Evelyn Waugh — Black Mischief

London, Chapman and Hall, 1932 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Evelyn Waugh's third novel, 'Black Mischief&apos. The first edition, first impression of Waugh's third novel, chronicling the efforts of the British educated 'Emperor Seth', assisted by a fellow Oxford graduate, Basil Seal, to modernize his Empire, the fictional African island of Azania, located off the eastern coast of Africa.Illustrated with a map frontispiece.A smart copy of this popular novel by Evelyn Waugh.Lacking the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Small area of paper residue to back strip centre. Joints starting, with boards firmly held. Front free endpaper removed. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned due to paper type, with instances of foxing to first and last few leaves, and the odd further spot throughout. Good . Ill.: None. Good .