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Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall, London, 1932.
Price: US$15.37 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Some shelf wear round extremities, nicked at top of spine, small labelled Ex Library sticker 'helperby' front pastedown, internally, text, bright and clean. Red & Black Marbled Cloth.
Seller: anglimm books, Truro, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. Chapman & Hall, London, 1932.
Price: US$19.15 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st printing October 1932, 303 pages, map, ex public library with usual signs, rebound in in green cloth with white spine lettering, slight lean, page edges tanned.
Seller: Philip Emery, Bridlington, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall, 1932.
Price: US$19.25 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1932. First Published. 303 pages. No dust jacket. Patterned cloth. Black and white maps to frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Remnants of prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Ring mark to front board.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall, 1932.
Price: US$21.36 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1932. Fourth Impression. 303 pages. No dust jacket. Red and black cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Pencil inscription and sticker to rear pastedown. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Some splits to spine ends. Book has a visible forward lean.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. Chapmen and Hall Limited, London, October 1932., 1932.
Price: US$23.82 + shipping
Description: 12mo (19.2x12.5cm), hardback, 303pp. Goodish condition. Red & black patterned boards. General wear, bumped, repairs to spine extremities, rubbed, a tad frayed along left front edge, Age-toned, foxed throughout. Contents clear and bright nonetheless. Pictures available on request.
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Evelyn Waugh. BLACK MISCHIEF. (1932). Chapman & Hall, London, 1932.
Price: US$27.41 + shipping
Description: First edition, October 1932. Un volume (19 cm) di 303 pagine. Antiporta con cartina di isola immaginaria al largo della Somalia. Qualche fioritura (foxing) alle prime e ultime pagine. Legatura editoriale in cartonato marmorizzato rosso con titolo dorato al dorso. Minime usure ai margini. Buone condizioni.
Seller: Libreria BACBUC - Studio bibliografico, Roma, RM, Italy
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall Ltd., 1932.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hard bound, no dust jacket. Wear to corners and edges of boards. Pages show some foxing, otherwise in good condition.
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.
Evelyn Waugh. Black Mischief. Chapman & Hall, 1932.
Price: US$49.33 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. First impression, Facsimile jacket. Publisher's 'snakeskin' cloth case binding, gilt. Rubbing to lower edge of board and to backstrip. Occasional light spotting. 303pp.
Seller: Richard Senior, Periers, France
Waugh, Evelyn. BLACK MISCHIEF. Chapman and Hall Ltd, London, 1932.
Price: US$51.23 + shipping
Description: viii, 303pp. 1st edition second impression [same date and month as the first edition, 2nd impression. Map frontis. vii, [viii, blank], [9]-303 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's red and black snakeskin patterned cloth. Neat owners ink name to the f.f.e.p. The author's third novel, about the modernisation efforts of the Oxford-educated Emperor of Azania, a fictional island off the coast of Africa. A nice unfaded copy Size: 8vo
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn.. BLACK MISCHIEF.. Chapman & Hall,, London,, 1932.
Price: US$64.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 303. Original publisher's black and red marbled Ownership signature on front endpaper of Ronald "Trader" Faulkner (1927 Ð 2021) the Australian actor,writer raconteur and flamenco dancer, best known for his work in the UK in films and on stage and television. Smome slight lean, front covers mottled from damp; vg minus used copy with clean text.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall., London, 1932.
Price: US$64.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Very Good + copy in the original boards, small neat name to ffep. First Edition, First Issue.
Seller: Fountain Books (Steve Moody), Eastleigh, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall, London, 1932.
Price: US$76.85 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The first edition, first impression of Evelyn Waugh's third novel, 'Black Mischief'. 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
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall Ltd., London, 1932.
Price: US$83.26 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The first edition of Evelyn Waugh's popular third novel, in the original striking cloth binding. First edition, first impression. Bound in the original characteristic red snakeskin-like cloth. Written by Evelyn Waugh, a member of the Bright Young Things group of the 1920s. 'Black Mischief' is Waugh's third novel, following the efforts of Emperor Seth as he tried to modernise his African Empire, alongside his fellow Oxford graduate, Basil Seal. Illustrated with a map to the frontispiece. In the original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with slight rubbing to the extremities and joints. Small tears to the cloth at the head and tail of the front joint and at the head of the rear joint. Slight bumping, mainly to the spine and extremities. A touch of fading to the spine. Hinges are a touch strained. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn. BLACK MISCHIEF. Chapman and Hall, 1932.
Price: US$83.26 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Very good condition. Light bumping to boards. Spine lean. Ex-Libris bookplate of The Book Society to front fly-leaf. Scattered foxing.
