By Evelyn Waugh

Published: London Chapman and Hall

Size: 7.5" by 5" Pagination: [6], vii, [1], 184pp

A fine first edition of Evelyn Waugh's first hand account of his hallucinations by bromide intoxication, an entertaining work.

By Evelyn Waugh

1957 The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold

Name: 1957 The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
SKU: 746P28
Price: 148 GBP
Availability: InStock

Published: London Chapman and Hall

Size: 7.5" by 5" Pagination: [6], vii, [1], 184pp

A fine first edition of Evelyn Waugh's first hand account of his hallucinations by bromide intoxication, an entertaining work.

£148.00

weight: 0.5kgs / stock code: 746P28

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Description

First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

The first edition of this work.

In the original publisher’s unclipped dustwrapper.

‘The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold’ is a largely autobiographical novel, based off the author’s period of hallucinations caused by bromide intoxication.

Evelyn Waugh was a noted English author of the twentieth century, best known for his novel ‘Brideshead Revisited’ and ‘A Handful of Dust’.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, fine, with a very faint mark to the rear board. Dustwrapper is near fine with a very small closed tear to the head of the front wrap, and a couple of handling marks to the rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.

Overall: Fine

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