Evelyn Waugh — Scott King&Apos;S Modern Europe

London, Chapman and Hall, 1947. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this novella by noted author Evelyn Waugh, in the unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this novella by the noted author Evelyn Waugh. Published for the first time in an abridged form in the Cornhill Magazine in 1947, same year as the publication in book form. First thus.Following Mr Scott-King, a middle-aged school master, who has found his affinity in an obscure seventeenth century poet, Bellorius, who dimly lived in that part of the Habsburg Empire which is now totalitarian state of Neutralia. The Neutralian invite Scott-King to take part in the Bellorius tercentenary celebrations, and so the protagonist is plunged into the nightmare of totalitarian hospitality and into the life of Modern Europe. An excellent copy in the unclipped dustwrapper. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally excellent with only minor shelf wear and a slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Minor inscription to the front free endpaper by a previous owner, undated. The dustwrapper is very smart with only minor shelf wear and a minor faint spotting to the wraps, particularly internally. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece. Near Fine . Ill.: Unnamed. Near Fine/Near Fine.