Seller: Surrey Hills Books, Cranleigh, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. Chapman & Hall, London, 1932.
Price: US$86.46 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition/First Printing Published by Chapman & Hall, London 1932. VG clean and tight condition. No marks or inscriptions. MIld spotting to endpages and page edges. Snakeskin red and black cloth in VG condition with minor wear. Bright Gilt text to spine. Slight slant
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. Chapman & Hall, London, 1932.
Price: US$102.47 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition/First Printing Published by Chapman & Hall, London 1932. VG clean and tight condition. No marks or inscriptions. MIld spotting to endpages and page edges. Snakeskin red and black cloth in VG condition with minor wear. Bright Gilt text to spine. Slight slant
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall, 1932.
Price: US$108.87 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good plus: 303 pages. Light foxing mainly to page edges. Two faults, thus price: crossed out inked inscription to front endpaper, and ( hard to spot, see close-up) 15 mm split at top of spine by edge of letter "L". Thats It Folks, for a range of post-colonial literature please see elsewhere in the Bookstall!
Seller: Ivan's Book Stall, Reading, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall, 1932, 1932.
Price: US$153.70 + shipping
Description: 1st edition. Hardcover. The distinctive red and black 'snakeskin' boards are in excellent condition, with very good gilt spine lettering, and the pages and endpapers show no foxing or other markings at all. A really excellent copy of the author's famous third novel, about the modernisation efforts of the Oxford-educated Emperor of Azania, a fictional island off the coast of Africa.
Seller: Shellhouse Books, Quinton, Northants, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn.. Black Mischief.. London Chapman and Hall 1932, 1932.
Price: US$160.11 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo., Original red and black marbled cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. A little occasional spotting, spine a little sunned, otherwise a very good copy.
Seller: G. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA, London, United Kingdom
Waugh (Evelyn).. Black Mischief. Chapman & Hall Ltd,, 1932.
Price: US$161.39 + shipping
Description: Map frontispiece Binding with just a little lean, very light rubbing to extremities and small area of upper cover, gilt lettering to spine a little dulled, else a nice copy
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall, London, 1932.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Light general wear; slanted spine; else an unmarked very good copy in mylar-protected facsimile dustjacket (but lacking the original dustjacket). 'First published - October 1932'--copyright page.
Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Evelyn Waugh. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall, London, 1932.
Price: US$192.13 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A first edition, first impression of Evelyn Waugh's third novel, from the library of the son of Joyce Gill, a life-long friend of the author. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Bound in the original characteristic red snakeskin-like cloth, 'Black Mischief' is Waugh's third novel, following the efforts of Emperor Seth as he tried to modernise his African Empire, alongside his fellow Oxford graduate, Basil Seal. From the library of the son of Joyce Gill, a life-long friend of Evelyn Waugh. Joyce and Evelyn had a passionate affair during the annulment of Evelyn"s first marriage to "She-Evelyn". The pair were introduced sometime around Christmas in 1923 at a nightclub in Fitzrovia, their affair seeming to come to a head in the summer of 1935, when Evelyn invited Joyce to leave her husband and join him on his travels to Abyssinia. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally fairly smart, though the spine is slanted and slightly faded, and there is some shelf wear to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a little age toned with the odd spot throughout. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn. Black Mischief. Chapman Hall, London, 1932.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First trade edition. Slight foxing on the foredge, boards lightly rubbed at the extremities, a very good or better copy lacking the dust jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall, 1932.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, with first published October 1932 stated on copyright page. Book very good, slightly leaning, minor rubbing along edges.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Waugh (Evelyn).. Black Mischief. Chapman & Hall Ltd,, 1932.
Price: US$201.74 + shipping
Description: Map frontispiece Binding with just a little lean, very light rubbing to extremities, else a nice copy
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. London Chapman and Hall 1932, 1932.
Price: US$211.34 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Published by Chapman and Hall in London, 1932. This is a near fine copy. Complete with frontispiece-map, original patterned 'Snakeskin' cloth, with spine lettered in gilt. The spine is slightly faded and bumped at the head and foot. Sadly lacking the dust wrapper. The internals are clean and free from previous owner's inscriptions. The text blocks are so marginally foxed and toned. Overall, this is a near fine copy. Waugh's third novel.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
WAUGH. EVELYN.. BLACK MISCHIEF.. Chapman and Hall Ltd. London. 1932, 1932.
Price: US$224.15 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.1 inches). Illustrated frontispiece of a map of the Azanian Empire. A fine clean and fresh copy in original black and red snakeskin patterned cloth, with the spine lettered in gilt. Some very minor rubbing to the extremities of the cloth and a hint of fading to the red of the spine but overall a near fine example with the gilt still very bright and vibrant.
