The End of the Battle aka "Unconditional Surrender" by Evelyn Waugh [U.S. FIRST EDITION / 1961]
The End of the Battle aka Unconditional Surrender by Evelyn Waugh [SWORD OF HONOUR #3]
U.S. FIRST EDITION / FOURTH PRINTING [1961] LITTLE BROWN & COMPANY
Hardcover with dust jacket in good condition.
Book itself is excellent; gilded leatherette cover and binding are both pristine. Pages read like new.
Dust jacket is in acceptable condition. Heavy chipping to edges; several small sealed tears and one larger one on lower spine [reinforced w. tape on underside.] Back of DJ has heavy discoloration and hand drawn checkmarks next to the list of titles.
Guy Crouchback has lost his Halberdier idealism. A desk job in London gives him the chance of reconciliation with his former wife. Then, in Yugoslavia, as a liaison officer with the partisans, he finally becomes aware of the futility of a war he once saw in terms of honour.