Lot 212
Waugh (Evelyn) Scoop, first edition, first issue, card signed by the author, 1938.
Hammer Price: £1,600
Description
Waugh (Evelyn) Scoop, first edition, first issue with indistinct '8' in the publication date and 'as' in last line of p.88, card signed by the author loosely inserted, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine slightly faded, first issue dust-jacket with 'Daily Beast' masthead, spine slightly faded, expert and sympathetic repairs and restorations to head and foot, lower panel creased at head, retouched at extremities, in effect an excellent copy, 8vo, 1938.
⁂ Scarce in the first issue dust-jacket in good, presentable condition.
Waugh's classic satire on Fleet Street journalism, born in part out of a trip he made to Abyssinia in 1935 on behalf of the Daily Mail. This copy with the scarce first issue dust-jacket, changed after Lord Beaverbrook famously threatened to sue due to the likeness to the Daily Express masthead.
Description
Waugh (Evelyn) Scoop, first edition, first issue with indistinct '8' in the publication date and 'as' in last line of p.88, card signed by the author loosely inserted, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine slightly faded, first issue dust-jacket with 'Daily Beast' masthead, spine slightly faded, expert and sympathetic repairs and restorations to head and foot, lower panel creased at head, retouched at extremities, in effect an excellent copy, 8vo, 1938.
⁂ Scarce in the first issue dust-jacket in good, presentable condition.
Waugh's classic satire on Fleet Street journalism, born in part out of a trip he made to Abyssinia in 1935 on behalf of the Daily Mail. This copy with the scarce first issue dust-jacket, changed after Lord Beaverbrook famously threatened to sue due to the likeness to the Daily Express masthead.
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