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-1966). Black Mischief. London: Chapman and Hall, 1932, 1932.
Price: US$249.77 + shipping
Description: [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.303 [1]. Illustrated with frontispiece map. Elegantly hand-bound in black half calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with twin red title labels, raised bands. A few minor marks within, exterior as new. A near fine copy in a striking recent leather binding. Waugh's third novel is a controversial book which established him as a master satirist. Set on the fictional African island of Azania, 'Black Mischief' is a thinly veiled reference to the then empire of Abyssinia, now Ethiopia. The novel chronicles the efforts of the English-educated Emperor Seth, assisted by a fellow Oxford graduate (Waugh's recurring character) Basil Seal, to modernize his Empire.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Black Mischief. Chapman & Hall, 1932.
Price: US$253.61 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st printing. Bound in iconic snakeskin finish. Clear plastic DJ, 1st printing, 1st edition, A Little Learning included FOC. Fine book in near fine slipcase.
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn.. Black Mischief.. London: Chapman and Hall Ltd, 1932, 1932.
Price: US$256.17 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, of Waugh's "satire on European notions of 'progress' imitated by an imaginary African nation" (ODNB). Octavo. Original red and black marbled cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Frontispiece map. Slight lean to spine and very minor rubbing at extremities, some very light spotting to contents and edges. A very good, sharp copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1932.
Price: US$256.17 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original binding of red and black patterned cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Bookplate of Dorothy McIlwraith (?1891- 1976, former editor of Weird Tales magazine) to front pastedown. Page edges and endpapers browned and spotted, lean to spine, otherwise the book is in very good condition in edgeworn and spine faded dustjacket which is torn with loss to head and tail of spine and corners and is neatly torn along length of lower fold (i.e. dustjacket is in two separate pieces). 420
Seller: Jeremy's Books, Andover, HAMPS, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. Chapman & Hall, 1932.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher's green cloth faded. With copyright 1932 and the FR colophon at the bottom of the copyright page.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Waugh Evelyn. BLACK MISCHIEF. London Chapman and Hall 1932, 1932.
Price: US$324.50 + shipping
Description: First Edition. With a cartographic frontispiece of the Azanian Empire. 8vo, black and red decorative cloth, the spine lettered in gilt. 303 pp. A well preserved copy with some evidence of use and age. FIRST EDITION OF EVELYN WAUGH'S THIRD NOVEL. This satiric novel by Waugh, published in 1932, skewers attempts to impose European customs and beliefs upon so-called primitive peoples. The story is set in the fictional empire of Azania, an island off the coast of Africa. Upon the death of the emperor of Azania, rule is assumed by his grandson Seth, a recent graduate of Oxford who is eager to modernize his country. Seths ideas are a muddle of fashionable notions and philosophies, and each of his new programs fails. Ultimately the country relapses into barbarism and cannibalism.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Evelyn Waugh. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall, Ltd, London, 1932.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1932. First Edition, published October 1932. Small octavo (7.5" x 5"); 303 pp. Original white dust jacket with text in black and illustration in red. Black and red decorative cloth binding with title in gilt on spine. Black and white map frontispiece depicts the fictitious Azanian Empire where the story takes place. Dust jacket has edgewear, including several small closed tears and chips near bottom of spine. Some light spotting and a slightly darker spot on front above the letter B, text is unaffected. Edges foxed and spine slightly shelf-cocked. Scarce with a dust jacket, this is a nice copy of Waugh's satirical third novel, which "skewers attempts to impose European customs and beliefs upon so-called primitive peoples."[Britannica online].
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Evelyn Waugh. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall, 1932.
Price: US$409.88 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: October 1932 1st edition in good plus condition.With unclipped D/W,no inscriptions,303pp inc.map.D/W is complete with minor blotching and four small stains to rear cover. Just a bit of scuffing to edges and some tape reinforcement to rear.Binding is tight and pages are clean with no foxing.
Seller: Borderland Books, Llangollen, SELEC, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall LTD, London, 1932.
