potential convert to Catholicism. As Hastings notes "Helena is a short novel, but the writing of it was spread over five years, from May 1945 to the spring of 1950. The third and fourth centuries AD, the early Christians, the Roman Empire under Constantine, were unfamiliar territory, and Evelyn was exceptionally anxious to do his subject justice. He turned to his friend and ex-Commando colleague, the Jewish writer Robert Henriques". Selina Hastings, Evelyn Waugh: a biography, London, 1994, pp. 507 and 538. Octavo. Original white cloth, lettering to spine in gilt. Remnants of glassine at rear. A remarkably bright copy despite some soiling to joints and spots of staining to rear cover, foxing to free endpapers, a very good copy.
Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1950
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First American edition of what the author always described as his best work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to friend, fellow Catholic and novelist J.F. Powers on the front free endpaper, "For Jim Powers with warm regards from Evelyn Waugh." Jim Powers was a novelist and short-story writer who often drew his inspiration from developments in the Catholic Church, and was known for his studies of Catholic priests in the Midwest. Writing about Powers's first collection of stories, "Prince of Darkness," Evelyn Waugh said that he "is almost unique in his country as a lay writer who is at ease in the Church; whose whole art, moreover, is everywhere infused and directed by his Faith." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. A nice association linking these two fine novelists. Based on the life of St. Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine and finder of the true cross, this spiritual adventure brings to life the political intrigues of ancient Rome and the early years of Christianity. Waugh considered "Helena" his finest novel. "[Helena] may be read on two levels of appreciation: As bright entertainment, or as deceptively profound commentary. On both levels it s a superlatively well done book" (Chicago Tribune).
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Little, Brown & Co. - Boston 1950. 8vo i-xiii + 1-247pp. First edition hardcover in the original tan cloth with author and title stamped in red on the spine. This copy is in fine unused condition. The exceptional unclipped dust jacket has a very light crease going down the spine - otherwise it shows like new. Included is a hand written postcard from Evelyn Waugh to the publisher requesting a copy of the dust jacket be sent to him (see photo). Comes in a custom fitted folding box.
First edition, first impression; 8vo; bookseller's label to front pastedown, else internally fine; publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, with the original unclipped dustjacket and 'Daily Mail Book of the Month' wraparound band, light marks and edge-wear, else near-fine. Evelyn Waugh's personal favourite of his novels and 'a superlatively well done book' (Chicago Tribune) set in the age of Emperor Constantine.
Published by London: Chapman & Hall, 1950, 1950
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first impression. Waugh considered this to be his best post-war work. Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine in gilt. With dust jacket and yellow wraparound band. Spine slightly rolled, a little minor spotting to contents. An excellent copy in the jacket with faintly sunned spine and minor loss to head of spine.
Published by Chapman and Hall, London
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. HARDBACK - The book is in very good or better condition with very clean pages that are free of any signs of foxing or finger marks. The dust wrapper is a very good example with light fraying to the spine tip, and with a couple of small closed tears to the rear panel. A nice example, with the scarce Daily Mail book of the month wrap around band accompanying the book.
First edition, first impression; 8vo; faint offsetting to endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, with the price-clipped dustjacket, small tear to front flap, short closed tear to rear panel, minor dust-soiling, else a near-fine example. Evelyn Waugh's personal favourite of his novels and 'a superlatively well done book' (Chicago Tribune) set in the age of Emperor Constantine.
Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1950
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
265 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A near fine copy in a bright, unchipped jacket which is price-clipped.
Published by Chapman & Hall. London. 1950, 1950
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.4 x 5.1 inches). A fine copy finely bound in recent full dark blue morocco, spine with raised bands, lettered, ruled and decorated in gilt. Single gilt ruled border to boards. Top edge gilt. A Fine copy.
Published by Chapman & Hall 1950, London, 1950
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. xiii, 265 pp. Original dark blue cloth in dust wrapper. Minor marks to boards. Jacket now protected in a clear plastic wrapper. Slight marks to free endpapers. No ownership names. Clean copy in Near Fine condition. 8vo.
Published by Chapman & Hall, London, 1950
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing Published by Chapman & Hall, London 1950. With the very scarce Daily Mail wraparound band. VG clean and tight condition. No marks or inscriptions. Occasional spotting. Very clean Blue cloth covers with few dust marks DJ has Wood effect front and Yellow spine & Rear Dustjacket not price clipped. Minor chipping to top of spine. Protected in archive cover.
Published by Chapman & Hall, London, 1950
Seller: MHO - Collectors' Books, Fittleworth, Pulborough, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing, appears little read, not price clipped ( 9s 6d net), no owner's name or other inscription, page ends mildly age toned ( text unaffected), small bruise to top corner of board at rear, head of D/j spine has some loss either side, some shelf rubbing to head and base of D/j spine, rear of D/j has two 1cm tears at head and shelf wear at base. This copy purchased by me over 40 years ago.
