1912-1993
Ref:GB 206 Elliott Collection MS Waugh
Location:University of Leeds Special Collections
Name of creator:Waugh Evelyn 1903-1966.
Extent:13 items, held in 8 vols, 2 plastic envelopes, and 1 loose folio; manuscript, typescript, and printed material. Item (1) is bound in red morocco which bears the gilt lettering 'The Pistol Troop Magazine. Edited by Evelyn Waugh 1912' and a crowned armorial shield on the front cover, and the volume is held in a custom-made box covered in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine 'The/ Pistol/ Troop/ Magazine/ edited/ by/ Evelyn/ Waugh'; (2) is bound in the original brown paper wrappers, each issue having a typed title slip pasted on the front, and the set of volumes is held in a custom-made box covered in blue cloth and bearing on the spine the gilt lettering 'Evelyn/ Waugh/ The/ Cynic'; (3) is bound in dark red morocco with gilt tooling and lettering on the spine, and is held in a large custom-made box covered in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine 'Evelyn Waugh/ Vile bodies/ Original/ Manuscript'; (4) is held in Remote people, by Waugh, 1931; (5) is held in Waugh in Abyssinia, by Waugh, 1936; (6) is held within a custom-made box covered in blue cloth bearing on its spine the gilt lettering 'Evelyn/ Waugh/ Decline/ and/ Fall'; (7) is held within a custom-made box covered in blue cloth with gilt tooling and the lettering on the spine 'Brideshead/ Revisited/ Evelyn/ Waugh/ 1945'; (8), (10), and (11) are all held in paper folders inside a custom-made box covered in blue cloth and bearing on the spine the gilt lettering 'Letters/ of/ Evelyn/ Waugh'; (9) is held in a separate transparent plastic envelope; (12) is loose; and (13) is held separately in a transparent plastic envelope
Language:English
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