# Is "Mr. Loveday's Little Outing and Other Sad Stories" by Evelyn Waugh a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Mr. Loveday's Little Outing and Other Sad Stories by Evelyn Waugh (Chapman & Hall, 1936) is identified by: First edition, first impression, published by Chapman & Hall, London, in 1936. UK Chapman & Hall 1936 is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, first impression, published by Chapman & Hall, London, in 1936
- Waugh's first collection of short fiction, gathering eleven stories
- Octavo, issued in the publisher's black-and-red patterned cloth boards with the title stamped in gilt on the spine, and supplied in a printed dust wrapper
- A recognized bibliographic point is the illustrated frontispiece, which is present in some copies and lacking in others (noted by Davis)
- The dust jacket should carry its printed price on the flap and is genuinely scarce in the original wrapper
- Publisher imprint reads Chapman & Hall
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Evelyn Waugh |
| Publisher | Chapman & Hall |
| Year | 1936 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition, first impression, published by Chapman & Hall, London, in 1936 |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First edition, first impression, published by Chapman & Hall, London, in 1936. Waugh's first collection of short fiction, gathering eleven stories. Octavo, issued in the publisher's black-and-red patterned cloth boards with the title stamped in gilt on the spine, and supplied in a printed dust wrapper. A recognized bibliographic point is the illustrated frontispiece, which is present in some copies and lacking in others (noted by Davis). The dust jacket should carry its printed price on the flap and is genuinely scarce in the original wrapper.

## Is this the true first?
UK Chapman & Hall 1936 is the true first. The first American edition was published by Little, Brown, Boston, in October 1936 in a limited issue of 750 copies, of which 700 were for sale.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club issue. The US Little, Brown edition was itself a limited printing of 750 copies (700 for sale), not a trade or club run.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Mr. Loveday's Little Outing and Other Sad Stories* by Evelyn Waugh a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/mr-lovedays-little-outing-and-other-sad-stories
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.