Evelyn Waugh
123 copies for sale · $20–$28,000 · 36 first editions · 5 signed
Notable copies for sale
Work Suspended (first edition, signed) — Adrian Harrington Rare Books£1,000
Basil Seal Rides Again; The Rake's Regress (first edition, signed) — Bauer Rare Books$275
Vile Bodies (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$28,000
Sword of Honour. The Trilogy which includes: Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, and Unco (signed) — Adrian Harrington Rare Books£1,000
Scoop: A Novel About Journalists (first edition) — Churchill Book Collector$1,550
Sword of Honour. A Final Version of the Novels Men at Arms 1952 , Officers and Gentlemen 1 (first edition) — Adrian Harrington Rare Books£650
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED; The Scared and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$448
The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy (first edition) — Back Creek Books$250
Unconditional Surrender (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$200
Black Mischief (first edition) — Adrian Harrington Rare Books£195
Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, and Unconditional Surrender. Sword of Honour Trilogy (first edition) — Adrian Harrington Rare Books£165
Officers and Gentlemen (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$150
Works on the market
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED5 copies · £83–£12,000
PUT OUT MORE FLAGS5 copies · $20–$98
SCOTT-KING'S MODERN EUROPE4 copies · £45–£12,500
WHEN THE GOING WAS GOOD By Evelyn Waugh - Hardcover *Excellent Condition*4 copies · £20–£8,750
VILE BODIES4 copies · £40–£850
THE END OF THE BATTLE4 copies · $20–$58
Ronald Knox3 copies · £45–£6,500
THE ORDEAL OF GILBERT PINFOLD3 copies · £78–£6,000
A LITTLE LEARNING AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY - THE EARLY YEARS3 copies · $53–$73
A HANDFUL OF DUST2 copies · £34–£19,500
Decline and Fall2 copies · £6,500–£9,500
A LITTLE LEARNING2 copies · £53–£5,000
Edmund Campion2 copies · £4,000–£4,500
NINETY-TWO DAYS2 copies · £58–£3,750
SCOOP2 copies · £63–£3,000
Unconditional Surrender2 copies · £500–£1,250
BLACK MISCHIEF2 copies · $47–$575
DECLINE AND FALL; Franklin Library2 copies · $273
HELENA2 copies · $34–$173
Market context
96 copies of Evelyn Waugh's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $61 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Knox (Rt. Rev. Monsignor Ronald) A Selection from the occasional Sermons..., one of 50 spe (forum, 2026-09-03)£480
Brideshead Revisited, first Book Society edition, 1945. (forum, 2026-09-03)£320
Helena, first edition, 1950; and others; and 36 others, largely mid 20th century literatur (forum, 2026-07-02)£300
Scoop, 1938; Unconditional Surrender, signed, 1961; and 5 others by Waugh, inc. jacket to (bonhams, 2026-07-01)£1,700
A Handful of Dust, FIRST EDITION, Jonathan Cape, [1931] (bonhams, 2026-07-01)£7,000
Black Mischief, limited edition, 1932 (dominic winter, 2026-06-01)£120
Listings aggregated from rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide; refreshed continually. Prices are seller asking prices unless marked as auction results.