Evelyn Waugh. Scoop - signed 1st. Chapman & Hall, 1938.

Price: US$12862.77 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First UK edition first impression from 1938 in near fine condition. flat signed by Evelyn Waugh to title page. There is a mark to the front endpage, no other internal markings. The jacket is 1st state with 'Daily Beast' on the front panel. it has benefitted from some professional restoration to spine and edges. The books original owner was Pamela Chichester from whom Waugh derived the term 'Mrs Chichesterese' as a general way of speaking observed in Henry green's work (letters p.328) Please see pics.

Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom