Black Mischief

Lot 430
02.06.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 764573
Lot 430 | Black Mischief
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$ 2 000 – 3 000
WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-1966). Black Mischief. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd, 1932.A presentation copy to Sacheverall Sitwell, inscribed on the front endpaper: "Georgia & Sachie, with best love and thanks for a delightful weekend / from Evelyn." English writer, critic, and poet Sir Sacheverall Sitwell was the younger brother of Dame Edith and Sir Osbert. Waugh knew all three literary Sitwells and stayed several times at Renishaw Hall, the family estate in Derbyshire. Canadian-born Georgia Doble met Sacheverall Sitwell at a party in 1924 and they were married in Paris in 1925. Black Mischief went through several printings the month it was published. The present copy is the fifth impression of the first edition. Davis et al., 8. Octavo. Frontispiece. (Some spotting to edges and preliminaries.) Publisher's red and black cloth (spine a touch faded, a little rubbing at extremities, slightl lean). Red and black printed dust jacket (spine panel darkened with tears affecting title and author, some soiling to panels, a little chipping at spine ends and flap creases, tape repairs on verso.) Provenance: Sacheverell Sitwell, 1897-1988, and Georgia Doble Sitwell, 1905-1980 (authorial inscription).
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