Edmund Campion

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Lot 433 | Edmund Campion
WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-1966). Edmund Campion. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1935.Presentation copy of Waugh’s biography of St. Edmund Campion, one of fifty copies for private distribution. Inscribed by Waugh to Penelope Betjeman: "Penelope with love from Evelyn." Betjeman, a travel writer, was close to Waugh and the dedicatee of his 1950 historical novel Helena. She was also the wife of poet laureate John Betjeman. This is copy number 38. Davis et al.,12.Octavo. (A little minor spotting internally.) Original red cloth (spine sunned). Provenance: Penelope Chetwode, Lady Betjeman, 1910-1986, travel writer (authorial inscription; by descent to:) – Paul Betjeman, b.1937 (Christie's, 17 May 1989, lot 235).
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