Waugh, Evelyn.

THE LOVED ONE.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1948. First US edition. Hardcover. 164 pp., small octavo, original gray cloth with cover title and ornament in green, jacket. Moderate fading to cloth, else very good in jacket with fading to jacket spine lettering, a few spots and general toning, but no tears, not price-clipped. Item #23378

A satire on life and mores in Hollywood. The author, in "A Warning" on the page following the dedication to Nancy Mitford, cautions the reader that ". . . this is a nightmare and in parts, perhaps, somewhat gruesome. The squeamish should return their copies to the library or the bookstore unread."

Price: $40.00