Love Among the Ruins: A Romance of the Near Future

London: Chapman & Hall, 1953. First Edition. Octavo (20cm); red cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; 51pp; frontispiece illustration, with black and white illustrations throughout. Shelf-soil to covers, gilt lightly oxidized, with light rubbing to board edges, and bookshop sticker and light soil to rear pastedown; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced 6s. net), tanned with soil, chip to upper spine panel (affect to title), 0.5" tear to upper front panel, and creases to extremities; Good. Waugh's satirical novel explores a dystopian Britain, and focuses on a man's relationship with a bearded woman and his habits with arson. Illustrations throughout text are by a variety of artists, including Waugh. [84373].