Black Mischief [two Volumes, the 1938 and 1951 printings]
by Waugh, Evelyn
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
Harmondsworth [1938, 1951]: Penguin Books, 1938. First Penguin Edition, First Printing . Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. First Penguin Printing, 1938, #179, Also The 1951 Printing, #179. From The Collection Of Ian Ballantine, Who Was The American Representative Of Penguin Books Prior To His Founding Of Ballantine Books In 1952. Each Book From The Ballantine Collection Comes With A Loose Card Indicating It Is From The Library Of Ian And Betty Ballantine. The 1938 Edition Is Lightly Used But Worn With Small Losses At Top And Bottom Of Spine, Pages Browning As Usual, Spine A Little Browned. Included Also Is A Fine, Unworn Example Of The 1951 Penguin Printing, Which Unusually Makes No Mention Of Earlier Penguin Printings, Referring Only To The 1932 First Edition And This 1951 Reprint.
Synopsis
Black Mischief was Evelyn Waugh's third novel, published in 1932. The novel chronicles the efforts of the English-educated Emperor Seth, assisted by a fellow Oxford graduate, Basil Seal, to modernize his Empire, the fictional African island of Azania, located in the Indian Ocean off of the eastern coast of Africa. This has been understood as a reference to Abyssinia and Haile Selassie, though the author himself denied the connection.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026713
- Title
- Black Mischief [two Volumes, the 1938 and 1951 printings]
- Author
- Waugh, Evelyn
- Format/Binding
- Printed Wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Penguin Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- Harmondsworth [1938, 1951]
- Date Published
- 1938
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Miscellany #53 File Copies of Ian Ballantine; Literature: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Jacket
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- Wrappers
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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