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Maugham W. Somerset sourcework
Original Studio Pressbook for: QUARTET
London: Gainsborough Pictures 1949. 8pp. Folio 435 x 280 mm. Printed self-wrappers. Illustrated. A bit creased with a few short edge tears horizontal fold; a good copy. A studio pressbook for the popular UK release of this anthology film based on R.C. Sheriff's adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's collection of four short stories. Each segment was directed by a different director: Ken Annakin Arthur Crabtree Harold French and Ralph Smart. Maugham appeared on screen to introduce each segment. The film boasts of having "40 Great Stars" which include Hermione Baddeley Dirk Bogarde Mervyn Johns Cecil Parker Mai Zetterling and others. Gainsborough Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT69834
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Maugham W. Somerset sourcework
Original Studio Publicity Campaign Press Book for: THREE FOR THE SHOW
Los Angeles: Columbia Pictures 1955. 16pp. Oblong folio 36 x 47 cm. Pictorial self- wrappers. Heavily illustrated. Inconspicuous Internal tape reinforcements at wrapper spine and lower edge of upper wrapper a bit bumped and lightly rubbed previously folded else about very good. Original campaign press book for the film based on a script by Edward Hope and Leonard Stein adapted from W. Somerset Maugham's 1923 play HOME AND BEAUTY which was produced in the U.S. as TOO MANY HUSBANDS a title that was discarded when the play finally saw US publication in 1937. Directed by H.C. Potter the film starred Betty Grable Marge & Gower Champion Jack Lemmon et al. Columbia Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT69636
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Maugham W. Somerset sourcework
Ten Publicity Stills for: OF HUMAN BONDAGE
Burbank: Warner Bros. 1946. Ten 8 x 10" glossy b&w stills with studio cutlines. A few exhibit marginal tack or staple marks from display otherwise very good to near fine. A good representation of the stills issued to promote the US release of this the second adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's 1915 novel directed by Edmund Goulding based upon a script by Catherine Turney. The central character of Philip Carey the impoverished medical student was played by Paul Henreid and Mildred Rogers the scheming waitress was portrayed by Eleanor Parker. Alexis Smith Janis Paige and Edmund Gwenn co-starred. Warner Bros. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT84704
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Maugham W. Somerset sourcework
Ten Publicity Stills for: OF HUMAN BONDAGE
Burbank: Warner Bros. 1946. Ten 8 x 10" glossy b&w stills with studio cutlines. A few exhibit marginal tack or staple marks from display a few smudges or pencil notes on black versos otherwise very good to near fine. A good representation of the stills issued to promote the US release of this the second screen adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's 1915 novel directed by Edmund Goulding based on a script by Catherine Turney. The central character of Philip Carey the impoverished medical student was played by Paul Henreid and Mildred Rogers the scheming waitress was portrayed by Eleanor Parker. Alexis Smith Janis Paige and Edmund Gwenn co-starred. Warner Bros. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT77074
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Maugham W. Somerset sourcework and Eric Ambler; TEB. Clarke and Arthur Macrae screenwriters T. E.
Original Studio One-Sheet Poster for US Release of: ENCORE
Los Angeles: Paramount Studios 1952. Pictorial one-sheet poster 27 x 41" lithographed in color. Folded as issued splits and small losses at apex of center folds but generally good and bright. A vividly pictorial promotional poster for the anthology film adaptation of three stories by Maugham. The constituent stories included "The Ant and the Grasshopper" directed by Pat Jackson starring Nigel Patick Peter Graves and Alison Leggatt et al. "Winter Cruise" was directed by Anthony Pelissier and starred Kay Walsh Noel Purcell and Ronald Squire et al. "Gigolo and Gigolette" which was scripted by Ambler was directed by Harold French and starred Glynis Johns Terence Morgan and David Hutcheson et al. Paramount Studios unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70842
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Maugham W. Somerset sourcework and Lester Cohen screenwriter
Pictorial Advertising Sheet for: OF HUMAN BONDAGE
Np: RKO 1934. Single pictorial sheet 31 x 23 cm printed recto and verso in color. Very nice. A highly pictorial studio promotional for the 1934 film adaptation of Maugham's novel based on a screenplay by Lester Cohen. Leslie Howard and Bette Davis starred under the direction of John Cromwell. The format suggests this may be an insert from an RKO Exhibitor's manual. RKO unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT76334
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MAUGHAM W. Somerset text; SUTHERLAND Graham illustrations
Cakes and Ale Limited Edition Signed
London: William Heinemann Ltd 1953. First Limited Edition. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Maugham and Sutherland. Octavo; blue and beige leather over boards with black spine label titled in gilt; top edge gilt; slipcase; 255pp. Sunning to spine some trivial offsetting to endpapers and a pin prick-sized puncture at mid-front joint; Near Fine in the Near Fine original publisher's slipcase though lacking the original glassine. William Heinemann Ltd unknown books
Bookseller reference : 18158
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Maugham W. Somerset Van Vechten Carl
Portrait photograph of William Somerset Maugham
London Park Square Gardens 1934. Variant print of the portraits published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Frontal bust portrait. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35 x 24 cm. approx 14 x 11 inches. Fine. Verso docketed in pencil holograph notations giving the name of the sitter date of the photograph and the the Van Vechten's reference to negative and print "XXI f - 17". Variant print of the portraits published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Frontal bust portrait. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35 x 24 cm. approx 14 x 11 inches. One of the finest portraits of the novelist taken in his middle years. Van Vechen and Maugham were friends. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 218936
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Maugham W. Somerset William Somerset 1874 1965
FRANCE AT WAR
New York: Doubleday Doran and Co 1940. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo; First edition; G/Poor; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine tan with black and red print; DJ in mylar tears/chipping at spine ends and flap corners toning to spine long tears to flap folds so that DJ is being held in place by mylar cover shelfwear; Boards in red cloth with black print light wear to spine caps and corners slight peripheral toning; Text block has tanning to endpapers else clean and tight; 111 pages. 1339090. FP New Rockville Stock. Doubleday, Doran and Co hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1339090
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Maugham W. Somerset William Somerset 1874 1965; Ayer Jacqueline illustrator
PRINCESS SEPTEMBER
New York: Harcourt Brace & World 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine brown red and green with white print; DJ has tears at spine ends and across top edge light toning to spine mild shelfwear; Boards in grey cloth with black print clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; unpaged illustrated color. 1326563. FP New Rockville Stock. Harcourt, Brace & World hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1326563
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Maugham W. Somerset.
65 Short Stories.
Octopus/Heinemann 1985. Second printing. Small inked name else fine in fine dust jacket in mylar. Octopus/Heinemann, 1985. Second printing. unknown books
Bookseller reference : Embry 188776
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Maugham W. Somerset.
A Traveller in Romance.
Clarkson N. Potter 1984. First U.S. edition. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Clarkson N. Potter, 1984. First U.S. edition. unknown books
Bookseller reference : Embry 144836
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET.
A Writer's Notebook.
London: William Heinemann Ltd 1949. FIRST EDITION. One of 1000 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author. Some minor glue residue on front cover. Some bubbling to cloth. Faint tape ghosts to front and rear covers. Vellum spine particularly fresh and bright. A crisp very good copy lacking the publisher's box. <br/><br/> William Heinemann Ltd hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 29186
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET.
A Writer's Notebook.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1949. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with orange lettering on spine bright and unfaded with some shallow paper loss at bottom of spine and a few minor closed tears and nicks at edges. <br/><br/> Doubleday & Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 27060
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MAUGHAM W. Somerset.
A Writer’s Notebook.
NY: Cosmopolitan Magazine 1949. First edition. 133 pp. Near fine in decorated blue cloth. NY: Cosmopolitan Magazine, hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 63788
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET.
Ah King.
Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company 1933. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with some minor restoration at extremities. Overall a crisp copy of a somewhat uncommon edition. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Doran & Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 29661
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET.
Ah King.
London: William Heinemann 1933. FIRST EDITION. Briefly inscribed by Maugham on front flyleaf. Some minor rubbing to cloth. Else a very good to near fine book in a near fine dust jacket which has been restored at extremities. A collection of six long short stories set in Southeast Asia. <br/><br/> William Heinemann hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 29657
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MAUGHAM W. Somerset.
Ashenden or: The British Agent.
Garden City:: Doubleday & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1941. Hardcover. Book club edition. Very good in a very good minor edge wear with a few short closed edge tears dust jacket. . Doubleday & Company, hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 93844
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET.
Christmas Holiday.
New York: Doubleday Doran & Company 1939. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Fine book with deep red topstaining in an exceptionally fine bright dust jacket. Stott A54b. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Doran & Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 28478
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET.
Creatures of Circumstance.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1947. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Gilt spine lettering bright and unrubbed. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket bright and unfaded a few minor nicks at edges. Fifteen short stories. <br/><br/> Doubleday & Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 27396
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET.
Encore.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1952. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket. <br/><br/> Doubleday & Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 22184
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MAUGHAM W. Somerset.
Encore.
Garden City: Doubleday. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1952. Hardcover. Three stories by Maugham and the screenplays based on those stories. Screenplays are by T. E. B. Clarke Arthur Macrae and Eric Ambler. First edition. Very good in a good rubbing minor edge wear dust jacket. . Doubleday hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2079
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET.
For Services Rendered.
London: William Heinemann Ltd 1932. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Minor foxing to preliminary leaves and to page edges. Else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with some light spotting to front panel but virtually unworn. Ralph Richardson Cedric Hardwicke and Flora Robinson starred in the original production of the play which opened in London at the Globe Theatre in 1932. Stott A45a. <br/><br/> William Heinemann Ltd hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 22736
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET.
France at War.
New York: Doubleday Doran and Co 1940. FIRST HARDCOVER EDITION. Fine in dust jacket just perceptibly tanned at spine panel . The slightly earlier Heinemann edition was only issued in paper covers. Stott A56b. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Doran and Co hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 26925
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET.
Great Modern British Plays.
London: George G. Harrap Co. Ltd 1929. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very good copy in a fine dust jacket one short tear one minor crease. Contains "The Circle" by Maugham. Also plays by Noel Coward Arnold Bennett and John Galsworthy among others. 19 plays in total. <br/><br/> George G. Harrap Co. Ltd hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 08893
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Maugham W. Somerset.
Liza of Lambeth.
William Heinemann Ltd. 1950. First Traveller's Library edition. Llight foxing to endpapers and edges light rubbing overall very good. Blue cloth no dust jacket. William Heinemann Ltd., 1950. First Traveller's Library edition. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : Embry 155754
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Maugham W. Somerset.
Of Human Bondage.
Modern Library 1942. Early printing. Fine in near fine lightly edgeworn dust jacket in mylar cover. Modern Library, 1942. Early printing. unknown books
Bookseller reference : Embry 192659
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Maugham W. Somerset.
Of Human Bondage.
Doubleday & Co. Circa 1950. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Doubleday & Co., Circa 1950. unknown books
Bookseller reference : Embry 170253
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Maugham W. Somerset.
Of Human Bondage.
Doubleday & Co. Circa 1950. Binding dull very good. Illus. by Randolph Schwabe. Black cloth no dust jacket. Doubleday & Co., Circa 1950. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : Embry 159035
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Maugham W. Somerset.
Points of View.
Doubleday & Co. 1959. First U.S. edition. Faint wear still fine in very good dust jacket with mild edgewear a lightly toned spine and an unfortunate one-eighth inch by two inch piece lacking from the center of the rear panel in mylar cover. Doubleday & Co., 1959. First U.S. edition. unknown books
Bookseller reference : Embry 120533
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MAUGHAM W. Somerset.
Princess September.
London:: Collins. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. First edition thus. Very good in a very good some tiny spots on the front panel about the title dust jacket. . Collins, hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 47610
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Maugham W. Somerset.
Selected Stories.
Franklin Library 1979. One minor scuff to gilt one minor scuff to front panel else fine. Blue leather decoratively gilt. Part of the "Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers" series. Franklin Library, 1979. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : Embry 183155
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Maugham W. Somerset.
Selected Stories.
Franklin Library 1979. Fine. Full deep blue leather decoratively gilt. Part of the Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers series. Franklin Library, 1979. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : Embry 154170
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Maugham W. Somerset.
Short Stories.
Folio Society 1985. First printing thus. Spine with the barest of sunning else fine in fine faintly toned publisher's slipcase. Illus. by Christoper Brown. Light blue cloth. Folio Society, 1985. First printing thus. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : Embry 131257
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Maugham W. Somerset.
Strictly Personal.
Doubleday Doran and Company Inc. Garden City: 1941. First U.S. edition one of 515 copies signed by the author. The slightest of fading to spine else fine in fine faintly sunned publisher's slipcase. Red cloth with black title label. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., Garden City: 1941. First U.S. edition, one of 515 copies, signed by the author. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : Embry 118228
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Maugham W. Somerset.
The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham. Two Volumes.
Doubleday & Co. Circa 1955. Book Club edition. Front hinges just starting else fine. Gray cloth stamped in green. Doubleday & Co., Circa 1955. Book Club edition. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : Embry 194464
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Maugham W. Somerset.
The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham. Two Volumes.
Doubleday & Co. 1953. Bookplate else fine in good edge-worn publisher's slipcase. Doubleday & Co., 1953. unknown books
Bookseller reference : Embry 167114
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET.
The Gentleman in the Parlour.
London: William Heinemann Ltd 1930. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Near fine book in a very good to near fine dust jacket bright and crisp with some very minor wear at spine ends and flap folds. Nice copy. <br/><br/> William Heinemann Ltd hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 29906
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET.
The Hour before the Dawn.
Garden City: Doubleday Doran and Company 1944. FIRST EDITION. An English edition was prepared but never issued. A near fine copy in dust jacket a few minor tears at edges tiny chip at base of spine. Stott A61. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Doran and Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 30488
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Maugham W. Somerset.
The Judgement Seat. Frontispiece by Ulrica Hyde.
8vo. London: The Centaur Press 1934. 8vo. 1-17 pp. woodcut frontispiece signed by the artist in pencil letterpress printed. Original black cloth ruled and lettered in gilt top-edge gilt others edges uncut deckled. Hints of shelf-wear at lower-edge otherwise a near fine copy. § First edition limited edition “hand-set and printed in 18pt. Centaur type at the Centaur Press by Peri Cotgrave & Antony Doncaster†number 127 of 150 copies signed by the author and the artist. A clever short story addressing the age-old contradiction of an all-good and all-knowing god. The Centaur Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 108682
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET.
The Land of Promise.
New York: Edward J. Clode 1914. FIRST THUS. Hardcover. Very good to near fine copy lacking the scarce dust jacket. Comstock bookplate. <br/><br/> Edward J. Clode hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 15222
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET.
The Making of a Saint.
Boston: The St. Botolph Society 1922. FIRST EDITION THUS. Hardcover. Minor foxing to a few leaves. Otherwise a crisp near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear at top edge. Originally published in 1898 by L.C. Page. <br/><br/> The St. Botolph Society hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 22389
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Maugham W. Somerset.
The Moon and Sixpence.
Heritage Press 1941. Spine very slightly sunned else fine in fine faintly rubbed publisher's slipcase. Illus. by Frederic Dorr Steele. Light tan cloth in brown publisher's slipcase. Sandglass laid in. Heritage Press, 1941. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : Embry 182458
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Maugham W. Somerset.
The Moon and Sixpence.
Easton Press 1969. Fine. Full brown leather gilt. Easton Press, 1969. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : Embry 138436
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Maugham W. Somerset.
The Summing Up.
Doubleday Doran & Co. 1938. First U.S. edition. Near fine with some light wear to spine ends in very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear to edges. Jacket spine just a bit sunned. In mylar cover. Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1938. First U.S. edition. unknown books
Bookseller reference : Embry 118682
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET.
Theatre.
Garden City: Doubleday Doran and Company 1937. FIRST EDITION. Precedes the British edition by 19 days. Some staining to page 261. Near fine otherwise with bright gilt stamping at spine in a near fine dust jacket with some slight fading to the orange portion of the spine. One neat internal repair to jacket. Stott A52a. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Doran and Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 29290
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET.
Theatre.
London: William Heinemann Ltd 1937. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Hardcover. The usual second issue with corrected reading on page 7 line 12 "I don't not eat bread because I'm afraid of getting fat." Ffoxing to page edges else a fine copy in a bright fresh dust jacket with some shallow loss at top of spine and a faint horizontal crease to the lower portion of the jacket. <br/><br/> William Heinemann Ltd hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 28225
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET.
Theatre.
London: William Heinemann Ltd 1937. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Hardcover. The usual second issue with corrected reading on page 7 line 12 "I don't not eat bread because I'm afraid of getting fat." A fine copy in a dust jacket with several chips expertly restored. <br/><br/> William Heinemann Ltd hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 27588
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET.
Theatrical Companion to Maugham.
New York: The Macmillan Company 1955. FIRST EDITION. Cloth faded at spine. Faint tape ghosts on endpapers. "Property of June Havoc" written on rear free endpaper. Very good copy only lacking the dust jacket. Laid in is a brief TLS from Maugham to a Miss Havoc 22 December 1956 on his Villa Mauresque letterhead octavo. A few edgetears folded else very good. Maugham writes that "I have no rights left me at all over the radio and television right of my various productions" and refers her to a New York agent. Also laid in is a snapshot photo of Maugham about 4 by 5 inches. <br/><br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 27781
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Maugham W. Somerset.
Then and Now.
Doubleday & Co. 1946. First U.S. edition. Near Fine with very light waer to edges and corners in near fine lightly rubbed and edgeworn but bright dust jacket. Doubleday & Co., 1946. First U.S. edition. unknown books
Bookseller reference : Embry 70517
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