SCOOP : A NOVEL ABOUT JOURNALISTS.

London : Chapman & Hall, (1938). First edition. "Up to a point, Lord Copper" - the wrong Boot is sent to Ishmaelia. "Mr. Evelyn Waugh has let himself go with a whoop on the trail of sensational journalism ... easily the funniest book of the season" (Illustrated London News, 25th June 1938). The present copy has the front panel of the original dust-jacket laid in to the front free endpaper - the rare and quickly suppressed earlier version of the jacket, with the "Daily Beast" masthead clearly mimicking that of Beaverbrook's "Daily Express", and making the butt of Waugh's satire all too plain. This was rapidly replaced by a plainer jacket with the masthead removed. Crown 8vo (20cm). [viii],308,[ii],[2]pp. Original lizard pattern red and black cloth, lettered in gilt; just a touch rubbed and faintly sunned; some spotting, mainly of edges and prelims, but otherwise a very copy. Contemporary ownership inscription - Vinicombe, dated July 1938.