Evelyn Waugh — Put out More Flags

London, Chapman & Hall LTD. 1942. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition of one of Evelyn Waugh's satirical wartime novels, an important commentary on the lives of the British upper-class. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.Dedicated to Randolph Churchill, 'Put Out More Flags' follows the lives of a variety of British upper-class characters, set in the midst of the Second World War.Written by Evelyn Waugh, a noted English author of the early- to mid-twentieth century. Waugh was involved with the Bright Young Things.From the library of the son of Joyce Gill, a life-long friend of Evelyn Waugh. Joyce and Evelyn had a passionate affair during the annulment of Evelyn"s first marriage to "She-Evelyn". The pair were introduced sometime around Christmas in 1923 at a nightclub in Fitzrovia, their affair seeming to come to a head in the summer of 1935, when Evelyn invited Joyce to leave her husband and join him on his travels to Abyssinia. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Spine is a little faded. Only a few small faint marks to the boards and spine. Dustwrapper is smart, with some very minor edge wear, with some closed tears neatly repaired. Light age-toning to the wraps and sunning to the spine, and light marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.