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MAUGHAM W. Somerset
Of Human Bondage
Washington DC Library of Congress 1946. 1946. Dedication program issued when Maugham presented the manuscript to the Library of Congress. Printed in red and black. With one page of the manuscript reproduced. Together with a ticket to Maugham's lecture on the occasion. See Stott A65. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. Washington, DC, Library of Congress, 1946. unknown books
Référence libraire : 301824
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET
Of Human Bondage
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company 1934. Motion picture tie-in edition with a wonderful pictorial wraparound band. This book was issued to coincide with the release of the 1934 John Cromwell directed film version of the novel starring Leslie Howard Bette Davis Frances Dee Kay Johnson Reginald Denny Alan Hale and Reginald Owen. The wraparound band is four and a half inches wide and illustrated with black & white still photographs from the film. Across the top of the front panel portion is printed: “W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM’S GREAT NOVEL from which the LESLIE HOWARD Picture was taken - 766 Pages - THE COMPLETE STORY.†The photographs on the front panel portion is a collage of scenes showing Leslie Howard twice in three photographs with Bette Davis and Frances Dee. On the spine portion is a large close-up portrait of Leslie Howard’s head. The book itself is a very good copy with some flaking to the gilt-stamping in a very good dust jacket with some chipping mostly at head of spine some tears and some edge creasing. The dust jacket is yellow and has a quote from Theodore Dreiser “It sings it has color. It has rapture. In viewing it one finds nothing to criticize or regret.†Very scarce in this form. Garden City Publishing Company unknown books
Référence libraire : 11684J
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Maugham W. Somerset
OF HUMAN BONDAGE WITH A DIGRESSION ON THE ART OF FICTION AN ADDRESS .
Washington: Library of Congress /GPO 1946. Printed boards. A trace of faint sunning to the lower edge of the upper board otherwise about fine with the event menu creased and a bit tanned at edges laid in. First edition. One of five hundred copies signed by Maugham from a total edition of eight hundred. The address was delivered at the formal presentation of the manuscript of the novel to the Library of Congress. Library of Congress /GPO] hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT72262
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Maugham W. Somerset
Of Human Bondage With a Digression on the Art of Fiction: And Address by Somerset Maugham.
Washington: The Library of Congress 1946. Signed limited edition of the address given by Maugham upon the Library's acceptance of the original autograph manuscript of his masterpiece Of Human Bondage. Octavo original boards. One of 500 copies signed by W. Somerset Maugham on the front free endpaper. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original accompanying program which is in very good condition. The program contains a brief description of the original autograph manuscript which notes that it is contained in 16 notebooks written on the recto of each leaf begun in 1911 and finished in 1914. Maugham's longest and most ambitious novel in which 'fact and fiction are inextricably mixed' draws heavily upon the author's own youth with circumstances and names scarcely altered" Parker 63. "As early as 1911 Maugham had retired temporarily from the theatre to work on his long novel Of Human Bondage. He was to correct the proofs under the admiring eyes of Desmond MacCarthy in a small hotel at Malo near Dunkirk; the two men were drivers in an ambulance unit for which they had volunteered at the outbreak of war in 1914. Of Human Bondage was published in 1915. It was less noticed in wartime London than in New York where Theodore Dreiser reviewed it with enthusiasm. It remains Maugham's most impressive literary work and by the time of his death 1965 was said to have sold ten million copies" DNB. It was the basis for the 1934 film directed by John Cromwell starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis. The Library of Congress hardcover books
Référence libraire : 108345
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MAUGHAM W. Somerset
OF HUMAN BONDAGE WITH A DIGRESSION ON THE ART OF FICTION
Library of Congress 1946. MAUGHAM William Somerset. OF HUMAN BONDAGE WITH A DIGRESSION ON THE ART OF FICTION. Washington D.C.: Library of Congress 1946. 8vo. printed boards stamped in black 17 pages. Signed Limited Edition of 500 copies signed by Maugham. Another 300 copies were issued unsigned. Taken from the address given by Maugham in the Coolidge Auditorium The Library of Congres on the occasion of his presenting the original manuscript of his novel "Of Human Bondage." Very Good few very minor light spots on front cover else clean & tight. $275.00. <br/><br/> Library of Congress hardcover books
Référence libraire : 29737
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Maugham W. Somerset
Of Human Bondage.
