Robbery Under Law: The Mexican Object-Lesson

Published by The Catholic Book Club, London, 1940

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The second edition of Evelyn Waugh's searing critique of Mexico under Lazaro Cardenas in the late 1930s. In the vibrant original dust wrapper. First published the year prior by Chapman & Hall, this is the second edition of this work, published by the Catholic Book Club, and with a new dust wrapper.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Waugh offers a critical study of the socialist and anti-clerical leanings of the Mexican government in the 1930s.Throughout, Waugh reflects his own conservative and Roman Catholic beliefs, themes which he often analysed in his works of literature, such as 'Brideshead Revisited', and 'A Handful of Dust'. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Back strip a touch age toned to head and tail, otherwise excellent. Sunning and light handling marks to dust wrapper back strip, with further handling marks to rear wrap. Small closed tear to rear wrap head, with minor chips to back strip head. Small tide mark to rear wrap tail, more pronounced to dust wrapper reverse. Minor hole towards front wrap head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine.

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Title
Robbery Under Law: The Mexican Object-Lesson
Author
Evelyn Waugh
Publisher
The Catholic Book Club, London
Publication year
1940
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
Very Good
Book Type
book
Binding
Cloth
Illustrator
None
Item weight
1 kilogram
Dimensions
9" by 6.5"
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