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WAUGH (EVELYN) Waugh (Evelyn)
Brideshead Revisited. The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR in blue ink on the title-page, Chapman and Hall, 1945; together with 4 autograph letters signed by Arthur Waugh (5)

27 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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WAUGH (EVELYN)

Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited. The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR in blue ink on the title-page, publisher's cloth (faded at lower spine), dust-jacket ( corner of one page torn away (but present), publisher's red cloth (lower cover slightly creased), dust-jacket (unclipped, losses to spine, strengthened with tape at joints on blank verso), 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1945; together with 4 autograph letters signed by Arthur Waugh (5)

Footnotes

Provenance: Catherine Neill (1921-2006), whose family were neighbours and good friends of Arthur Waugh, Evelyn's father, who moved to 14A Hampstead Lane in 1934. For a period in 1934 Evelyn lived in the house with Arthur, writing to a friend that "at present it is all dignity & peace but I expect we shall soon have a quarrel & black each others eyes..."; by descent to the current owner.

Included in the lot are 4 autograph letters signed ("Arthur Waugh", the last two "Uncle Arthur") to the 21 year old Catherine ("Cathie"), dated between 10 March and 23 September 1941. Warm in tone Arthur praises members of the Neill family, writes of cricket, his memories of school lessons, quotes poetry but also expresses worries for his children during the war, reporting (10 March) that "Evelyn has gone abroad with his commands: We don't know where, but it is sure to be in the thick of things. Alec is still in England... When the invasion comes he will be in the forefront. It is a hard time for parents, who have to wait in hope...". On 7 July he passes on good news from Laura Waugh that Evelyn is rumoured to have been posted to India, adding that "why anyone should describe transfer to India as 'highly satisfactory', I must confess I do not understand".

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