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WAUGH, Evelyn. A collection of six works by Waugh, all first or first American editions, inscribed by Waugh to Alruna Waugh or her daughter Zarita Mattay, comprising: Officers and Gentlemen . London: Butler & Tanner Ltd. for Chapman & Hall, 1955. 8° (183 x 122mm). (Occasional minor marking, some light browning.) Original blue cloth, the spine lettered in gilt (extremities lightly rubbed and bumped, slightly rubbed and marked). Provenance : Alruna Waugh (presentation inscription on front free endpaper 'For Alruna , with Christmas greetings , from Evelyn Waugh , 1955') -- Andrew Mattay, 1977 (presentation inscription on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION. Davis, Doyle, Kosok and Linck A30. The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold . Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1957. 8° (190 x 128mm). (Occasional minor marking, light staining to preliminary leaves.) Original cloth-backed boards, lettered in silver on the spine, dustwrapper (extremities rubbed and bumped, dustwrapper stained and torn with some losses, adhesive tape repairs to verso). Provenance : Z. Mattay (presentation inscription on front free endpaper 'For Zarita , with affectionate greetings , from , Evelyn , Jan 1958') -- A. Mattay, January 1977 (presentation inscription on front free endpaper). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Davis, Doyle, Kosok and Linck A31. The Life of the Right Reverend Ronald Knox . London: Richard Clay & Co Ltd for Chapman & Hall, 1959. 8° (215 x 137mm). Half-tone frontispiece after Arthur Pollen, 7 half-tone plates. (Occasional light spotting, light browning on title and frontispiece.) Original blue cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, dustwrapper (lower board slightly marked, dustwrapper a little faded and browned, edges chipped and with short tears, adhesive tape marks on verso). Provenance : Z. Mattay (presentation inscription on front free endpaper 'For Zarita , with warm regards from , Evelyn Waugh , October 1959') -- A. Mattay, January 1977 (presentation inscription on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION. Davis, Doyle, Kosok and Linck A32. Tourist in Africa . Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1960. 8° (186 x 127mm). Illustrations. (Occasional light marking.) Original brown boards, spine lettered in red (extremities lightly rubbed and bumped, spine a little faded and stained). Provenance : Z. Mattay (presentation inscription on half-title 'For Zarita , with Christmas greetings , from , Evelyn , 1960'). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Davis, Doyle, Kosok and Linck A33. The End of the Battle [UK title: Unconditional Surrender ]. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1961. 8° (190 x 130mm). (Light marginal marking on a few leaves.) Original black cloth, publisher's device blind-stamped on the upper cover, spine lettered in gilt (spine faded, minor marking, corners bumped). Provenance : Z. Mattay (presentation inscription on front free endpaper 'for , Zarita Mattay , with Christmas Greetings , from , Evelyn Waugh'). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Davis, Doyle, Kosok and Linck A34. A Little Learning . Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. 8° (208 x 140mm). Half-tone frontispiece, genealogical table, full-page illustrations. Original pale yellow cloth, publisher's device blind-stamped on the upper cover, lettered in red on the spine, dustwrapper (a few small marks, dustwrapper a little browned, torn causing some small losses). Provenance : Z. Mattay (presentation inscription on front free endpaper 'For Zarita , with Christmas greetings , from her cousin , Evelyn , 1964'; pencilled notes on Waugh family history on p.4 and rear free endpaper) -- A. Mattay, 1977 (inscription on front free endpaper). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Davis, Doyle, Kosok and Linck A36. PRESENTATION COPIES OF ALL WAUGH'S BOOKS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1955 AND 1964, INSCRIBED TO HIS RELATIVES ALRUNA WAUGH AND ZARITA MATTAY (see previous lot), lacking only Basil Seal Rides Again (London: 1963). (6)