Helena marmolada although no earlier copy is

although no earlier copy is sited in UK institutional libraries (see JISC)

Original grey pictorial wrappers

Jacket chipped at head of the spine and points of corners

others with tissue-guards in most cases

Helena marmolada although no earlier copy isLondon: Chapman & Hall, 1950. First Edition, first impression. Original blue cloth with the excellent and unclipped dust jacket with Daily Mail Book of the Month wraparound band, also excellent. Light soiling to backstrip of jacket, else fine. Waugh's historical novel on the quest of Helena of Constantinople to find the relics of the cross on which Christ was crucified. Helena, a Christian, was the mother of the Roman emperor Constantine I.