The Ordeal Of Gilbert Pinford First Edition
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First Edition of Evelyn Waugh's The Ordeal Of Gilbert Pinford
WAUGH, Evelyn.
The Ordeal Of Gilbert Pinford.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1957.
First edition of what Waugh called his "mad book"—a largely autobiographical account of a period of hallucinations caused by bromide intoxication that he experienced in the early months of 1954, recounted through his protagonist Gilbert Pinfold. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145512