London: William Heinemann 1915. First edition first printing which includes list of other "Works" by Maugham facing half-title plus publisher's ad page for works by other authors on half-title verso with the misprint on page 257 line 4 "help" of Maugham's masterpiece. Octavo bound in three quarter morocco by Bayntun with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands marbled endpapers gilt topstain. In near fine condition. Maugham's longest and most ambitious novel in which 'fact and fiction are inextricably mixed' draws heavily upon the author's own youth with circumstances and names scarcely altered" Parker 63. "As early as 1911 Maugham had retired temporarily from the theatre to work on his long novel Of Human Bondage. He was to correct the proofs under the admiring eyes of Desmond MacCarthy in a small hotel at Malo near Dunkirk; the two men were drivers in an ambulance unit for which they had volunteered at the outbreak of war in 1914. Of Human Bondage was published in 1915. It was less noticed in wartime London than in New York where Theodore Dreiser reviewed it with enthusiasm. It remains Maugham's most impressive literary work and by the time of his death 1965 was said to have sold ten million copies" DNB. It was the basis for the 1934 film directed by John Cromwell starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis. William Heinemann unknown books
Référence libraire : 123991
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Maugham W. Somerset
Of Human Bondage.
London: William Heinemann 1915. First edition first printing which includes list of other "Works" by Maugham facing half-title plus publisher's ad page for works by other authors on half-title verso with the misprint on page 257 line 4 "help" of Maugham's masterpiece. Octavo original cloth. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A nice example. Maugham's longest and most ambitious novel in which 'fact and fiction are inextricably mixed' draws heavily upon the author's own youth with circumstances and names scarcely altered" Parker 63. "As early as 1911 Maugham had retired temporarily from the theatre to work on his long novel Of Human Bondage. He was to correct the proofs under the admiring eyes of Desmond MacCarthy in a small hotel at Malo near Dunkirk; the two men were drivers in an ambulance unit for which they had volunteered at the outbreak of war in 1914. Of Human Bondage was published in 1915. It was less noticed in wartime London than in New York where Theodore Dreiser reviewed it with enthusiasm. It remains Maugham's most impressive literary work and by the time of his death 1965 was said to have sold ten million copies" DNB. It was the basis for the 1934 film directed by John Cromwell starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis. William Heinemann hardcover books
Référence libraire : 116735
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Maugham W. Somerset
Of Human Bondage.
New York: Doubleday Doran and Co 1936. Signed limited edition of Maugham's masterpiece. Large octavo original cloth with gilt emblem to the front panel top edge gilt engraved frontispiece illustrated with engravings by Randolph Schwabe. One of 751 copies signed by both the author and illustrator this is number 74. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition. Maugham's longest and most ambitious novel in which 'fact and fiction are inextricably mixed' draws heavily upon the author's own youth with circumstances and names scarcely altered" Parker 63. "As early as 1911 Maugham had retired temporarily from the theatre to work on his long novel Of Human Bondage. He was to correct the proofs under the admiring eyes of Desmond MacCarthy in a small hotel at Malo near Dunkirk; the two men were drivers in an ambulance unit for which they had volunteered at the outbreak of war in 1914. Of Human Bondage was published in 1915. It was less noticed in wartime London than in New York where Theodore Dreiser reviewed it with enthusiasm. It remains Maugham's most impressive literary work and by the time of his death 1965 was said to have sold ten million copies" DNB. It was the basis for the 1934 film directed by John Cromwell starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis. Doubleday, Doran and Co hardcover books
Référence libraire : 116737
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Maugham W. Somerset
OF HUMAN BONDAGE. Limited edition signed by W. Somerset Maugham.
