Evelyn Waugh — Black Mischief

London, Chapman and Hall, 1932 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Evelyn Waugh's third novel, the humorous '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. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Light fraying to rear joint, with joint head starting and board firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Significant spotting to first and last few leaves, with pages otherwise bright and generally clean, with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .