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‎Maugham W. Somerset‎

‎CAKES AND ALE. Or The Skeleton in the Cupboard‎

‎1930. London: William Heinemann 1930. Original blue cloth with dust jacket. First Edition of perhaps his best novel a witty and delicious comedy of literary England in the early decades of the 20th century told in the first person by a novelist Ashenden. The pushing and self-advertising novelist Alroy Kear wants to get at the details of the early life of Edward Driffield an eminent novelist whose biography Kear has been commissioned to write. Ashenden had known Driffield and his first wife Rosie a barmaid; Rosie the skeleton in the cupboard of Driffield's life is Kear's stumbling block -- he is not honest enough to be given the facts that Ashenden gives the reader. Rosie is a wonderful character -- affectionate amoral and generous. The narrator is obviously Maugham but he denied what so many readers were quick to conclude: that Alroy Kear was founded on Hugh Walpole and Edward Driffield on Thomas Hardy. CGEL This copy lacks the "t" of "won't" on line 14 of p. 147 which is often regarded as the "first state"; however as Toole Stott points out this may well be merely a matter of type slippage during the print run and the "t" could have dropped off during the run or it could have been inserted during the run -- in either event both "states" were then issued simultaneously to the public. This volume is in near-fine condition spine very slightly faded a trace of edge-wear; the dust jacket is very good minor soil and edge-wear. Toole Stott A41. <br/><br/> hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 14311

‎MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET‎

‎Cakes and Ale: Or the Skeleton in the Cupboard‎

‎Garden City: Doubleday Doran 1930. First American Edition First Printing. Pencil former ownership signature. Mild vertical creasing to spine cloth. Tiny bookstore label on the front pastedown else a square sharp-corned very good plus copy without dust jacket. Doubleday, Doran hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 15854J

‎Maugham W. Somerset‎

‎Cakes and Ale: or the Skeleton in the Cupboard‎

‎London: William Heinemann Ltd 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first state. Page 147 has error "won'" issued simultaneously with corrected word "won't" no priority as per Stott. 270 pp. Original navy cloth with gilt and black lettering. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket: 7/6 net on darkened spine panel with small stain and chipping at ends a few tiny edge closed tears and some rubbing and light toning. Boards a bit bumped. A novel of English lit and snobbery which was first serialized in the magazine Harper's Bazaar. William Heinemann Ltd hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 160918014

‎Maugham W. Somerset‎

‎CATALINA‎

‎1948. Nicoll Gordon. A Romance. London: William Heinemann 1948. Original red cloth lettered in silver with dust jacket. First Edition of Maugham's last novel published two months before the American one. Set in Spain during the Inquisition it told of a crippled girl to whom the Blessed Virgin appears in a vision. She will be healed by one of three brothers the one who has best served God. One brother is a bishop another is a soldier and the third is a baker. It comes as no surprise that the humble panadero succeeds in healing the girl. In the slackness of the writing the descent into cliche and the contrived plot devices CATALINA betrayed Maugham's declining powers. It was a feeble book with which to end a fifty-year career as a novelist. Morgan This copy has its lettering in silver the publisher started out using silver but finding it unsatisfactory switched to imitation gold -- "both variations were delivered to the bookshops simultaneously". It is a fine bright copy; the colorful jacket with a wraparound pictorial scene by Gordon Nicoll is nearly fine as well spine a bit faded front flap price-clipped. Toole Stott A67a. <br/><br/> hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 13189

‎Maugham W. Somerset‎

‎CATALINA. A Romance‎

‎New York: Doubleday & Company 1948. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. VG/Abt VG edgeworn/sp sunned. 8vo. <br/><br/> Doubleday & Company hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 6902

‎Maugham W. Somerset‎

‎Christmas Holiday‎

‎New York: Doubleday Doran & Company 1939. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 314. Boards lightly rubbed; spine tips and corners gently bumped; lacking FFEP; bookplate on front paste-down; ownership signature on half-title page. Dust jacket chipped and torn along the edges; rear panel rubbed; price-clipped. A tight clean copy. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : JC10730

‎MAUGHAM W. Somerset‎

‎CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY‎

‎1939. MAUGHAM W. Somerset. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. London & Toronto: William Heinemann 1939. First edition. 8vo. blue cloth lettered in gilt. Bookplate. A slight skew to the binding and some mild dust soil to top-edge; front hinge starting at fly-leaf. Pages are slightly age-browned at perimeters. A very good clean solid copy in a mildly soiled dust jacket with a 3 1/2" edge-tear at the front panel and some small nicks and chips to the edges elsewhere. Stott A55. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 64331

‎Maugham W. Somerset‎

‎Cosmopolitans‎

‎Doubleday 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A near fine first edition so stated on the copyright page in a near fine dust jacket. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Doubleday hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 1506082

‎MAUGHAM W. Somerset‎

‎Cosmopolitans: Very Short Stories‎

‎London: William Heinemann Ltd 1936. First U.K. Edition. Third Issue with half-title page and pp.5-6 cancel leaves the former listing 19 non-dramatic works on the reverse Ah King being the last followed by the Plays. Octavo 19.75cm; dark blue linen with titles stamped in gilt and black on spine and front cover; brown topstain; dustjacket; xiii 3 302 2pp. Hint of sunning to spine topstain slightly dulled with mild discoloration to endpapers and foxing to text edges; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 7/6 net edgeworn with sunning to spine several nicks and short tears with a stain to lower front flap fold and scattered foxing overall; Very Good. Collection of 29 short stories. The American edition precedes the British by one month. STOTT A51a. William Heinemann Ltd unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 23365

‎MAUGHAM W. Somerset‎

‎Don Fernando or Variations On Some Spanish Themes‎

‎London: William Heinemann Ltd 1935. First Trade Edition. First Impression one of 5000 copies. Octavo 21cm; black cloth with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; iv2684pp. Wear at crown some erosion to cloth with resulting board exposure at upper edge of rear cover and some trivial dust-soil to text edges; Very Good or better with the pictorial elements entirely unrubbed. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 8/6 net lightly shelfworn with a small loss to upper left corner at crown and several closed tears; Very Good or better. STOTT A49a. William Heinemann Ltd unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 51373

‎Maugham W. Somerset‎

‎East of Suez‎

‎New York; 1922: George H. Doran Company. First American Edition. Small Octavo. 138pp. A play set in Peking in seven scenes.Bound in gray paper covered boards paper spine label spine and edge a bit darkened previous owner's name. A very nice copy. George H. Doran Company unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 006972

‎MAUGHAM W. Somerset‎

‎ENCORE‎

‎London: Heinemann 1951. First Edition. Small 8vo pp. 165. Stories by Maugham. Screen adaptation by T.E.B. Clarke Arthur Macrae and Eric Ambler. Frontispiece and three illustrations. VG. The Ant and the Grasshopper Winter Cruise and Gigolo and Gigolette. Heinemann unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 26141

‎Maugham W. Somerset‎

‎First Person Singular‎

‎London: William Heinemann 1931. Hardcover. Good. First Edition. Bookplate on front pastedown boards slightly splayed with some wear to the extremities else about very good in a darkened and rubbed jacket that has a dampstain to the top of the spine. <br/><br/> William Heinemann hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 48599

‎MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET‎

‎For Services Rendered. A Play In Three Acts‎

‎London: Heinemann 1932. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips and tears and a slightly darkened spine. Heinemann unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 9101E

‎MAUGHAM W. Somerset‎

‎GREAT NOVELISTS AND THEIR NOVELS; Essays on the ten greatest novels of the world and the men and women who wrote them‎

‎Philadelphia: Winston 1948. First Edition. Robert W. Arnold. 8vo pp. 245. Illustrated with drawings of the novelists by Robert W. Arnold. Spine slightly wrinkled o/w a nice copy. Winston unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 29775

‎MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET‎

‎Liza of Lambeth‎

‎London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd 1923. Later printing. Signed presentation copy from Maugham to Harpo Marx. Inscribed by the author: “For Harpo Marx in memory of the swimming pool from W.S. Maugham.†From the library of Harpo Marx the great clown of the Marx Brothers comedy team and his wife actress Susan Fleming Marx former member of the Ziegfeld Follies and star of early talking films like Million Dollar Legs with W.C. Fields. Very good copy with a trace of darkening to the endpapers slight fading to the cloth at the spine and minor signs of use without dust jacket. With a charming bookplate illustrated by Susan Marx with a drawing of Harpo in his comic character which reads: “FROM THE LIBRARY OF HARPO & SUSAN MARX.†Harpo Marx first became friends with Maugham in the late 1920s when Alexander Woollcott took Harpo to Maugham’s home the Villa Mauresque on the French Riviera. Maugham’s inscription refers to an incident from that visit recorded in Marx’s memoirs ‘Harpo Speaks’ where during a tour of Maugham’s upstairs master bedroom Harpo stripped off his clothes and dove off the balcony into Maugham’s pool. Woollcott a bit startled looked to Maugham’s reaction. Maugham then proceeded to take off his clothes and dove in to join him. Harpo also records a time a the Broadway premiere of the play Dead End in 1936 he spotted Maugham seated several rows behind him in the audience. “I crawled on on all fours monkey-fashion across the tops of the seats.when Maugham said ‘Terribly sorry I haven’t a banana for you Harpo.’†T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 18446E

‎MAUGHAM W. Somerset‎

‎Mr. Ashenden: Agent Secret‎

‎Paris Les Editions de France 1930. First edition in French. Small 8vo. Translated into French by Madame. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Paris, Les Editions de France, paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 225626

‎Maugham W. Somerset‎

‎Of Human Bondage‎

‎London: William Heinemann Ltd 1915. First British Edition. Very Good. First British edition first impression. Error "help" on 257 uncorrected as was apparently the case in the entire first printing; state with ads at rear probably the first as per Stott Maughaminia Books #14. 648 16 ads pp. Original bluish green cloth lettered in gilt. A Very Good unsophisticated copy with clean cloth and sharp bright gilt; hinges at front and rear starting textblock somewhat fallen a little foxing at edges and light wear; pages still quite bright. Housed in a custom blue cloth slipcase with leather title label lettered in gilt spot of wear to label. The British author's masterwork which inspired three films. Uncommon in such nice shape in its British edition which followed the American edition by a single day. William Heinemann Ltd unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 140937625

‎Maugham W. Somerset‎

‎OF HUMAN BONDAGE‎

‎NY: The Limited Editions Club 1938. First thus. Two volume set limited to 1500 numbered copies printed at The Printing-Office of the Yale University Press with etchings by John Sloan. Signed by Sloan on the limitation page as issued. Copy #516. Cloth-coverd boards with leather spine lables with gilt titles. Cloth-coverd slipcase with printed label. Both volumes' spines foxed with toning; slipcase has a small faint soil spot. Very Good condition in a Near Fine slipcase. Signed by Artist. Hard Cover. Very Good/Not Issued. Illus. by John Sloan. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. The Limited Editions Club Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 111029

‎MAUGHAM W. Somerset‎

‎Of Human Bondage‎

‎First English edition. Octavo. Full medium blue morocco by Bayntun-Riviere spine with raised bands and gilt ruled compartments all edges extra gilt. Fine. Stott A21b. Printed by the Ballantyne Hanson & Co. Press London and Edinburgh. With the misprint on page 257 "help" in line 4. William Heinemann hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 300577

‎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

Bookseller reference : 11684J

‎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

Bookseller reference : 108345

‎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

Bookseller reference : 123991

‎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

Bookseller reference : 116737

‎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

Bookseller reference : 219707