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company Inc 1936. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First trade edition. Octavo 8vo. xii 684 pages of text. Number 195 of 751 copies signed by W. Somerset Maugham and the illustrator Randolph Schwabe on the limitation page. Tan cloth binding with moderate shelfwear and bumping moderate darkening to the spine and some discoloration to the bottom of the spine and the front board from moisture; protected in archival mylar. Lacks the dustjacket and the slipcase. Excluding the limitation page the first third of the text has a small unobtrusive damp stain to the top corner of the margin a few pages have small creases to a corner there is a tiny defacement where someone has perforated the margin with a pin making holes that spell "Nick" there is minor soiling and some of the untrimmed page edges are slightly toned/browned. First illustrated edition. Doubleday & Company, Inc Hardcover books
Référence libraire : 019657
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Maugham W. Somerset
Of Human Bondage. With a Digression on the Art of Fiction: An Address
Washington D.C.: Library of Congress GPO 1946. First edition one of 500 copies signed by Maugham. 16 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's gray paper boards. Boards very sliightly bowed. First edition one of 500 copies signed by Maugham. 16 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Library of Congress, GPO] unknown books
Référence libraire : 219707
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Maugham W. Somerset
On A Chinese Screen.
London: William Heinemann 1922. First edition of this classic travel book by the author of The Razor's Edge. Octavo original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Edward Wassermann these notes made in boats on the road and in strange towns W. Somerset <span class="match">Maugham." In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed. </span> It is a series of short sketches Maugham made during a trip along the Yangtze River in 1919-1920 and although ostensibly about China the book is equally focused on the various westerners he met during the trip and their struggles to accept or adapt to the cultural differences they encounter which are often as enormous and as alienating as the country itself. William Heinemann hardcover books
Référence libraire : 116152
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Maugham W. Somerset
On A Chinese Screen.
London: William Heinemann 1922. First edition of this classic travel book by the author of The Razor's Edge. Octavo original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with light wear and expert restoration. It is a series of short sketches Maugham made during a trip along the Yangtze River in 1919-1920 and although ostensibly about China the book is equally focused on the various westerners he met during the trip and their struggles to accept or adapt to the cultural differences they encounter which are often as enormous and as alienating as the country itself. William Heinemann hardcover books
Référence libraire : 115242
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Maugham W. Somerset
Original color studio lobby card for THE HOUR BEFORE DAWN
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1944. Original 11 x 14" color lobbycard. Small ownership stamp on verso along with pencil annotations lower margin slightly soiled; very good. A suitably atmospheric lobby card for this adaptation to the screen of Maugham's 1942 wartime espionage thriller. The 1944 film starred Franchot Tone and Veronica Lake directed by Frank Tuttle. The image shows a sultry Lake standing behind a pensive Tone with a shadowy hand holding a gun in the foreground. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT61595
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET
Original Issue of Book and Magazine Collector June 2000 No. 195 Featuring a Cover Article on W. Somerset Maugham
London: Book and Magazine Collector November 1998. First Edition. Paperbound magazine. This issue includes a 9 page article on the life and work of author W. Somerset Maugham by Crispin Jackson. With Maugham’s U.K. bibliography. Staplebound 6†x 8 1/4†163 pages. Illustrated throughout. Very good lightly handled copy with a price sticker on the front cover and a 1†tear to the top edge of the front cover. Book and Magazine Collector unknown books
Référence libraire : 21841E
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET
Original Painting Artwork Design for the First Edition Dust Jacket of W. Somerset Maugham’s The Vagrant Mood
Published in London by Heinemann in 1953 this signed dust jacket design by the noted dust jacket designer Barlow is in fine condition and is much more bright and vivid than the printed dust jacket. Strikingly done in shades or maroon black and silver the artwork is very handsomely framed and matted. Image size approximately 9 by 11 inches 13 by 15 1/2 inches overall. The image shows all the lettering on the front panel and that of the spine area as well showing the publisher’s windmill logo. Original artwork for the first edition dust jackets of W. Somerset Maugham is rarely encountered. unknown books
Référence libraire : 16007J
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MAUGHAM W. Somerset
OUR BETTERS; A comedy in three acts
