"The Sword of Honour. Trilogy" by Evelyn Waugh, introduction by Sir Frank Kermode, Everyman's Library, published by Alfred Knopf, New York. First EL Printing with "First included in Everyma’s Library in 1994" on the copyright page. Printed in Germany. Contents: Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen & Unconditional Surrender.

Hard boards, original dark-blue cloth, gold lettering in a black box on front board and spine, lettering on spine; 5" x 8.1/4"; frontispiece, xlv + 710 pages + "About the Introducer" + list of titles published in EL series + colophon; cream color paper, blue ribbon marker, near fine condition.

This trilogy of novels about World War II, largely based on his own experiences as an army officer, is the crowning achievement of Evelyn Waugh’s career. Its central character is Guy Crouchback, head of an ancient but decayed Catholic family, who at first discovers new purpose in the challenge to defend Christian values against Nazi barbarism, but then gradually finds the complexities and cruelties of war too much for him. Yet, though often somber, the Sword of Honour trilogy is also a brilliant comedy, peopled by the fantastic figures so familiar from Waugh's early satires. The deepest pleasures these novels afford come from observing a great satiric writer employ his gifts with extraordinary subtlety, delicacy, and human feeling.

Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (1903-1966), known by his pen name Evelyn Waugh, was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and reviewer of books. His most famous works include the early satires Decline and Fall (1928) and A Handful of Dust (1934), the novel Brideshead Revisited (1945) and the Second World War trilogy Sword of Honour (1952-61).

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