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Chapman & Hall, 1938.
First edition, first issue with "8" in the date on copyright being noticeably indistinct and also p.88 has the word "as" ato the foot of the page. 8vo. 308pp. Red & black snakeskin patterned boards. A near fine copy. Light edgewear to extremities. Some spotting to edges. No chipping or splitting to cloth Very bright gilt. Mild toning to spine. Internally clean & tight. Book Society woodcut bookplate designed by Robert Gibbings to front endpaper. No loose or missing leaves. A lovely copy.
Waugh' third novel. A hilarious case of mistaken identity sends William Boot, a clueless country nature columnist into a fictional East African civil war as a foreign correspondent where he blunders his way into a massive journalistic scoop.
Item #103900
Price: £125.00