London: Heinemann 1923. First Edition. Small 8vo pp. 210. Something scribbled out on flyleaf cover slightly faded and soiled o/w a VG tight copy. Heinemann unknown books
Référence libraire : 37120
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Maugham W. Somerset
Painted Veil
Penguin 1952. Good. Maugham W. Somerset. Painted Veil. London UK: Penguin 1952. 238pp. Mass Market. Book condition: Good. Rubbed covers and lightly bumped edges with clean pages throughout. Penguin paperback books
Référence libraire : UMAUPAI00vg
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Maugham W. Somerset
Photograph signed
<p>Photograph signed "W. Somerset Maugham" in black ink on the mount of a striking portrait of Maugham from the chest up with him leaning his cheek on his right hand. Signed in full. The photograph is stamped "Pirie MacDonald Photographer-of-Men New York." The image measures approximately 6" x 9" and is affixed to MacDonald's original mounting board which measures 11" x 14". On the back of the board is imprinted an array of information of MacDonald's awards and accomplishments and address. A further affixed label indicates this photograph of Maugham was taken in 1935 and signed by him in 1947. An excellent and rare "soft focus" image. Very good.</p> unknown books
Référence libraire : 2221919
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Maugham W. Somerset
Points of View
Heinemann 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Heinemann: London 1958. Fine first edition inscribed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the front free end-paper. DJ very good with slight rubbing and chipping at spine ends and corners very slight fading on spine tanning along edges of flaps. Closed long tear on back of jacket. Not price clipped. We will provide a certificate of authenticity for this item. Heinemann hardcover books
Référence libraire : 005665
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Maugham W. Somerset
POINTS OF VIEW
London: Heinemann 1958. Gilt cloth. First U.K. edition. W.S. Lewis's copy with his pencil ownership initials and a few lines of pencil notes on rear pastedown. A good but slightly dull copy in edgeworn dust jacket with internal mend at crown of spine. Heinemann hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT56096
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MAUGHAM W. Somerset
Princess September
NY:: Harcourt Brace & World. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. First edition thus. Gift inscription on verso of front free endpaper else very good in a very good fading along spine and edges dust jacket. . Harcourt, Brace & World, hardcover books
Référence libraire : 57862
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MAUGHAM W. Somerset
Princess September and the Nightingale
NY:: Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0195124804 . Part of The Opie Library series. Illustrated by Richard C. Jones. Introduction by Jan Morris. Afterword by Samuel J. Rogal. First printing thus. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Oxford University Press, hardcover books
Référence libraire : 21170 ISBN : 0195124804 9780195124804
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Maugham W. Somerset
Publicity Portrait Photograph of W. Somerset Maugham
Culver City: Selznick Studio 1941. Original 8 x 10" b&w silver print glossy. About fine with mimeographed snipe affixed to lower edge. About fine. An uncredited publicity portrait of Maugham circulated to the press on the occasion of public announcement of Maugham's having signed on to produce an original WWII screenplay for Selznick. The agreement was reached in 1941 and was to have involved 12 weeks of Maugham's work but the project never reached completion Selznick instead turning to work on SINCE YOU WENT AWAY as his contribution to the war effort. The seven- line squib announces Maugham's agreement with all hyperbole one would expect from a Hollywood publicist. Selznick Studio unknown books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT67595
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MAUGHAM W. Somerset
Purely for My Pleasure
Garden City:: Doubleday. Very Good. 1963. Hardcover. 38 tipped-in color plates. First American edition. Previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down else very good in black cloth and red paper covered boards. No dust jacket. . Doubleday, hardcover books
Référence libraire : 59345
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Maugham W. Somerset
RAZORÕS EDGE
Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Co 1944. First edition after the printing of a limited edition of 750 copies. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Co 1944. First edition after the printing of a limited edition of 750 copies. 1944 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth. Decorative embossing to front cover and spine. Text on spine completely faded. Head and heel somewhat loose but binding remains sound. Several small stains across cover. Corners somewhat bent and partially worn through. Pages somewhat tanned but are clean and bright. A good copy overall. Very good-/No dust jacket. Doubleday, Doran & Co hardcover books
Référence libraire : 50712
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Maugham W. Somerset
Selected Prefaces and Introductions of W. Somerset Maugham.
