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20. Waugh In Abyssinia Longmans, 1936.
21. Robbery Under Law The Mexican Object Lesson Chapman & Hall, 1939.
First edition. Original red cloth in pictorial, second state, dust- wrapper. A near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper, which has slight tanning to the spine and wear to the spine ends. Neat internal archival repair to closed tears to the dustwrapper flaps. [35552] £2,500 Before publication, Waugh objected to the blurb on front flap of the dust - wrapper. Longmans attempted to recall all copies hitherto distributed and stuck a new inner flap over the offending one, with very few of the uncorrected state surviving. When Italy declared war on Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) in 1935 Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. His acerbic ac - count of the intrigue and political machinations leading up to the crisis is coupled with amusing descriptions of the often bizarre and seldom straightforward life of a war correspondent rubbing shoulders with less- than-honest officials, Arab spies, pyjama-wearing radicals and disgrun - tled journalists.
First edition. Original blue cloth in blue printed dustwrapper. Author’s presentation copy, inscribed by the author in black ink to the front free endpaper, “Frederick Godber, with kindest re- gards from Evelyn Waugh July 4th 1939”. A near fine copy in a good only dustwrapper with a little chip - ping to the spine ends and a long closed tear to the front panel. Rear panel somewhat foxed. [44385] £2,750 A politico-travel book, written shortly before the outbreak of the second world war, dealing with the problems and dangers of misgovernment in Mexico. PROVENANCE: Frederick, Baron Godber of Mayfield (1888-1976), pre - sentation inscription from the author.
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