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  First Editions of Each Volume the Classic Sword of Honour Trilogy; Officers and Gentlemen warmly inscribed by Evelyn Waugh to Daphne Fielding

  WAUGH, Evelyn [Daphne Fielding].

  The Sword of Honour Trilogy: Men At Arms; Officers and Gentlemen; Unconditional Surrender.

  London: Chapman & Hall, 1952-1961.

  First editions of each volume in the author's acclaimed Sword of Honour Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper of Officers and Gentlemen, "For Darling Daphne, Beloved Bigamist, from Evelyn." The recipient, Daphne Fielding (1904–1997) was a British socialite and writer whose memoirs and biographical works offered a vivid portrait of aristocratic life in the early twentieth century. Born Daphne Vivian, daughter of the 4th Baron Vivian, she married Henry Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath, and became Marchioness of Bath before their divorce in 1953. Fielding was closely connected to the "Bright Young Things"—a group of bohemian aristocrats and artists whose flamboyant lifestyles captured public imagination in interwar Britain—and maintained friendships with many prominent literary figures, including Evelyn Waugh. Waugh, who shared her interest in the idiosyncrasies of upper-class life, dedicated his 1957 novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold to Fielding and her best-known works included The Nearest Way Home (1970), a memoir of her unconventional upbringing, and The Duchess of Jermyn Street (1978), a biography of her mother-in-law, Daisy Fellowes. With wit, candor, and an insider’s perspective, Fielding documen...

  Price: $12,000.00     Item Number: 146294

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  The Folio Society Editions of Evelyn Waugh's the Sword of Honour Trilogy

  WAUGH, Evelyn.

  The Sword of Honour Trilogy: Men At Arms; Officers and Gentlemen; Unconditional Surrender.

  London: The Folio Society, 2001.

  The Folio Society reissued edition of each volume in the Sword of Honour Trilogy. Octavo, three volumes, pictorial boards, illustrated throughout. Each volume is in fine condition. Illustrations by John Lawrence.

  Price: $175.00     Item Number: 150687

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