London: Heinemann 1963. First edition of the selected prefaces and introductions of W. Somerset Maugham which offer insight into his views of the writer's craft. Octavo original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by J. Bance. American novelist and playwright William Somerset Maugham was among the most popular writers of his era and by the time of his death in 1965 was one of the most commercially successful writers of the twentieth century. Heinemann hardcover books
Référence libraire : 123545
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MAUGHAM W. Somerset
SIX STORIES WRITTEN IN THE FIRST PERSON SINGULAR
1931. MAUGHAM W. Somerset. SIX STORIES WRITTEN IN THE FIRST PERSON SINGULAR. London: William Heinemann Ltd 1931. First British edition; the American edition precedes it by a couple of weeks. xi307 pp. Octavo. Blue cloth gilt title and publisher's name in black to spine gilt title and Maugham's device in black to upper board publisher's device in black to lower board top-edge stained dark blue. Internally clean and crisp though the fore and bottom edges of the bookblock are foxed. The back corner at the base of the spine is very gently bumped. In a dust jacket printed in red and black at spine and front panel. It shows moderate soiling all over sunning at spine slight edgewear and a few tiny nicks. There is a small oblong puncture at the heel resulting in the loss of the central letters in the publisher's name which is printed in that place. Nonetheless its condition is very good plus overall. Stott A43a. unknown books
Référence libraire : 72283
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Maugham W. Somerset
South Sea Stories
Permabooks 1956. Fair. Maugham W. Somerset. South Sea Stories. New Yorks: Permabooks 1956. 16mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Fair. Dirt-stained cover and rubbed edges with price blacked-out. Major loss in first page. Permabooks paperback books
Référence libraire : UMAUSOU00HMR
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Maugham W. Somerset
Strictly Personal Gore Vidal's Copy
Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co. 1941. Association Copy with Gore Vidal's ownership SIGNATURE front end page # 85/515 copies SIGNED BY AUTHOR W. Somerset Maugham at Limitation Page. Book is Near Fine lacking the slipcase spine a bit sunned. A wonderful Association Copy with Vidal's famous quote summing it all up perfectly - "It is very difficult for a writer of my generation if he is honest to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham. He was always so entirely there." . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy. Doubleday, Doran & Co. Hardcover books
Référence libraire : 007130
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MAUGHAM W. Somerset
The Beachcomber : The Vessel of Wrath
New York: Dell Publishing Company 1951. First edition thus. Softcover. A short story from the author of "The Razor's Edge." The basis for two movie adaptations. A very near fine copy in wrappers with a little darkening to the pages. Dell Publishing Company unknown books
Référence libraire : 108527
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MAUGHAM W. Somerset
The Book-Bag Limited Edition Signed
Florence: G. Orioli 1932. First Edition. Limited to 725 copies of which this is no. 234. Large slim octavo 23.25cm.; original cloth-backed boards in blue and white decorative dust jacket; 109pp.; frontispiece & illus. Signed by the author on frontispiece. Jacket spine toned a bit rubbed along extremities unobtrusive tears with neat tape repair to verso; Fine in Very Good jacket. G. Orioli unknown books
Référence libraire : 22295
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Maugham W. Somerset
THE BREAD-WINNER a Play in Three Acts
London: William Heinemann Ltd 1930. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Small Octavo. 188pp. Bound in original tan printed wraps light creases to corners of wraps light wear to spine Women's Club 1931 written on front wrap. A scarce work in this format priced at 2/6 in cloth at 3/6 which is more common. <br/><br/> William Heinemann Ltd paperback books
Référence libraire : 4708
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MAUGHAM W. Somerset
The Casuarina Tree
