Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh, two of the twentieth century's most gifted writers, matched wits and exchanged insults in a continuous irreverent dialogue. Their delicious letters, most never before published (for fear of speaking ill of the living), provide colorful glimpses of both lives, of an enduring but thorny friendship, and of the literary and social circles of London and Paris at midcentury. Waugh and Mitford came out of the group of London socialites known as the Bright Young Things; they both found best-selling ...
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Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh, two of the twentieth century's most gifted writers, matched wits and exchanged insults in a continuous irreverent dialogue. Their delicious letters, most never before published (for fear of speaking ill of the living), provide colorful glimpses of both lives, of an enduring but thorny friendship, and of the literary and social circles of London and Paris at midcentury. Waugh and Mitford came out of the group of London socialites known as the Bright Young Things; they both found best-selling success in the 1940s, Waugh with Brideshead Revisited, Mitford with The Pursuit of Love. In their letters they sharpened their wits at the expense of friends and enemies alike and eagerly dissected their friends, including Harold Acton, Graham Greene, the Sitwells, Duff and Diana Cooper, Randolph Churchill, and their favorite butt, Cyril Connolly. Waugh's pessimistic brand of Roman Catholicism clashed with Mitford's cheerful iconoclasm; her francophilia only fueled he
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Fine in Very Good + jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Dustwrapper, stout 8vo, pp. xxvi, 527. Illustrated. Wrapper has small worn splits to two corners, with very slight creasing to edges in paces. Inscription to front endpaper else contents clean and tight. Fine in VG+ dustwrapper. A heavy book weighing c1200g when suitably parcelled, thus exceeding the default weight of 1000g for the postage quotation, and invoking a request for the extra postage at cost at time of order ( or can be supplied on request ) if to be sent overseas or by UK 1st class post.
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Fine. Uncorrected proof of first American edition. Edited by Charlotte Mosley. xix, 531pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Red printed wrappers. Small bump at the crown, else about fine. Publisher's promotional material laid in.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book (xxiv) 527 pages, b/w plates, index; 8vo, wine boards/cloth. Near fine, remainder dot top edge; dust jacket near fine.