WAUGH, Evelyn. Wine in Peace and War. London: Saccone & Speed Limited, [1947.] Limited edition, this being number 38 of 100 copies signed by Evelyn Waugh, 8vo (221 x 143mm.) Half-title, 2 colour illustrations by Rex Whistler. (Toning, light spotting to endpapers.) Original claret sheep, gilt lettering and design by Whistler to upper cover (extremities lightly rubbed, slight loss at top of spine). Note: Waugh was commissioned to write this work by Prince Vsevolod Ivanovich of Russia, the dedicatee of the book, and director of the London vintners Saccone & Speed. At the time ‘Brideshead Revisited’ had just been voted America’s Book of the Month so Waugh, knowing that his payment for this new commissioned book would be taxed at 80 per cent, opted to be paid a dozen bottles of champagne for every 1000 words he wrote. At the time of publication, the book had earnt him 192 bottles. Provenance: T.G. Sutherland (ink stamp to front-free endpaper).