London: William Heinemann 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 311 1 pp. 8vo. bound in recent half blue morocco red morocco spine label. London: William Heinemann 1926. First Edition. Maugham's second short story collection which contains six stories evoking the ambience of the colonial world of the 1920s in the remote Malay outpost of the British Empire. The stories are: Before the Party; P.& O; The Outstation: The Force of Circumstance; The Yellow Streak and The Letter. The collection contains the first appearance of The Letter which has been twice been made into a film in 1929 with Jeanne Eagels and Herbert Marshall and then in 1940 with Bette Davis and Herbert Marshall. In 1969 it was televised with Eileen Atkins and Peter Bowles and again in 1982 with Lee Remick and Ronald Pickup. <br/><br/> William Heinemann hardcover books
Référence libraire : D14576
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET
The Casuarina Tree. Six Stories by W. Somerset Maugham
New York: George H. Doran 1926. Second printing. Ownership signature. Very good lightly used copy without dust jacket. A collection of six stories with ‘The Letter’ serving as the basis of the Warner Bros. 1940 Oscar nominated film directed by William Wyler starring Bette Davis Herbert Marshall and James Stephenson. George H. Doran unknown books
Référence libraire : 21001E
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Maugham W. Somerset
The Circle A Comedy In Three Acts
New York: George H. Doran Company 1921. First Edition. Very good in off-white paper covered boards with a paper label on the spine and a second paper label on the front board. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 4 7/8 inches with the paper at the head and heel of the spine worn down to the edges of the text block heavy wear to the lower edges of the boards and with a prior owner's name and date of 1921 on the first free end page. 92 pages of script. George H. Doran Company hardcover books
Référence libraire : TB30238
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Maugham W. Somerset
THE CIRCLE a Comedy in Three Acts
New York: George H. Doran 1921. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. 92pp. Bound in gray paper covered boards paper spine label. There were two issues one issue has an additional paper label on the upper board. In original dust jacket printed in green with price $1.25 on spine; dust jacket spine slightly darkened; small scrape to lower corner affecting the word York. In all a very good copy. <br/><br/> George H. Doran hardcover books
Référence libraire : 3750
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Maugham W. Somerset
The Circle. A Comedy in Three Acts
New York: George H. Doran Company 1921. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 8vo. 92 pp. Original grey paper boards with paper spine label. Some foxing to page slight toning to edges of boards else fine. Dust jacket which is printed in green has mild age toning to spine and one short 1/4 inch tear to the rear panel. A $1.50 price label covers the original $1.25 price on the spine. This was one of Maugham's most popular plays written in 1919 and produced at the Haymarket Theatre on March 3rd 1921. Stott A24 b. George H. Doran Company hardcover books
Référence libraire : 19899
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET
The Circle. A Comedy in Three Acts
New York: Doran 1921. First Edition - American. Signed by the author. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to playwright and Broadway producer Edgar Selwyn. Inscribed on the flyleaf: “For Edgar Selwyn W. Somerset Maugham.†Some slight chipping at head of spine which is slightly darkened. Bound in gray paper-covered boards with printed paper label very good tight copy. Edgar Selwyn was a highly successful playwright in the 1920s and 1930s and was equally accomplished as a producer of plays on Broadway including the stage adaptation of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Doran hardcover books
Référence libraire : 12234J
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Maugham W. Somerset
The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham Two Volume Hardcover Boxed Set: East and West; The World Over
Doubleday & Company Inc 1952. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Includes publisher's slipcase. Hinges of both volumes just beginning to weaken slipcase lightly soiled with some wear to corners. 1952 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xx 4 955 3; xv 3 681 5 pp. 8vo. Complete in two volumes with publisher's slipcase. A collection of the complete short stories of W. Somerset Maugham known for his novels The Razor's Edge Of Human Bondage and The Moon and Sixpence. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover books
Référence libraire : 2279307
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The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham. 2 volumes.
