Scoop
by Waugh, Evelyn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1938. First edition, first printing. Published by Chapman and Hall in 1938. This is a very good copy, alas without the dust wrapper. The snakeskin cloth boards are with some wear to note. The front board is separated at the front gutter, showing internal cloth and stitching. The spine has some general abrasion to the cloth and the gilt titling is faded. The text blocks are markedly clean, but with some light foxing. Page 61 overhangs on the bottom edge due to a manufacturing error. There is some major toning internally, most notably at the full title page. Some foxing follows on the preliminaries. this copy is free from previous ink and overall in very good condition.
Synopsis
In SCOOP , a "newspaper adventure," Evelyn Waugh tells the tale of garden coulumnist William Boot gets sent to Ishmaelia to cover a war, finds everything but a war, and returns as a golden child of British media. Altogether a fine, ascerbic, British satire on the print media in the 1930's.
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Details
- Bookseller
- John Atkinson Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16981
- Title
- Scoop
- Author
- Waugh, Evelyn
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
John Atkinson Books
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire
About John Atkinson Books
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...