When the Going Was Good

Duckworth, London., 1946. First edition. Octavo. 318 pages. Colour frontispiece and folding map. The author selects all he wishes to preserve from his four travels books.Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the front free endpaper: ''For Nathan Cohen - Souvenir of Stinchcombe August 15th. 1956 from Evelyn Waugh''. The recipient was a Canadian critic and broadcaster who later,… Read more

US: Little Brown, 1947. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Good++. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 1st US Edition 1947. Signed inscription from the author to front endpaper. . Book is good++ and bright. Spine lightened. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Small creased tear to spine centre. Edges lightly… Read more

London: Duckworth, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-/Near Fine. 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, unusually presentable illustrated… Read more

Boston:: Little, Brown and Company,, 1947.. First American edition.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. Just about fine in a bright fresh jacket with a few minute areas of use to the edges.. 8vo,.

Boston:: Little Brown,, 1947.. First American edition.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. Foxing to fore-edge; one corner very slightly bumped; else a very good copy in a very sharp jacket with the slightest of browning to the spine.. 8vo,.

London: Duckworth, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. This book comprises all that the author wished to preserve of the travel books Labels (1930), Remote People (1931), Ninety-Two Days (1934), and Waugh In Abyssinia (1936). Octavo: 318 p. with a color frontispiece portrait and a folding map. Original yellow cloth binding, with blue titles. The dust jacket… Read more

London:: Duckworth,, 1946.. First edition.. publisher's cloth (lacking jacket).. Corners a little bumped; some light dust-soiling to cloth; a nice copy.. 8vo,. Color frontispiece; folding map.

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

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, 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.

DJ in archival cover small chips edge wear. Stated first edition. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1947.

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

LONDON: DUCKWORTH. Very Good Bright tight condition hardback slight darken to edges. 1946. 1st Edition. folding map, bookplate .

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) .

Penguin UK, 1951-01-02. Paperback. New. New.

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

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.

Little, Brown, 1984-01-01. Paperback. New. New.

London: Duckworth, 1946. [Travel Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.318 [2]. With a colour frontispiece and a folding map. Publisher's yellow cloth, with blue titles to spine. 'Huntley' armorial bookplate to pastedown. Toning to textblock edges. Some wear to spine, and marking to boards. Very good. An anthology of four travel books.

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 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

London: Penguin Classics 978-0-141-19363-2 [978-0-141-19363-2] 2011. (Hardcover) 429pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. There is minor sticker residue on the front panel of the dust jacket. "The following pages comprise all that I wish to preserve of the four travel books I wrote between the years 1929 and 1935: Labels, Remote People, Ninety-Two… Read more

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1947. 314 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine, and a compass blindstamp on front cover. Light scattered foxing. Previous owner's name in pencil on front blank endpaper. DJ lightly soiled and foxed w/ wear and few short tears to edges. Faint dampstain to bottom corner… Read more

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Little, Brown and Co., 1947; stated First Edition, same date on title and copyright pages, no later printings indicated; 314pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; minor wear, light toning to edges of brown cloth boards, gilt titling remains bright and bold; text also very good. A… Read more

Little, Brown. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Book Good. No dust jacket. (travel writing, autobiography)

Paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Hardcover. Very Good. Very good/good+ brown cloth Hardcover, gilt letting some fading to spine, in G, not price-clipped (orig. $3) DJ. Not BCE; not Ex-library. No reader's marks. Touch of soiling at hinges. Binding tight. Color frontis of Waugh, aged 26, with b+w photo of older Waugh and his 7 other novels on back of DJ. xii +… Read more

Praeger, 1976-06-18. Hardcover. Good.

Paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

New York: Little, Brown & Company, 1947 First Printing. Dust jacket shows some edge wear with several small chips and tears, primarily on spine ends and corners. Not remainder marked or price clipped.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +.

ABC-CLIO, LLC, 1976. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1947.. 8vo., 314 pp., Very Good, Brown Cloth, minor stains on title page and edges of text block, shelf wear.

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1947. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. Red lettered blue cloth with faded spotting to spine. A small stain to base of front endpaper, else a very good clean copy. Dust jacket unclipped, with very light wear and a few scratches to spine. A good + to very good copy overall. … Read more

New York: Little, Brown. 1984. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 0316926469 . Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Light damp staining on bottom edge of text block. ; 8.3 X 5.7 X 1.1 inches; 297 pages .

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

Duckworths London 1946 . FIRST edition thus. Compilation of the authors trips to Europe and beyond. Good+ Discoloured Large 8vo Yellow boards HB, No DJ. with prev owners inscrip on endpapers. 1page prev to color frontispiece is torn out, but map of British Guyana is present opp 196. Also includes a cutting from assumed 1946 edition of the Daily… Read more

London, UK: Duckworth. 318pp. col. frontis.; fold-out map. Some shelf wear to boards which appear a little grubby. Previous owner's name and date to ffep. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1946.

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.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1947. very good hardcover with no dust jacket. 1947 first edition. Beautiful color frontispiece.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Cover.

Little, Brown and Company. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1947. Stated 1st Edition/us. Hardbac k. Dustjacket edgeworn and chipped, some tape repair; about 95% present ; Little Brown, 1St Ed. .

Boston:: Little, Brown. G+, clean HB; no DJ.. 1947. ISBN: xii + 314 pp.. Catalogs: TRAVEL.

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

Boston: Little Brown, 1947, 1947. First American edition thus. Owner's name and dust to top edge, else a very good copy in a rubbed and chipped dust jacket..

London: Penguin Books, 1968 Everything the author wishes to preserve from his pre-war travel books. Good quality reading copy. 298 pages. ---------- Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 4½ " Wide - 7" Tall

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1951. Softcover. Very Good. Thick mass market paperback. 326pp. Pages evenly browned, contemporary owner's signature on half-title page, wrappers and page edges lightly soiled, about very good. Penguin Books, 825.

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… Read more

Little Brown & Company. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Boston: Little Brown & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1947. 1st U.S. Ed. Hardback. 314, brown cloth HB with compass embossed on front and gold lettering on spine/color painting of Waugh at age 26 on frontispiece .

Everything the author wishes to preserve from his pre-war travel books Penguin books. 1959

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.