# Is "Work Suspended and Other Stories" by Evelyn Waugh a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Work Suspended and Other Stories by Evelyn Waugh (Chapman & Hall, 1949) is identified by: First edition of this collection, in navy-blue cloth with dust jacket, 239 pages. The novella Work Suspended was first issued alone by Chapman & Hall in 1942 in a limited printing.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition of this collection, in navy-blue cloth with dust jacket, 239 pages
- Gathers the revised Work Suspended fragment with eight other pre-war stories including Mr Loveday's Little Outing, Cruise, An Englishman's Home, and Excursion in Reality
- This is the first appearance of the assembled collection
- Publisher imprint reads Chapman & Hall
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Evelyn Waugh |
| Publisher | Chapman & Hall |
| Year | 1949 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition of this collection, in navy-blue cloth with dust jacket, 239 pages |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First edition of this collection, in navy-blue cloth with dust jacket, 239 pages. Gathers the revised Work Suspended fragment with eight other pre-war stories including Mr Loveday's Little Outing, Cruise, An Englishman's Home, and Excursion in Reality. This is the first appearance of the assembled collection.

## Is this the true first?
The novella Work Suspended was first issued alone by Chapman & Hall in 1942 in a limited printing. The 1949 Chapman & Hall volume is the true first edition of the expanded collection with the other stories added, and is the first-thus.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club issue.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Work Suspended and Other Stories* by Evelyn Waugh a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/work-suspended-and-other-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.