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Black Mischief
by Waugh, Evelyn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good, 1st edition, missing d/j, bright decorative cloth boards in red on black snakeskin pattern with bright gilt spine titling
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall, 1932. 1st. hardback. Good, 1st edition, missing d/j, bright decorative cloth boards in red on black snakeskin pattern with bright gilt spine titling (slightly dulled); text block firm (but spine cocked); pages unmarked, light foxing on edges and endpapers.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). We are Progress and the New Age. Nothing can stand in our way.' When Oxford-educated Emperor Seth succeeds to the throne of the African state of Azania, he has a tough job on his hands. His subjects are ill-informed and unruly, and corruption, double-dealing and bloodshed are rife. However, with the aid if Minister of Modernization Basil Seal, Seth plans to introduce his people to the civilized ways of the west - but will it be as simple as that?
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
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC131869
- Title
- Black Mischief
- Author
- Waugh, Evelyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, 1st edition, missing d/j, bright decorative cloth boards in red on black snakeskin pattern with bright gilt spine titling
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
- Pages
- 303
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, Africa, Waugh
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_\"\" x 5\"\")
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