The Empress Helena made the historic pilgrimage to Palestine, found pieces of wood from the true Cross, and built churches at Bethlehem and Olivet. Her life coincided with one of the great turning-points of history: the recognition of Christianity as the religion of the Roman Empire. The enormous conflicting forces of the age, and the corruption, treachery, and madness of Imperial Rome combine to give Evelyn Waugh the theme for one of his most arresting and memorable novels.
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The Empress Helena made the historic pilgrimage to Palestine, found pieces of wood from the true Cross, and built churches at Bethlehem and Olivet. Her life coincided with one of the great turning-points of history: the recognition of Christianity as the religion of the Roman Empire. The enormous conflicting forces of the age, and the corruption, treachery, and madness of Imperial Rome combine to give Evelyn Waugh the theme for one of his most arresting and memorable novels.
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Good. Size: 7x4x0; Penguin Books. no. 1893. Previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
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Very Good in Good jacket. 1st Printing. First Edition/First Printing Published by Chapman & Hall, London 1950. VG clean and tight condition. No marks or inscriptions. Occasional spotting. Clean Blue cloth covers with water marks to edges. DJ has Wood effect front and Yellow spine & Rear Dustjacket not price clipped. Small section missing from top front Protected in archive cover.
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Not Stated. Near Fine in Good jacket. The first edition of Evelyn Waugh's historical novel in the original publisher's dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) was a well-renowned English writer of travel books, novels and biographies. This is Waugh's sole historical fiction work. It follows Helena of Constantinople and her mission to find the relics of the cross on which Christ was crucified. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is very smart and bright, with some loss to the gilt spine lettering. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Dust wrapper is chipped, particularly to the head and tail of the spine and to the folds of the flaps, with a large loss to the tail of the spine. Slightly sunned to the spine of the wrap. Near Fine.
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Not Stated. Good in Very Good jacket. A first edition copy of the Uniform Edition of Evelyn Waugh's only historical novel. The first impression of the Uniform Edition of this work, published the same year as the first edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dustwrapper. Correctly identified with '5081/4' to the colophon. The dustwrapper is the Uniform Edition version, priced at 8s. 6d. to the front flap. Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) was a well-renowned English writer of travel books, novels and biographies. This is Waugh's sole historical fiction work. It follows Helena of Constantinople and her mission to find the relics of the cross on which Christ was crucified. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally sound, with marks to the boards. Spine is slightly cocked. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrapper is sunned to the spine and chipped to the head and tail of the spine and to the folds of the flaps. Good.
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None. Near Fine in Very Good jacket. The first edition of Evelyn Waugh's historical novel surrounding Helena of Constantinople, in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Written by celebrated British author, Evelyn Waugh, this work has been noted as a personal favourite of the author. This is Waugh's sole historical fiction novel, set in the age of Emperor Constantine. The story follows Helena of Constantinople and her mission to find the relics of the cross on which Christ was crucified. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is smart with edge wear and minor loss to the head and tail of the spine. The odd closed tear or chip. Sunning to the wrap, mainly to the spine, and the odd mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine.
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None. Near Fine in Very Good Indeed jacket. The first impression of the Uniform Edition of Evelyn Waugh's historical novel about Helen of Constantinople. The first impression of the Uniform Edition of this work, published the same year as the first edition, and correctly identified with '5081/4' to the colophon. In the publisher's original price unclipped Uniform Edition dust wrapper. This was the sole historical novel by Evelyn Waugh, and follows the quest of Helena of Constantinople-the mother of Roman Emperor Constantine I-to find the relics of the cross on which Christ was crucified. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Dust wrapper age toned to back strip. Light chipping to back strip head and tail, with small loss to rear wrap tail. Light handling marks to wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine.
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None. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. The first edition of Evelyn Waugh's historical novel in the original publisher's dust wrapper. First edition of Helena by Evelyn Waugh in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Â This is Waugh's sole historical fiction work. It follows Helena of Constantinople and her mission to find the relics of the cross on which Christ was crucified. Â Evelyn Waugh was a well renowned English writer of travel books, novels and biographies. Â In the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. There is some light wear to the extremities of the dust wrapper resulting in a few small tears and creases. To the binding, there is some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 1st Printing. First Edition/First Printing Published by Chapman & Hall, London 1950. With the very scarce Daily Mail wraparound band. VG clean and tight condition. No marks or inscriptions. Occasional spotting. Very clean Blue cloth covers with few dust marks DJ has Wood effect front and Yellow spine & Rear Dustjacket not price clipped. Minor chipping to top of spine. Protected in archive cover.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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