The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy by Evelyn Waugh, Illustrated by Stuart Boyle

The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy by Evelyn Waugh, Illustrated by Stuart Boyle. Published by Chapman & Hall, London. No printing date or edited; presumed First Edition, 1948. Cat No. 5065/4 to front inside jacket flap. 12mo up to 7½” tall. 144 pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white drawings. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt spine titles, top edge navy blue; blue marbled endpapers. Volume is in fine condition without markings, tears or folds; binding is tight and boards are likewise fine. Clipped jacket has browning spots most noticeable to rear blank panel and is otherwise fine without tears or chips. “This is a nightmare induced by the unfamiliar diet of Southern California. That region, where all men are displaced persons, is unique only in the splendid elaboration of its graveyards, and to these Mr. Evelyn Waugh turned for solace and inspiration during a brief visit. Against the background of embalming-rooms and incinerators he has contrived a neat tragedy of Anglo-American manners which we hope will amuse and instruct curious readers of both nations.”