Waugh in Abyssinia
Longmans, 1936.
First edition. Original red cloth in pictorial, second state, dustwrapper. 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.
Before publication, Waugh objected to the blurb on front flap of the dustwrapper. 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 account 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 disgruntled journalists.
Stock ID: 35552
£2,500.00
