Vile Bodies - Evelyn Waugh 1930 - Chapman &, London - First Edition First edition of Waugh’s second novel, with the wonderful pictorial title page.

‘In the years following the First World War a new generation emerges, wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter. The Bright Young Things of 'twenties Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercise their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade. In a quest for treasure, a favourite party occupation, a vivid assortment of characters hunt fast and furiously for ever greater sensations and the fulfilment of unconscious desires.’ [Penguin]
  Vile Bodies is like PG Wodehouse channelling the spirit of Thomas Hardy: melancholic and arch at the same time.’ - Forgotten Classics.

Octavo (book size 19.3x13.2cm), pp. ii-x 254. In publisher’s red and black snakeskin-patterned cloth, spine lettered in gilt, lower edge untrimmed, others trimmed. Lacking the half title.
  Condition: Very good, some foxing to last few pages, lacking half-title, in near fine cloth boards, toning to spine, minor wear to corners and spine ends.   Ref: 111730   Price: HK$ 2,000