Love in a pet funeral parlour
WAUGH, Evelyn The Loved One. An Anglo-American Tragedy. London: Chapman & Hall. [1948].
8vo. Original green buckram, spine lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut; pp. [xii] + 144; numerous illustrations and decorations by Stuart Boyle, these printed in reddy-brown; upper cover very slightly marked, otherwise a very good copy, without glassine wrapper.
First edition, this being one 250 numbered large paper copies signed by Evelyn Waugh and Stuart Boyle, this copy is additionally inscribed by Waugh: "Mr Ronald R. Holloway's copy".
Inspired by a trip to Los Angeles, Waugh decided to embark on the writing of this satirical foray into Hollywood and the Anglo-American divide based in a pet funeral parlour, never without his trademark black comedy.
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