To the War With Waugh

ST JOHN, John / [WAUGH, Evelyn]

ST JOHN, John To the War With Waugh

The Whittington Press 1973.

First edition. In the original leaf patterned cloth with patterned endpapers. Number 35 of the limited edition of 600, signed by the author on the limitation page. Publisher's advertisement leaflet and order form loosely inserted. Tipped in photographic frontispiece. Thirty-two bold line illustrations by Peter MacKarrell. A fine copy in the original acetate wrapper.

John St John served in the Halberdiers with Evelyn Waugh during the Second World War. When St John first entered the Royal Marines mess he write that "I was the youngest, and the eldest was thirty-six: a short, peppery-looking person called Evelyn Waugh". Despite this age gap the two became close wartime friends, and this memoir describes many scenes - such as the abortive attack on Dakar - that form part of the narrative in Waugh's Sword Of Honour trilogy.

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