Price: US$441.90 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The first edition of one of Evelyn Waugh's popular novels, an interesting association copy, from the library of a lover of the author. The first edition, first impression.'Black Mischief' is Waugh's third novel, following the efforts of Emperor Seth as he tried to modernise his African Empire, alongside his fellow Oxford graduate, Basil Seal.Illustrated with a map to the frontispiece.Written by Evelyn Waugh, a member of the Bright Young Things group of the 1920s.Pencil inscription of Joyce Gill to the recto of the front endpaper. Joyce Gill was a life-long friend of Evelyn Waugh. Joyce and Evelyn had a passionate affair during the annulment of Evelyn"s first marriage to "She-Evelyn". The pair were introduced sometime around Christmas in 1923 at a nightclub in Fitzrovia, their affair seeming to come to a head in the summer of 1935, when Evelyn invited Joyce to leave her husband and join him on his travels to Abyssinia. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Cloth to the rear joint is cracked and lifting with a small amount of loss. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Spine is a little faded. A little light rubbing to the spine. Ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright with only a few occasional scattered spots. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall Ltd, London, 1932.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 303 pages. The third novel from the author of "Scoop," "Brideshead Revisited," and numerous other books. A recently rebound copy in full red morocco binding with five raised band and gilt top edge and lettering and decorations but with some light foxing to the pages, a small black mark to the bottom edge of the pages and some other minor wear. Still, a very nice copy of this classic.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
EVELYN WAUGH.. Black Mischief.. Chapman & Hall, London, 1932.
Price: US$467.52 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 303pp. Original publisher's 'snakeskin' cloth, lettered in gold at the spine. With a frontispiece map, unaccredited but drawn by the author. Top edge lightly dust soiled and with a hint of wear to the backstrip ends, a tiny nick to the fore edge of the rear free endpaper and a pinprick or two of light occasional margin spotting. A very good copy in a good example of the uncommon dust wrapper: a little dust soiled, with several slivers of loss to the spine ends, and an additional small enclosed area of loss and some accompanying surface abrasion. A small area of miscellaneous red staining to the base of the rear panel, and the rear panel-spine panel join tender. The author's third novel. Davis, Doyle &c viii.
Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall, 1932.
Price: US$480.32 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 'Black Mischief' by Evelyn Waugh. Chapman and Hall 1932 first edition. Tiny inscription to front endpaper. Very light occasional foxing. Very good in good dust jacket with slight chipping to the corners and spine tips. Unclipped. Spine slightly age darkened.
Seller: D & M Books, PBFA, Mirfield, United Kingdom
WAUGH Evelyn. Black Mischief. , 1932.
Price: US$484.17 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. Original red and black patterned cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket. London, Chapman & Hall. Waugh's 'satire on European notions of 'progress' imitated by an imaginary African nation' (ODNB). Slight lean to spine, faint spotting to edges of text block, notwithstanding a very good in a rather grubby and edge worn jacket.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
WAUGH, EVELYN. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall, London, 1932.
Price: US$486.19 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. Pp. 303, map frontispiece. Pink & black marble designed cloth covers, gilt spine lettering. Bookplate to front pastedown, else a very good copy in browned dust jacket with nicks to tips and spine ends.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. London Chapman and Hall 1932, 1932.
Price: US$493.13 + shipping
Description: A first edition, first printing published by Chapman and Hall in 1932. A near fine copy with frontispiece-map (pp.303), original patterned 'Snakeskin' cloth, with spine letteredin gilt. A little fading to the spine and a little nicked at the head. Some rubbing, ownership bookplate of Dorothy Pardew to the front endpaper. In a very good unclipped wrapper with browning to the spine. Some rubbing and browning to the spine and a little loss to the corners. Staining to the front panel and spine of the dust wrapper.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Black Mischief. Chapman & Hall, London, 1932.
Price: US$499.54 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Black Mischief by Evelyn Waugh, First edition. Chapman & Hall, London 1932, A lovely first edition of Evelyn Waugh's classic and collectable novel. Compete with dust jacket and in a good + condition. Original red and black patterned boards in a clean condition. The spine is faded with lightly rubbed gilt lettering. Clean end papers and Azanian Empire map as the frontpiece. The contents are spotted in some places and the ends of the pages are spotted too. Mild weak hinge on p272 with the book holding together very well. Slight lean. The original dust jacket is generally clean with marks/spots on the cover and rear cover. The spine is darkened. Tear on the publishers name on the spine with a piece missing from lower edge of the spine. Chipped spine ends.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. London: Chapman and Hall LTD., 1932, 1932.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover in unclipped dj. Sm 8vo (7.75" x 5.25"), patterned red and black cloth. Frontis. map, vii, [2], 10-303 pp. CONDITION: Very good, light spotting to fore-edge and lower edge of text block, touch of foxing to a few leaves; very good dj with light wear to head and foot of spine panel, lightly toned spine panel. An attractive example. First edition of Waugh's third novel, "First published . October, 1932."
Seller: James Arsenault & Company, ABAA, Arrowsic, ME, U.S.A.
Waugh (Evelyn). Black Mischief. Chapman & Hall, London, 1932.
Price: US$589.20 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, trade issue. 8vo. Original patterned cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6. Waugh's famous satirical novel set in the fictional African island nation of Azania. The young emperor, Seth, educated in England, endeavors to modernise his kingdom with the assistance of his English friend, Basil Seal.
Seller: Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. Chapman & Hall, Ltd., London, 1932.
Price: US$599.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good first edition cloth copy with unrubbed gilt lettering to spine. Spine lean and foxing to text block edge. Mildly wavy pages. Gentle rubbing to spine ends/corners. The unclipped jacket in mylar, priced at spine 7/6 net, is toned at spine and chipped at spine ends/corners, mildly soiled. An unmarked copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall, 1932.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition: "First Published. October, 1932." on the copyright page. Very good book with light foxing to edges and first few leaves. The Jacket has been restored, particularly to the spine, and is fully intact without tears or loss of material. Soiling to rear panel. Price of 7/6 net on the spine.
Seller: Paul Johnson Fine Books, IOBA, Temecula, CA, U.S.A.
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall Ltd., London, 1932.
Price: US$640.43 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. Pp vii, 303. Frontis map. Original patterned cloth The d/w edge-rubbed and worn and darkened to spine. Light soiling. Not bad.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
WAUGH. EVELYN.. BLACK MISCHIEF.. Chapman and Hall Ltd. London. 1932, 1932.
Price: US$640.43 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Map frontis. A bright, clean copy. Finely bound in recent full red morocco, spine with five raised bands, gilt. Compartments with gilt lettering and decorative centre pieces. Single ruled gilt ruled border to boards. Top edge gilt. A fine copy.
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall, 1932.
Price: US$672.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red and black patterned cloth. Bookplate. Very nice copy in dustwrapper which is a little rubbed and dusty.
Seller: Tindley and Everett, ABA, London, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall Ltd, London, 1932.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, vii, [1], [9]-303pp. Bound in three quarter blue morocco, title in gilt on spine, raised bands with gilt decorations. Top edge gilt. Stated "first published October, 1932" on copyright page. Faint foxing to contents page, frontispiece map with tissue cover. A near fine example, with a decorative binding by Bayntun-Riviere of Bath, England.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Evelyn Waugh. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall LTD, London, 1932.
Price: US$755.71 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition of one of Evelyn Waugh's popular novels, in a lovely example of the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, and bound in the original characteristic red snakeskin-like cloth.'Black Mischief' is Waugh's third novel, following the efforts of Emperor Seth as he tried to modernise his African Empire, alongside his fellow Oxford graduate, Basil Seal.Illustrated with a map to the frontispiece.Written by Evelyn Waugh, a member of the Bright Young Things group of the 1920s.A lovely copy of this popular novel by Evelyn Waugh. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A couple of very faint marks to the boards. Dust wrapper is lightly edge worn with a few small chips and closed tears, mostly to the head and tail of the spine. Backstrip is age-toned with a few small damp stains, and one small damp stain to the front wrap. Light marks to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with only a few very occasional spots. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall, 1932.
Price: US$762.11 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition,first impression of Waugh's third novel in near fine condition. The dustwrapper is complete with no chips or tears and just the odd tiny marked and a little tanned to the spine. The boards beneath are in really fine unmarked condition and the contents are really clean,fresh and unmarked. A very nice copy.
Seller: Bosunbooks, Chapel en le Frith, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. BLACK MISCHIEF. Chapman & Hall, 1932.
Price: US$776.00 + shipping
Description: BLACK MISCHIEF, Chapman & Hall, 1932, first edition, t.p.e.'s dust-soiled, else near fine in a vg dust-wrapper with some shallow chipping to the somewhat tanned dust-wrapper spine. The source book for the 2003 film, Bright Young Things. Uncommon in dust-wrapper.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Waugh, Evelyn. BLACK MISCHIEF - SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Chapman & Hall 1932 1st edition, 1932.
Price: US$832.56 + shipping
Description: 8vo, large paper edition, 323 pages, drawings by the author : his 3rd novel, a satirical political one set on Azania, a fictional island in the Indian Ocean off East Africa, and based on his experiences in Abyssinia, corruption, dictatorship, the wonderful "Ministry of Modernization"; hardback, spine & cover edges faded & sl blotched, a little foxing to edges, g++, SIGNED, LIMITED EDITION (78/250) east africa abyssinia ethiopia ethiopian politics waugh african novel satirical addis literature
Seller: Yesterday's Books, BOURNEMOUTH, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief A Novel. Chapman & Hall, 1932.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red and black patterned boards just about fine. Spread wide at p. 273, binding firm. Dj soiled, edge worn, small tears and abrasions at extremeties, spine with some small scrape marks. Scarce in dj, which has done a great job of protecting the boards.; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 239 pages
Seller: Isaiah Thomas Books & Prints, Inc., Cotuit, MA, U.S.A.
