Evelyn Waugh, Officers and Gentlemen, first edition, 1955
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Evelyn Waugh, Officers and Gentlemen, first edition, 1955

Waugh (Evelyn) Officers and Gentlemen

£100

London, Chapman & Hall, 1955.

First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 12s.6.

A very good first edition of the second book in Waughs’ Sword of Honour trilogy, loosed derived from the author’s own wartime experiences.

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