Noblesse Oblige: An Enquiry into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English Aristocracy. By Alan S. C. Ross, Nancy Mitford, Evelyn Waugh, 'Strix', Christopher Sykes and John Betjeman. Illustrated by Osbert Lancaster.

FIRST EDITION 8vo. red cloth hardbackm silver gilt, in price-clipped dust jacket designed and illustrated by Osbert Lancaster. 114pp., with b/w illustrations. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Slight browning to endpapers. Outer edges of boards and spine slightly faded. Dust jacket somewhat foxed, particularly rear cover. Spine very slightly faded with a few tiny chips to top and base. Overall a VERY GOOD COPY in VERY GOOD DUST JACKET.