WAUGH, Evelyn.. Black Mischief.. Chapman and Hall., London, 1932.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: 303 [1] pp. Frontispiece map. 8vo, publisher's red and black cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A few spots of foxing to the first few pages of text and to the edges of the text block; very slightly cocked; else a fresh, bright, near fine copy in a jacket with one tiny chip and the slightest of use to the top of the backstrip.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
WAUGH, Evelyn.. Black Mischief.. London: Chapman and Hall Ltd, 1932, 1932.
Price: US$1024.69 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, of Waugh's "satire on European notions of 'progress' imitated by an imaginary African nation" (ODNB). Octavo. Original red and black marbled cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Frontispiece map. Spine gently rolled, a touch of shelfwear, faint mark to fore edge; a very good copy in the uncommon, very lightly soiled, jacket with slight nicks to extremities, tape repair to verso of foot of spine, short closed tear to foot of front panel.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
WAUGH Evelyn. Black Mischief. IN FULL MOROCCO WITH SLIP-CASE. Chapman & Hall, [1932], 1932.
Price: US$1056.71 + shipping
Description: 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, some light spotting to text; elegantly bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, all edges gilt, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made marbled slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall - UK, 1932.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Black Mischief 1932 Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket Additional Photos Available Upon Request Chapman and Hall - UK
Seller: D & L Fine Books, Richboro, PA, U.S.A.
WAUGH, Evelyn. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall, 1932.
Price: US$1194.03 + shipping
Description: No.221 of the large paper edition, illustrated by the author, limited to 250 copies, with the limitation signed by Evelyn Waugh. End papers lightly foxed; untrimmed page edges slightly 'dusty'; violet cloth badly faded on spine & back board, with some fading on spine; gilt fairly bright; slight wear at head & foot of spine & at board corners Used - Good. SIGNED copy Good hardback (no dust jacket)
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
WAUGH, EVELYN. Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall, London, 1932.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition. Waugh's third novel, a satire about a young Oxford-educated emperor of an East African island (based on Zanzibar and Abyssinia) and his attempts to modernize his home nation. About near fine in very good plus dustjacket that has very little wear, light dustsoiling and mild toning to spine panel.
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Waugh, Evelyn. BLACK MISCHIEF. Chapman and Hall (1932), London, 1932.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Satire set on the fictional island nation of "Azania." Based on Waugh's own travels to Ethiopia, the novel follows a young emperor's attempts to modernize his home nation after studying at Oxford. Near fine with only touch of minor shelf wear to tips and minimal, faint foxing to page fore edges; in near fine dust jacket with a bit of mottled toning to the spine.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. London: Chapman & Hall, 1932.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first issue. Publisher's marble patterned red and black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; in the original cream dust jacket, lettered in black and red. Near fine, some light spotting to the page edges, else bright and clean; unclipped dust jacket, with some light toning to the spine, minor soiling to the otherwise clean wrappers, some light spotting to the flaps. Overall a, fresh and unsophisticated copy. Inspired by Waugh's own excursions to Ethiopia, Black Mischief is an imperialist satire set in Azania, a fictional island nation off of the southeastern coast of Africa. Specifically, it tells of a young emperor's attempt to modernize his home nation after returning from England where he attended Oxford. Not only do his modernization efforts not only fail utterly, however, but they also cause the nation to regress into cannibalism and ultimately become a protectorate of the United Nations. Notably, Black Mischief features Waugh's popular hero Basil Seal.
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
WAUGH EVELYN. BLACK MISCHIEF. Chapman & Hall, London, 1932.
Price: US$1408.95 + shipping
Description: Original purple cloth, device to upper board and titles to spine in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Large Paper Edition, illustrated and signed by the Author. # 140 of 250 copies. A gift inscription from 1944 on the verso of the FFEP and the lilac silk book-mark loosely laid in but overall VG indeed. In the very rare brown (fragile) D/W which has a large chip removing the top 5.3 cm of the spine. The D/W is one of the thin, dull grey paper wrappers meant to be removed. It is often missing. Uncommon in the D/W. The Large Paper Edition contains extra illustrations by Waugh not included in the trade edition.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief. London; Chapman & Hall; 1932;, 1932.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st ed; Book is Fine in a VG+ DJ with tanning to spine, slight foxing to fore-edges, light wear across top of DJ, an attractive copy;
Seller: Walt Barrie Rare Books, gleneden beach, OR, U.S.A.
WAUGH, Evelyn.. Black Mischief.. London Chapman & Hall, 1932.
