Evelyn Waugh - Scoop - 1938

Evelyn Waugh – Scoop – First UK Edition, First Impression – 1938

First UK edition, first impression of Scoop: A Novel About Journalists by Evelyn Waugh, published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1938.

In the publisher’s original red-and-black patterned cloth hardback binding, with gilt lettering to the spine. Offered without its dust jacket.

This copy retains the word “as” at the end of the final line on page 88, a textual variant frequently noted in descriptions of the first edition.

Includes an ownership bookplate inscribed “M. Foulkes”, adding an individual touch of provenance.

Waugh’s celebrated satire follows William Boot, an unlikely foreign correspondent caught up in the competitive world of newspaper reporting. A collectable first edition of one of his best-known novels.

Condition: Good overall, with rubbing and wear to the binding edges and extremities, wear to the spine lettering, age-toning and scattered foxing. Ownership bookplate present. No dust jacket.

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