Garden City: Doubleday 1934. Hardcover. Very good. Contained in the original slipcase. <br/><br/> Doubleday hardcover books
Référence libraire : 9025598
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MAUGHAM W. Somerset
The Constant Wife
New York: George H. Doran Company 1926. First American Edition. First Printing and correct First preceding the British edition by one year. Octavo; black cloth with yellow title labels on spine and front panel printed in black; dustjacket; 216pp. Light soil to text edges and to preliminary and terminal pages with a small unobtrusive puncture to upper rear board edge; Very Good. Dustjacket is lightly soiled has a few shallow chips at spine ends and corners several short tears and a touch of sunning to spine; still an attractive Very Good example without restoration. George H. Doran Company unknown books
Référence libraire : 18112
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Maugham W. Somerset
THE EXPLORER
New York: Baker & Taylor Co. 1909. Olive green cloth stamped in gilt with gilt enameled lettering panel on upper board. Frontis and plates. Two small straight pin holes in front free endpaper portion of lower corner of front pastedown torn away otherwise a very good bright copy with the pencil ownership signature of Ingalls Kimball. First U.S. edition and first illustrated edition with plates by J. Graham Coates. A decent association copy although none of Maugham's books appeared in the U.S. under the Stone & Kimball imprint. STOTT A10c. ROTHSCHILD 43. Baker & Taylor Co. hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT61905
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET
The Explorer
New York: Baker & Taylor 1909. First Edition - American & First Illustrated Edition. Front hinge starting snall bit of rubbing very good clean copy. Color frontispiece and black & white plates. Baker & Taylor unknown books
Référence libraire : 11681J
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Maugham W. Somerset
The Gentleman in the Parlour: A Record of a Journey from Rangoon to Haiphang
London: William Heinemann 1930 First edition first printing. Inscribed by the author to his friend Reggie Turner to front free endpaper: "For the idle Apprentice / Reginald / from his friend / WM". Publisher's smooth black cloth stamped in gilt to front board with a design of a dragon with a forked tongue and the author's symbol title lettered in gilt spine lettered in gilt and stamped with pagoda design; in the original matching dust jacket stamped in red over a beige background. A near fine copy with a few faint white spots to cloth light foxing to front endpapers front hinge starting at first free leaf but overall generally sturdy; in a near fine dust jacket with some light soiling and toning to extremities rubbed to spine ends and corners. Overall a beautiful copy inscribed by the author. Stott A39a. This copy is inscribed to Reginald "Reggie" Turner 1869-1938. Himself an author Turner was a member of Oscar Wilde's literary circle that included writers like H. G. Wells D. H. Lawrence and W. Somerset Maugham. Notably the friendship between Maughan and Turner began when Turner wrote an appreciative review of one of Maugham's earliest plays Lady Frederick which was first performed in 1907. The Gentleman in the Parlour is an account of Maugham's travels through Southeast Asia beginning in what was then Burma and ending in Haiphong Vietnam. His detailed and charming descriptions of the people and places he encountered provide a vivid picture of the countries he visited. Maugham writes a disclaimer about the book to his readers at the beginning of his fourth chapter: "I am writing it for my own diversion and I hope that it will divert also such as care to spend a few hours in reading it. I am a professional writer and I hope to get from it a certain amount of money and perhaps a little praise.". Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. London: William Heinemann hardcover books
Référence libraire : WSM021
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MAUGHAM W. Somerset
THE MIXTURE AS BEFORE
NY: Doubleday Doran 1940. First Edition. 8vo pp. 310. VG. Short stories. Doubleday, Doran unknown books
Référence libraire : 29773
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Maugham W. Somerset