Price: US$1512.50 + shipping
Description: First edition, one of the limited issue, number 105 of 250 large paper copies signed by the author, large 8vo., plates and illustrations by the author not included in the trade edition. Publisher's purple silk, device to upper board and titles to spine gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, with the silk marker ribbon intact (though frayed at very end. Spine faded as usual but an unusually nice copy. Waugh's third novel, helped to establish his reputation as a master satirist. Set on the fictional African island of Azania, the novel chronicles the efforts of Emperor Seth, assisted by the Englishman Basil Seal, to modernise his kingdom, including the issue of home-made currency and the staging of a 'Birth Control Gala'. Written by Waugh whilst staying at Madresfield Court, Worcestershire as the guest of the Lygon sisters, who after 1931 had the run of the place (their father, William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, having been forced into exile under threat of prosecution for his homosexuality) and posed for some of the drawings Waugh drew for this limited edition.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn.. Black Mischief.. London Chapman and Hall, 1932.
Price: US$1512.50 + shipping
Description: First trade edition; 8vo; frontispiece with map illustration, some foxing; publisher's black and red patterned boards, spine gilt, original tan dust jacket printed in red and black, dust jacket with overall browning, dust-soiling and rubbing, small nicks to spine ends and tips; presented in a black cloth slipcase with gilt-lettered black morocco label; overall a very good copy. Waugh's third novel, written whilst staying at Madresfield Court, Worcestershire as the guest of the Lygon sisters; this was the book that established his reputation as a master satirist. Set on the fictional African island of Azania, the novel chronicles the efforts of Emperor Seth, assisted by the Englishman Basil Seal, to modernise his kingdom, including the issue of home-made currency and the staging of a 'Birth Control Gala'.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Black Mischief *First Edition*. Chapman & Hall, 1932.
Price: US$1537.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Inscribed by Author(s) Book is foxed at pagedges and the binding is slightly cocked, the DW has a couple of small nicks at top and bottom of spine. The DW is tanned which is its natural colour, the boards are red & black marbled & are nice & clean. There is a neat inscription from October 1932 on the FEP. The book was published in October 1932.
Seller: The Books of Eli, Birmingham, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn.. Black Mischief.. London: Chapman and Hall Ltd, 1932, 1932.
Price: US$1601.08 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, large paper and signed limited issue, number 223 of 250 copies with additional illustrations by the author. Octavo. Original purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt, vignette to front cover gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, purple bookmark laid in. Frontispiece and seven full page illustrations, none of which appear in the trade edition, and a full-page map. Spine and head of front cover faded, slight rubbing to extremities, a couple of small extrusions to front cover (possibly caused by glue beneath cloth; a very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn.. Black Mischief.. Chapman and Hall, London., 1932.
Price: US$1921.30 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. 303 pages. Frontispiece map. Fine in near-fine dustwrapper slightly tanned at spine and just a little creased at top edge. Lovely copy.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn. Black Mischief ~ Signed. London Chapman & Hall Ltd 1932, 1932.
Price: US$2241.51 + shipping
Description: First Edition No. 26 of 250 copies, signed by the author 15 x 23 cm purple beveled cloth with gilt stamped roundel to the front and titles to the spine. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut xi[i] 13-323[1]pp with purple ribbon book mark. In original jacket with Two Guineas Net price on the spine. The boards are generally clean and bright with a touch of general fading to the spine with more obvious fade to three patches of the spine which match loss to the dust jacket. Internally clean and bright with only the author's signature on the limitation page. The ribbon book mark is in two pieces. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a clear removable cover [not shown], has minor loss to the spine tips and corners extending to 1cm. There is also a section missing from the spine measuring 4.5 x 2.5 at its greatest, some small holes in the rear lower corner, one or two chips to the edges and a couple of short closed tears. All in all a very nice signed limited 1st Edition. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Seller: Rainford & Parris Books - PBFA, Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. Black Mischief. Chapman & Hall, London, 1932.
Price: US$2497.68 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Evelyn Waugh: signed copy of Black Mischief,Signed limited ed 198 of 250. Chapman & Hall, London 1932, A very good condition and rare copy of this large paper edition of Black Mischief. Evelyn Waugh, the author, signed the book on the limitation page. The plates and illustrations are illustrated by the author and are not included in the trade edition. This successful third novel by Waugh contributed to his reputation as a satirist. Original purple cloth boards with fading to the edges of the boards. Gilt lettering and illustration on the cover and spine. Bumped corners and light 2cm tear on top of the spine.Top edge gilt and other edges are uncut. The contents are clean and tidy. The dust wrapper has small chips and creases at the edges with a partial loss at the head of the spine. Black and white full page illustrations within the text. Covered with a protective wrapper. Tall 8VO
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Evelyn Waugh. BLACK MISCHIEF. Chapman and Hall, London, 1932.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, #201 OF 250 COPIES SIGNED BY EVELYN WAUGH. A very good hardcover book in a like dustjacket. The spine of the book underneath the jacket is slightly faded with the gilt lettering still legible; the jacket is clean and fresh but does have a single vertical crease from where it was previously folded in half. Otherwise the book and jacket are in fine, flawless condition. A nice signed copy of one of Waugh's major works.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
WAUGH, EVELYN.. Black Mischief. London: Chapman & Hall, 1932, 1932.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. A fine copy in a dust jacket with some faint spots and very minor wear; an excellent example. A satirical tale of a mythical African island, Azania. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
WAUGH, Evelyn.. Black Mischief.. London Chapman & Hall, 1932.
Price: US$3025.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, large paper issue, number 99 of 250 copies, signed by the author; large 8vo; 9 monochrome illustrations, including frontispiece, minor spotting to endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's purple cloth, device to upper board and titles to spine gilt, purple silk ribbon marker intact (though worn), edges and spine sunned, light bumping to spine end and corners, with the original dustjacket, rear panel creased at head with associated closed tear and small chip, a few minor nicks to head and tail of spine, else very good. Waugh's third novel, written whilst staying at Madresfield Court, Worcestershire as the guest of the Lygon sisters; this was the book that established his reputation as a master satirist. Set on the fictional African island of Azania, the novel chronicles the efforts of Emperor Seth, assisted by the Englishman Basil Seal, to modernise his kingdom, including the issue of home-made currency and the staging of a 'Birth Control Gala'.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
WAUGH (Evelyn). Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall Ltd, London, 1932.
Price: US$3202.16 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Frontispiece map of the Azanian Empire. First Edition. 8vo. [187 x 122 x 34 mm]. 303, [1] pp. Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in black morocco, the covers with a gilt fillet border and a descending line of terracotta, orange and blue arrow-shaped morocco onlays within a blind zig-zag with gilt and blind dots. The spine divided into six panels by raised bands and gilt compartments, lettered in the second and third and dated at the foot, the others with coloured onlays with blind and gilt tooling, the turn-ins tooled with a gilt fillet, Japanese floral patterned endleaves, gilt edges.
Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
WAUGH, Evelyn. BLACK MISCHIEF. Chapman & Hall, 1932.
Price: US$3842.59 + shipping
Description: First edition, large paper issue. Number 32 of 250 special copies on laid paper signed by the author with additional illustrations by the author. Original violet buckram with gilt titles to the spine and vignette to the upper cover in printed brown dustwrapper. A near fine copy with some fading to the spine, in spite of the dustwrapper, in a superb, fine dustwrapper, which is bright and crisp, with a faint crease to the lower cover. Eight full page illustrations, none of which appear in the trade edition, plus one full page map. The author's third novel, drawing on his experiences in Africa which as he reported in his travel journal, Ninety Two Days, "experiences vivid enough to demand translation into literary form". Given the instant success of Waugh's first two novels, the critical response was lukewarm, and the novel became better known for its attack on the Catholic journal, The Tablet, and the heated response from The Tablet's Editor, Ernest Oldmeadow, who asserted that it was "a work both disgraceful and scandalous. It abounds in coarse and sometimes disgusting passages, and its climax is disgusting." Needless to say this did nothing to harm sales. The limited edition is seldom encountered in its dustwrapper or in such nice condition.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
WAUGH, EVELYN.. Black Mischief. London: Chapman & Hall, 1932, 1932.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. A fine copy in dust jacket. A satirical tale of a mythical African island, Azania. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
WAUGH Evelyn. Black Mischief. , 1932.
Price: US$9606.48 + shipping
Description: Map frontispiece, First edition. 8vo., original marbled cloth. London, Chapman & Hall. Inscribed on front free endpaper to Mrs. Anthony Powell for ?Violet with the deep admiration of her friend Evelyn Waugh?, the inscription ending in a an extravagant flourish down the page. Armorial bookplate of Anthony Powell to the front pastedown. At the time the inscription was made the recipient was Lady Violet Pakenham, one of the six children of the Earl of Longford, her marriage to Anthony Powell still some two years away. Before her marriage she worked as a journalist for the Evening Standard, and enjoyed a hectic social life in London and at the family home in Ireland, Pakenham Hall, where Waugh was a frequent guest. She was a writer herself, publishing three volumes of autobiography, but devoted her later years to caring for her ailing husband, whom she had married in 1934. Head of spine nicked, two small tears to the rear outer hinge at the head and tail of the spine, spine just faded.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom