When the Going Was Good

London: Duckworth, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-/Very Good+. First Impression of this omnibus edition, collecting Waugh's best travel dispatches. Demy 8vo (216 x 135mm): 318pp, with color portrait frontispiece of Waugh aged 26 by Henry Lamb and folding map of British Guiana tipped in facing p. 196. Publisher's canary yellow cloth lettered in dark blue, illustrated dust priced… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown, 1984 reissue. 298pp. hardback 8vo: Very Good in an about Good dj [some foxing of top & fore edges & endpp; else VG; dj = age spotted w/some edge tears, now protected in a Brodart poly cover] Excerpts from Evelyn Waugh's (1903-66) four travel books published between 1928 and 1935: "Labels,""Remote People," "Ninety-Two Days" and Waugh… Read more about this item

London: Duckworth 1946. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's original yellow cloth with navy titles to the spine. Containing a colour frontispiece portrait of Waugh and a folding map. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, a little rubbed and bumped to the extremities. The contents, with a few marks to the text block… Read more about this item

When the Going Was Good is a selection of travel writing by the English authorEvelyn Waugh (1903-1966). Waugh did a lot of travel writing--enough to fill four books. But he wasn't happy with most of it and, in 1946, pulled the best bits from the four books and published this book. It was a best-seller and the Reprint Society published… Read more about this item

London: Duckworth, 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Large but light evidence of bookplate removal on front pastedown, a touch of offsetting on the front board, else near fine lacking the dust jacket.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First American edition. Scrapes on front pastedown thus very good in near fine dust jacket with very light wear at the spine ends.

London UK: The Reprint Society , 1948 314 pages. The dust jacket is a little worn and foxed, and has been covered in clear plastic. The page edges and inside covers are well tanned and foxed. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hardcover.… Read more about this item

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1951. First edition. Paperback. Covers soiled and wear at base of spine repaired. Inscribed on title page. Some foxing. Otherwise Good. 326 pages. A selection by Waugh of the travel pieces between 1928 and 1937 which he wished to preserve. .

MA: Little, Brown & Co, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good/Poor Browning of pages. Dustwrapper browned, rubbed, fading. Worn and torn. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

London: Duckworth, 1946. First Edition 1st Printing. Buckram. Very Good/Fair. 22 x 15 Cms (9" x 6"). Henry Lamb (Frontispiece Portrait). PUBLISHING DETAILS: First printing of the first edition, with the rare dustjacket, published by Duckworth of London in 1946. 318 pages including index, with colour frontispiece portrait of author and tipped in map. Size; 22 x 15… Read more about this item

LITTLE, BROWN. BOSTON 1947. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. 1135338574 . First American edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. (Shallow chipping at spine ends. Small chip at head of front cover adjoining spine. Traces of mild shelf soiling at lower portion of spine on jacket. A few edge tears. Top… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Little Brown and Company, 1984. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Tear (~1") in DJ (see photo). Book itself in VG condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade.

London:: Duckworth,, 1946.. First edition.. publisher's gold cloth.. Tiny bookplate on pastedown; light hand-soiling and use to cloth; tight and sound.. 8vo,. Frontispiece in color; folding map..

BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN & COMPANY.. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1947. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1135338574 . First American edition. Fine in a Vg. DJ. (Shelf wear & shallow chipping at spine ends. No loss to titles. Edge tears to jacket. Light foxing at edges. ) (LRC) .

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1947. First American Edition. Hardcover. DJ price clipped; 8vo; 314 pages .

London: Duckworth, 1947. Very Good. Reprint. Very good. Foxing, yellowing. Covers rubbed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1947. First American Edition (Stated) 1st Printing. Yellow Cloth. Very Good + Book/Very Good + DJ. Xiii, 314 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. First Edition Stated. Lightly Used, No Marks, Faint Dampstaining In Upper 2 1/2" Of Spine And In Shallower Areas Across Both Boards, No Trace On Endpapers Or Pages. Dj… Read more about this item

Back Bay Books, 1985. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Back Bay Books, 1985-06-30. Paperback. Good.

Back Bay Books, 1985. Paperback. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.