Evelyn Waugh — Officers and Gentlemen

London, Chapman & Hall, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of the second book of Evelyn Waugh's brilliant semi-autobiographical wartime trilogy. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Set during the Second World War, Waugh's novel follows the story of Guy Crouchback, and starts with his being sent back to England in disgrace. Having himself been in service during the Second World War, this series of novel loosely draw upon Waugh's own wartime experience. Evelyn Waugh was a English writer known for his novels, biographies and travel books, as well as a journalist and book reviewer. He is perhaps best known for his work 'Brideshead Revisited', and the satire 'Decline and Fall&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in lovely condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Dust wrapper is generally bright, though chipped to the head and tail of the spine, with small marks to the rear of the wrap. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.