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of Evelyn Waugh's historical novel in the original publisher's dust wrapper. First edition of Helena by Evelyn Waugh in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper.This is Waugh's sole historical fiction work. It follows Helena of Constantinople and her mission to find the relics of the cross on which Christ was crucified.Evelyn Waugh was a well renowned English writer of travel books, novels and biographies. In the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. There is some light wear to the extremities of the dust wrapper resulting in a few small tears and creases. To the binding, there is some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine. book.
First Canadian edition (UK sheets with a UK d/w). A fine copy in the English d/w, price "9s.6d" on the flap. The d/w has a bit of light wear to the spine ends and corners but is in fact, near fine.
Publication Date: 1950
Seller: The Bookshop on the Heath Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The original monthly parts in which Helena was published: the novel was first published in consecutive parts of 'The Month' from June 1950, prior to its first publication as a single volume in October 1950. Interesting piece of mid-twentieth century publishing history; extremely rare to find all three parts of the novel together. Condition is excellent. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.
Published by EDHASA, 1985
ISBN 10: 8435005534ISBN 13: 9788435005531
Seller: Iridium_Books, DH, SE, Spain
Book
Condition: Muy Bueno / Very Good.
Published by Little, Brown and Company, 1950
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Unclipped DJ in archival cover edge wear. Stated first edition.
Published by Chapman & Hall, Toronto, 1950
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
1st Edition. 1st Edition. First Canadian edition from the UK sheets. 8vo. A very scarce issue. Waugh's ambitious novel based on the life of Saint Helena. A fine copy in near fine wrapper with a few tiny chips, internal archival tape repair at the fold & a bit of soiling to the rear panel. despite these flaws, a very decent example - the paper stock for this wrapper is so thin & delicate, that survival in any form is truly amazing.
Published by Chapman & Hall, London, 1950
Seller: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, New Zealand
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A beautiful copy, the only negatives are the tiniest hint of glue residue from a presumed book plate on front paste down and some light tanning to ep's. The book it's self appears unread. Jacket is un-clipped at 9s.6d net. It has been paper repaired to very minor chipping and a closed tear.
Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1950
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. 12mo (19cm). Navy cloth-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 265pp. Clean, straight and tight with a trace of rubbing to cloth at spine ends; Very Good+. In the original unclipped (priced 9s.6d.) patterned dustwrapper, unclipped; somewhat mottled on spine panel with a shallow loss at crown (away from lettering); Very Good. Foyles bookseller ticket underneath jacket on front pastedown. DAVIS (et al) XXV.
Published by Little, Brown, Boston, 1950
Seller: Catron Grant Books, Rio Rancho, NM, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Editon. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 245 pp. Waugh writes a fictional biography of St. Helena, mother of Constantine. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Yellow cloth boards are undamaged. DJ is intact, not price-clipped, with some edgewear. Now in protective mylar.
Published by Little, Brown & Company, Boston, 1950
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; Third Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. 1/4 inch open tear at top of rear panel.
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. The first impression of the Uniform Edition of Evelyn Waugh's historical novel about Helen of Constantinople. The first impression of the Uniform Edition of this work, published the same year as the first edition, and correctly identified with '5081/4' to the colophon.In the publisher's original price unclipped Uniform Edition dust wrapper.This was the sole historical novel by Evelyn Waugh, and follows the quest of Helena of Constantinople - the mother of Roman Emperor Constantine I - to find the relics of the cross on which Christ was crucified. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Dust wrapper age toned to back strip. Light chipping to back strip head and tail, with small loss to rear wrap tail. Light handling marks to wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine. book.
Published by Chapman and Hall, 1950
Seller: The Books of Eli, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A Near fine book in a very good DW. First Edition. The book has a very slight bump to bottom of spine and a few dust marks to top page edges. DW has a slight to top of spine, not affecting any text and a few bumps to bottom of DW.
Published by Chapman & Hall, London., 1950
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition. Octavo. pp xiii, 265.Very good indeed in very good, price-clipped dustwrapper with several nicks.
Published by Little, Brown and Company, 1950
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover edge ware small tear. Stated first edition.
Published by Editora y Distribuidora Hispano Americana, S.A., 1985
ISBN 10: 8435005534ISBN 13: 9788435005531
Seller: DMBeeBookstore, Buenos Aires, BA, Argentina
Book
Tapa Blanda. Condition: Bien. FOTOS: No dude en pedir mas imagenes. Es de segunda mano, como se ve en la foto, puede preguntar mas detalle del ejemplar.
Published by Loyola Classics, 2005
ISBN 10: 082942122XISBN 13: 9780829421224
Seller: Save With Sam, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: New. Brand New!.
Published by Oxford University Press, 2021
ISBN 10: 019968524XISBN 13: 9780199685240
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom
Book
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Publication Date: 2006
Seller: DMBeeBookstore, Buenos Aires, BA, Argentina
Tapa Blanda. Condition: Bien. FOTOS: No dude en pedir mas imagenes. Es de segunda mano, como se ve en la foto, puede preguntar mas detalle del ejemplar.