Evelyn Waugh | Scoop, 1938, first edition

Evelyn Waugh

Scoop. London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1938

FIRST EDITION, first issue, 8vo, DUST-JACKET with Daily Beast masthead, bespoke grey morocco and marbled clamshell box, spine slightly faded, head and food of spine with some chips and general wear, corners and edges worn, some evidence of tape staining

With raised indistinct '8' in publication date but 'a' to last line of p. 88.

The first edition of this satirical take on Fleet Street journalism with the original Daily Beast masthead. The cover design was discontinued shortly after due to its controversial resemblance to the Daily Express newspaper.

PROVENANCE:

Frederick Baldwin Adams, bookplate