Waugh, Evelyn — Work Suspended and Other Stories : Uniform Edition

Chapman & Hall A collection of short stories from Evelyn Waugh. Uniform edition, published the same year as the first. At the outbreak of the war in September 1939 he sought military employment. He also began a novel, in a new style using first-person narration. Work on this project ceased when in December Waugh was commissioned into the Royal Marines and began training at Chatham naval base. The novel was never completed; fragments were eventually published under the title Work Suspended and as limited edition of 500 copies released in 1942. This later public release including Mr Loveday's Little Outing, Winner Takes All, Excursion in Reality and others. CONDITION Blue cloth bds, with bright gilt title (clean and unworn) marbled eps, 239 pages. Very bright and crisp copy. Original; DJ is toned with chips at spine ends and rubbed at tips, not price clipped. H 2nd Impression Very Good London Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall