Scoop: A Novel about Journalists by Evelyn Waugh First Edition 1938 Published by Chapman & Hall Ltd. 11 Henrietta Street London W.C2 Printed in Great Britain by The Whitefriars Press Ltd Tonbridge Bound by G & J Kitcat Ltd London, flexiback binding patent No. 441294 Author’s dedication to ‘Laura’ 11 other books by author, Evelyn Waugh listed, opposite the title page: ‘Decline and Fall’, ‘Vile Bodies’, ‘Black Mischief’, ‘A Handful of Dust’, ‘Mr Loveday’s Little Outing, and Other Sad Stories’, ‘Rossetti’, ‘Edmund Campion’, ‘Labels’, ‘Remote People’, ‘Ninety-Two Days’and ‘Waugh in Abyssinia’ Contents page: Book 1 The Stitch Service Book 11 Stones £20 Book 111 Banquet Chapman & Hall advert printed at the back, ‘ Did you enjoy reading this book?….May we keep you advised of our latest publications? We shall be happy to do so, if you will kindly send a postcard, giving your name and address to….’ 308 pages, Majority clean, minor spots/marks (mainly affecting first and last few pages) No owner’s inscription Tightly bound Hardback Publisher’s original red and black snakeskin patterned boards. No dustjacket Gold titles in capitals on the spine. Gilt is bright. Small mark (bottom left) Cover in good shape Misprint Dropped letter ‘s’ on page 88, says ‘a’ long, should of course be ‘as’ long. ‘When he turns up in a place you can bet your life that a long as he’s there it’ll be the news centre of the world’ Plot: Humorous novel telling the story of inexperienced journalist, William Boot, who, due to a series of mishaps and extreme naïveté manages to get the real ‘scoop’. It is semi-autobiographical and based on Evelyn Waugh’s own experiences working as a journalist for the British Daily Mail during the 1935 invasion of Ethiopia by Mussolini. Scarce copy, collectors