Scott-King's Modern Europe, Evelyn Waugh — 1st Edition

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Scott-King's Modern Europe, Evelyn Waugh — 1st Edition

Name: Scott-King's Modern Europe, Evelyn Waugh — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 5285
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Publication: London, Chapman & Hall, 1947

Formatting: Crown 8vo, pp. [viii], 88.

Condition Report: Very Good. The volume maintains a tight, square binding with original dark blue cloth boards that remain remarkably bright and free of notable shelf-wear, complemented by crisp, unoxidised lettering to the spine. Internally, the pages are firmly set and clean, exhibiting only gentle, age-appropriate toning to the endpapers without any major blemishes or foxing. The unclipped dust jacket beautifully preserves John Piper’s original bistre and black design; it shows some minor shelf-wear, including light rubbing to the extremities and slight toning to the rear panel, but remains highly attractive and intact.

Catalogue Note: This is the true first edition in book form of Evelyn Waugh’s post-war novella, published by Chapman & Hall in 1947 following its initial abridged appearance in the Cornhill Magazine earlier that same year.

The volume is notably distinguished by the evocative frontispiece and striking dust jacket design by the renowned British artist John Piper, which perfectly captures the bleak, totalitarian atmosphere of Waugh's fictional Neutralia. The jacket prominently advertises 'A New Edition of the Novels of Evelyn Waugh' on the rear panel, contextualising the publication within Chapman & Hall's broader post-war revival of the author's catalogue.

Securing a copy that retains an unclipped dust jacket in such a bright and complete state is increasingly desirable for collectors of modern literary first editions.

Blurb: Set in the austere aftermath of the Second World War, Scott-King’s Modern Europe is Evelyn Waugh's biting and brilliant satire on the emergence of twentieth-century totalitarianism. The narrative follows Mr Scott-King, an unassuming, middle-aged classical master at Granchester school, whose obscure academic devotion to a forgotten seventeenth-century poet leads him to an unexpected invitation. Lured to the fictional state of Neutralia for a tercentenary celebration, the mild-mannered schoolmaster is abruptly plunged into a nightmare of bureaucratic chaos, sinister hospitality, and the sheer absurdity of the modern political machine.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Evelyn Waugh

Book Publisher: Chapman & Hall

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Modern Fiction

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 88

Book Publication Year: 1947

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: John Piper

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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