Scoop. A Novel About Journalists -
Evelyn Waugh
1938 - Chapman &, London - First Edition First State
First edition of the essential journalist’s novel, with William Boot being hired by the Daily Beast to cover unfolding, or not, events in Ishmaelia.
‘Based on Waugh’s own experiences in Abyssinia in 1936, where he was writing for the Daily Mail, the novel is a brilliantly comic satire of Fleet Street ethics and manners, and on the battle for readership between the Beast and the Brute.’ – Oxford Companion to English Literature.
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1938 - Chapman &, London - First Edition First State
First edition of the essential journalist’s novel, with William Boot being hired by the Daily Beast to cover unfolding, or not, events in Ishmaelia. ‘Based on Waugh’s own experiences in Abyssinia in 1936, where he was writing for the Daily Mail, the novel is a brilliantly comic satire of Fleet Street ethics and manners, and on the battle for readership between the Beast and the Brute.’ – Oxford Companion to English Literature.
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A Handful of Dust -
Evelyn Waugh
1934 - Chapman and Hall Ltd., London - First Edition
All over England people were waking up, queasy and despondent.
‘Few writers have walked the line between farce and tragedy as nimbly as Evelyn Waugh, who employed the conventions of the comic novel to chip away at the already crumbling English class system. His 1934 novel, A Handful of Dust, is a sublime example of his bleak satirical style: a mordantly funny exposé of aristocratic decadence and ennui in England between the wars.’ – Simon Leake.
First edition of what many consider one of Waugh’s best works.
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Price HK$ 4,000
1934 - Chapman and Hall Ltd., London - First Edition
All over England people were waking up, queasy and despondent.‘Few writers have walked the line between farce and tragedy as nimbly as Evelyn Waugh, who employed the conventions of the comic novel to chip away at the already crumbling English class system. His 1934 novel, A Handful of Dust, is a sublime example of his bleak satirical style: a mordantly funny exposé of aristocratic decadence and ennui in England between the wars.’ – Simon Leake.
First edition of what many consider one of Waugh’s best works.
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Mr Loveday's Little Outing And Other Sad Stories -
Evelyn Waugh
1936 - Chapman and Hall, London - First Edition
First edition, with the evocative frontispiece illustration by Thomas Derrick (1885-1954).
‘In this unique collection of Waugh's early short stories, some of which became the inspirations for his novels, Waugh displays his unique talent for comedy and narration. 'Mr Loveday's Little Outing' is a blackly comic tale of a mental asylum and its favourite resident, while 'Cruise' sees a hilarious series of letters from a naïve young woman as she travels with her family. These witty and immaculately crafted stories display the finest writing of a master of satire and comic twists.’ [Penguin]
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Price HK$ 1,500
1936 - Chapman and Hall, London - First Edition
First edition, with the evocative frontispiece illustration by Thomas Derrick (1885-1954).‘In this unique collection of Waugh's early short stories, some of which became the inspirations for his novels, Waugh displays his unique talent for comedy and narration. 'Mr Loveday's Little Outing' is a blackly comic tale of a mental asylum and its favourite resident, while 'Cruise' sees a hilarious series of letters from a naïve young woman as she travels with her family. These witty and immaculately crafted stories display the finest writing of a master of satire and comic twists.’ [Penguin]
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The Sword of Honour Trilogy: Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, and Unconditional Surrender -
Evelyn Waugh
1952 - Chapman &, London - First Editions
An clean first edition set of Waugh’s Second World War trilogy.
‘This war has begun in darkness and it will end in silence ‘– Men at Arms.
‘There was a regulation that if they remained at large in enemy territory for some weeks longer, they could be repatriated to the United States. It was for this that they had made a hazardous parachute jump and destroyed an expensive, very slightly damaged aeroplane.’ – Unconditional Surrender.
‘Beautifully structured and deeply melancholy account of England and the Second World War, which also contains moments and scenes of pure hilarity. Written in a spirit of great tenderness and tolerance and a sort of humility.’ – Callil and Toibin.
‘The finest work of fiction in English to emerge from World War II’ – The Atlantic (2001)
'Marvellous ... one of the masterpieces of the century' – John Banville, Irish Times.
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1952 - Chapman &, London - First Editions
An clean first edition set of Waugh’s Second World War trilogy. ‘This war has begun in darkness and it will end in silence ‘– Men at Arms.
‘There was a regulation that if they remained at large in enemy territory for some weeks longer, they could be repatriated to the United States. It was for this that they had made a hazardous parachute jump and destroyed an expensive, very slightly damaged aeroplane.’ – Unconditional Surrender.
‘Beautifully structured and deeply melancholy account of England and the Second World War, which also contains moments and scenes of pure hilarity. Written in a spirit of great tenderness and tolerance and a sort of humility.’ – Callil and Toibin.
‘The finest work of fiction in English to emerge from World War II’ – The Atlantic (2001)
'Marvellous ... one of the masterpieces of the century' – John Banville, Irish Times.
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Price HK$ 8,000