About this title: Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of 'The Daily Beast', has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a moment of weakness make another. Acting on a dinner party tip from Mrs. Algernon Stitch, he feels convinced that he has hit on just the chap to cover a promising little war in the African Republic of Ishmaelia.
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Description: Very good. PB DELL LAUREL EDITION-"LX128"FIRST DELL PRINTING-1961. 2 COMPLETE NOVELS "SCOOP" AND "PUT OUT MORE FLAGS" CHIP/TEAR @ TOP FRONT COVER EDGE W/LOWER FRONT TIP CREASE. SPINE FADING [1-2] OW MINIMAL SHELFWEAR TO COVER EDGES. FRONT HINGE LIGHTLY CREASED. 416 PGS INTACT W. BORDER TANNING [1-2] INSIDE COVERS TAN [2-3][B-28] read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780316926102ISBN:0316926108
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. New softcover. No markings. Tracking on every package. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 336 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Date Published: 1977-11-30
ISBN-13:9780316926102ISBN:0316926108
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780316926102. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780316926102ISBN:0316926108
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780141184029ISBN:0141184027
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 240 pages. (240 pages) lord copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of 'the daily beast', has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. that is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a moment of weakness make another. (Paperback) read more
Edition: First US Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company, Boston
Date Published: 1938
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. B001O4GE9M. Spine dusty. Some dust to the top of the front and rear covers. No jacket. Otherwise a pretty clean copy of the First American Edition. read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Co., 661
Date Published: 1946
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. 8vo. Little Brown and Co. 1946. 321 pgs. Later Printing. DJ designed by Lester M. Peterson. DJ in VG shape with tiny chipping present to the crown of the DJ spine. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. Photos sent upon request. 661; 1.4 x 7.5 x 5.5 Inches; 321 pages. read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Little Brown & Co., Boston
Date Published: 1977
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. This is a set of 7 books. SCOOP, DECLINE AND FALL, VILE BODIES, A HANDFUL OF DUST, BLACK MISCHIEF, THE LOVED ONE, PUT OUT MORE FLAGS. The books has yellowing and foxing with a small amount of wear to the jacket and the book. Owners library seal on the front fly........Heavy book....... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chapman and Hall, London
Date Published: 1938
Description: Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, black endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy. First Edition, First Impression. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780316926102ISBN:0316926108
Description: Very Good. 0316926108. Light shelfwear. No markings to pages. Binding tight. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore. Fiction.; 0.71 x 7.72 x 4.88 Inches; 336 pages. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. Hardcover. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780316926171ISBN:0316926175
Description: Very Good. 0316926175 Good in Good dust jacket. Foxing to top edge. Cover has a discolored patch. Rear od dust jacket is discolored from dampness? ? Editorial Reviews Amazon Review Evelyn Waugh was one of literature's great curmudgeons and a scathingly funny satirist. Scoop is a comedy of England's newspaper business of the 1930s and the story of William Boot, a innocent hick from the country who writes careful essays about the habits of the badger. Through a series of accidents and mistaken ... read more
"Satire of the highest class. Waugh captures brilliantly the eccentricities of an era now gone for ever, a time of telegrams and Fleet Street magnates. A country writer is accidentally sent to cover a war, and is bewildered by things such as expenses (which he soon takes full advantage of) and telegrams (which he uses as if they were letters). Hilarious, yet thought-provoking."
"This is a hilarious sendup of foreign correspondents. William Boot is dispatched to the fictional state of Ishmaelia to monitor the civil war there for his paper. He and his cronies spend a lot of time in bars generating stories, which is easier and much safer than actually going to the front. It makes you wonder."
"Waugh's satire on Fleet Street and the foreign press pack has lost some of its edge in this more technological age, but is still laugh old loud funny. After a case of mistaken identity, gentle countryside reporter William Boot is dispatched to the African country of Ishmaelia to cover a civil war. Once there, despite his utter ineptitude, he stumbles his way into being the journalist of the hour.
There are lots of passages to pick out and admire from this book, but if I had to choose a favourite it would be the exploits of American journalist Wenlock Jakes."
"This was the last of the books from mom's college reading list I read. She did an independent study on Waugh. I chose this one because of the journalism theme, intent as I was on becoming a journalist myself one day. I remember really not liking the writing style and not being able to identify with any of the characters."
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