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WAUGH (EVELYN) Men at Arms, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED "For F.B. Walker with gratitude for all his countless kindnesses from Evelyn Waugh" on the front free endpaper, Chapman & Hall, 1952 image 1
WAUGH (EVELYN) Men at Arms, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED "For F.B. Walker with gratitude for all his countless kindnesses from Evelyn Waugh" on the front free endpaper, Chapman & Hall, 1952 image 2
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WAUGH (EVELYN)
Men at Arms, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED, Chapman & Hall, 1952

14 November 2023, 14:00 GMT
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WAUGH (EVELYN)

Men at Arms, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED "For F.B. Walker with gratitude for all his countless kindnesses from Evelyn Waugh" on the front free endpaper, half-title, publisher's blue cloth, 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1952

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The first volume of Waugh's "Sword of Honour" trilogy, inscribed with an exceptionally warm note of gratitude to F.B. Walker, who had during the Second World War in which the action of the Men of Arms takes place, been the production manager at Chapman & Hall, supporting Waugh to publish several of his novels at a time of great crisis.

Provenance: F.B. Walker (1910-1993), presentation inscription from the author. Walker was the Production Manager at Waugh's publisher Chapman and Hall during the war, effectively running the department despite not being on the board. "It was he who had seen Put out More Flags, Work Suspended, and Brideshead through the press, and he and Waugh had a comfortable professional relationship... Walker was the only person left at Chapman & Hall for whom he felt the slightest sympathy" (Martin Stannard, Evelyn Waugh: No Abiding City 1939-1966, 1992). In September 1945, when Walker was overlooked for promotion to the Board in favour of John McDougall, Waugh resigned his directorship of the company in disgust. Subsequently he continued sending Walker warmly inscribed copies of his later books; by descent to the vendor.

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