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Waugh, Evelyn : Scoop

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First American Edition. 1938. Cloth. 321p. A quite good, solid copy with some light soiling to the spine and top edge slight discoloration to the front cover. No dust jacket. A very presentable copy., Good

1st Edition

WAUGH**, EVELYN: : SCOOP

LONDON.CHAPMAN & HALL LTD.,1938.

ISBN No ISBN.

UK,12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.[First edition,first issue,with the misaligned 8 in the publication date indistinct - lightly raised and looking like a 3,and the letter 's' present in 'as' to the last line of pp88. Private Ex-lib,binding of 'The Times Book Club PERMANENT LIBRARY' and with its Library Bookplates.] VG+.No owner inscrptn per se,as this is an ex-library copy/example with its Library booklates pasted to either pastedown and the Library's black ink,narrow stamp. No owner inscrptn per se,as this is an ex-library copy/example with its Library bookplates pasted to either pastedown and Library's narrow black ink stamp: THE TIMES BOOK CLUB 42,Wigmore Street to rear pastedown's lower,inner corner of same. This rear bookplate has been attempted to be,and is,partially removed,around it's top and right-hand vertical edges.It also has pencilled numbers to margins of pastedown,possibly dates(?) or indications of the book having been lent out,or when the book was returned to the shelf,after being borrowed? NOT in the publisher's ORIGINAL and preferred red and black vertically marble-patterned cloth,with blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip.It is in it's Library binding of plain undecorated maroon cloth boards/covers with legible blocked gilt lettered Title/ Author/Publisher (all capitalised) to spine/backstrip.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners; with all corner tips minimally knocked with inevitable but miniscule fraying,no nicks,tears or splits or any other fraying present.Some minor,minimal mottling/ bleaching to height of front board's/ cover's fore-edge,along with an oblique angled,bubbled wrinkle across same,from top to bottom.Spine/backstrip with minimal pushing at both head+foot of same and with a couple of tiny indents,rear board/cover with some minimal marks,lightly grubbed white eps; verso+recto of front+rear free endpapers with light off-set shadowing from respective opposing pastedown's library bookplates,some minimal grubbing and other imperfections - commensurate with book's age and therefore some foxing/ spotting,both himges solid and sound with no tears,splits or cracking.Top edges very lightly toned without foxing/spotting,fore -edge slightly brighter but still lightly toned/aged and with little,if any,faint sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean - text body virtually foxing-free,any foxing to page edges - one dog-ear reading crease,to and with,minor loss of top corner tip of pp43/4,no other creases to any other pages' corners - else would appear unread - apart from my own collation.UK,12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,3 -308pp [paginated] includes Books I-III comprising 5,5 and 3 parts and sections/ chapters within each,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,dedication,contents list/table,individual Book separator pages,publisher's advert as last page and 2pp blank following,at the rear.Described hard but honestly and fairly,would be an ideal re-casing or re-binding project or an ideal investment opportunity. Another very presentable item,this example having survived reasonably well without any dw/dj or other protection - and particularly in respect of the usual discolouration and other imperfections typically encountered or expected in a book of this age.Particularly unique in its present binding. The brainchild of 'The Times' newspaper's managing director,Charles Frederic Moberly Bell,and advertising manager,Horace Everett Hooper,the Times Book Club opened on September 11,1905.The book club was designed to increase circulation for 'The Times' newspaper by enticing subscribers with access to a wide selection of books that could be borrowed for free or bought at a significant discount.Although lending libraries were common throughout Britain,the Times Book Club was the first to lend books for free.Managed by Janet Hogarth (b. 1865 - d. 1954),the book club scheme earned money for 'The Times' through increased number of advertisements brought in by the additional subscribers. It received a positive public reception but was less well-received by publishers, who quickly realized the negative implications for their industry.Shortly after the book club opened,an official complaint was filed by the Publishers' Association to the Booksellers' Association.After outgrowing its original premises,The Times Book club moved to Oxford Street and promoted their new location by advertising a massive book sale on May 1,1906.The advertisement directly addressed what now had become a "book war",with 'The Times' encouraging readers to end "The Vicious Circle" of high book prices.At a meeting on July 4,1906,the Publishers' Association decided to boycott 'The Times',withdrawing all advertisements.Subsequently,many publishers blacklisted The Times Book Club.'The Times' responded by sourcing their inventory from elsewhere,and publishing articles about price-fixing in the book industry.The book war culminated with the Publishers' Association bringing Hooper to trial,beginning May 5,1908.He lost the case,and shortly after 'The Times' hired a new manager for the book club,a new advertising manager,and a new circulation director.The Times Book Club then dwindled into obsolescence,leaving Wigmore Street after amalgamating with Harrods Library in 1962,whilst the bookshop continued until 1969. From 1922,No. 42 was occupied by the Times Book Club and Bookshop,'the largest bookshop in the world'.The club,a scheme by which Times subscribers could borrow borrow books and buy them at discount, began in 1905 at 93,New Bond Street.By the time it moved to Wignore Street membership was no longer restricted to subscribers.In 1924 the galleried showrooms to the rear of 42 and 46 were filled in and a new library with a grand Venetian window,and new floor above,built to the rear of No. 42 to the designs of James Naylor.In 1949 a utilitarian shopfront was installed at Nos. 40-46,obliterating all but the centre door and flanking windows of George & Peto's shopfront at 42-46.The Times Bookshop continued at 42-46 with a new antiquarian department,attracting attention with exhibitions favouring arcana and witchcraft,but it merged with Truslove & Hanson and in 1969 moved to their premises in Sloane Street. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct and insured (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,12mo HB minus dw/dj, 1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

WAUGH, Evelyn : Scoop

Chapman & Hall, 1938

First Colonial Issue. A good copy in original cloth, spine ends worn, some marks on boards

WAUGH, Evelyn : Scoop

Chapman & Hall 1938.

1st ed, fine in orig cloth stamped " Colonial ed. " on verso t.page.

WAUGH, Evelyn : Scoop

Chapman & Hall, 1938

A fine bright copy in the original patterned dark red cloth, in a vg+ unclipped 2nd issue d.w. (without the Daily Beast masthead), spine ends with medium chips (the top one eliminating the first text line), 3omm wide by 13 mm high trapezoidal chip lower front corner, medium chip upper rear corner, spine faded and stained, some other intrernal red staining to rear panel, general edgewear. Copies in any sort of d.w. have become rather scarce.

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