The Moon and Sixpence
New York: George H. Doran Company 1919. First American Edition. Very Good. First American edition first issue binding with Maugham's name spelled correctly. Very Good. Lean to spine. Fraying at corners chipping at spine ends. Remnants of once-affixed news clippings to front and rear endpapers with associated toning. George H. Doran Company unknown books
Référence libraire : 140939436
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Maugham W. Somerset
The Moon and Sixpence
New York: The Heritage Press 1941 Illustrated by Frederic Dorr Steele and Paul Gauguin. Tan cloth. Slight darkening to spine else a fine copy in slipcase. Slipcase slightly worn. Sandglass pamphlet laid in. Illus. by Steele Frederic Dorr and Paul Gauguin. The Heritage Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : 7042
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MAUGHAM W. Somerset
THE MOON AND SIXPENCE
NY: Heritage 1941. Book Club edition. Steele Freric Dorr and Paul Gaugin. 8vo pp. 282. Illustrated by Frederic Dorr Steele and Paul Gaugin. Ivory cloth stamped in dark brown. A nice copy in a box. A novel based on the lilfe of Paul Gaugin. Heritage unknown books
Référence libraire : 41413
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Maugham W. Somerset
The Narrow Corner
<p>First edition so stated. Octavo. Dust jacket unclipped; small chips; minor rubbing; short tear designed by Youngman Carter. Very good. Tight copy. 293 pages.</p><p>Signed and inscribed by Maugham on front free endpaper to Harpo Marx: "For Harpo Marx & his golden locks. W. Somerset Maugham."</p><p>Filmed by Warner Bros. in 1933. Cast included Douglas Fairbanks Patricia Ellis Alfred E. Green directed. It was also the basis for the 1936 film "Isle of Fury" starring Humphrey Bogart and Margaret Lindsay.</p> William Heinemann Ltd. hardcover books
Référence libraire : 2222228
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Maugham W. Somerset
The Narrow Corner
London: William Heinemann 1932 First edition first printing. One of 10000 copies printed. Inscribed by the author to first free leaf: "For / Fred Bason / a novel about the / Malay Archipelago / W. Somerset Maugham". Publisher's smooth blue cloth lettered in gilt to front board and spine and stamped in black with the author's symbol and publisher's name; in the original black pictorial dust jacket with an illustration of a ship passing by dark houses. A near fine copy with a touch of toning to spine and rubbing to spine ends a few faint white spots to rear board; in a near fine dust jacket unclipped with a few scratches and light wear to extremities shallow chips to spine ends. Overall a beautiful copy. Stott A44a. Fred Bason 1907-1973 now best known as the author of A Bibliography of the Writings of William Somerset Maugham 1931 was a close friend and admirer of the noted English author. In a letter that also expressed Bason's thoughts - all negative - on one of Maugham's plays the young Bason extended an invitation to the author to join him for tea and so began their decade-long friendship. A secondhand bookseller and small-time writer himself Bason saw Maugham as a mentor and with his guidance published a few pieces in literary magazines. Early in their friendship Maugham inscribed several books to Bason given to him along with advice to sell them when the market was right. Finding this a profitable endeavor Bason continued to request signed books from his once-mentor and friend eventually leading to the end of their relationship. The Narrow Corner is a novel about three men who find themselves navigating the waters of the Malay Archipelago together. One the captain of the boat staying out at sea to avoid his wife and the others an opium-smoking doctor making his way back to China and a young mysterious Australian man wanted for a murder. Largely an exploration of the characters and their backstories the book is written in Maugham's characteristic vivid straightforward prose. Notably in 1933 the book was adapted for a film of the same name directed by Alfred E. Green. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. London: William Heinemann hardcover books
Référence libraire : WSM022
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