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Brander, L
Somerset Maugham. A Guide.
Edinburgh u. London, Oliver & Boyd 1963. 222 S., OLwd. mit (etw. unfrischem) OUmschl. EA. OLwd. mit (etw. unfrischem) OUmschl. EA.
Bookseller reference : 54799AB
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Maugham, Robin
Enemy a Novel
Sn Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press, 1983. 156 Seiten , 22 cm, kart.,
Bookseller reference : 4120
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Maugham, W. Somerset
Um dieser Tränen Willen Erzählungen
Stuttgart, Zürich, Salzburg, Europäischer Buchklub, 1960. Sonderausgabe 205 Seiten , 20 cm, Leinen
Bookseller reference : 41874
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Maugham, W. Somerset
Triumph der Liebe
Bertelsmann Lesering, 1961. 318 Seiten , 19 cm, Hardcover/Pappeinband
Bookseller reference : 44683
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Hottinger, Mary
Der Connaisseur - Eine Sammlung von Familiengeschichten
Zürich: Diogenes Verlag AG, 1978. 337 Seiten , 18 cm kart.,
Bookseller reference : 34150
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Somerset Maugham, W
Der Magier
Olten, Stuttgart, Salzburg, Fackelverlag, 1964. 256 Seiten , 19 cm, Hardcover/Pappeinband
Bookseller reference : 37483
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Maugham, W. Somerset
Books and You. Eine kleine Geschichte der Weltliteratur
Zürich, Diogenes, 2006. aus dem Englischen übersetzt, kl. 8° (15 x 10 cm), 169 S., mit zahlreichen s/w Abbildungen, illustr. Papp-Einband gebunden
Bookseller reference : 01106
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Schuster, Eva, Hans Christian Rohr (zusammengestellt)
Das Zweitbuch.
München, Franz Schneekluth Verlag, 1992. 362 Seiten, Lesebändchen, 8°, (21 cm H.), OU., OLn. - neuwertige Erhaltung. fest gebunden/ hardcover
Bookseller reference : BEL1857
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TOOLE-STOTT Raymond
The Writings of William Somerset Maugham. A Bibliography.
Roy., 8vo., First Edition, with 4 plates of facsimiles, free endpapers browned; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly age-soiled.
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BENNETT, Arnold
Modern Plays. [Introduction by John Hadfield. Everyman's Library Edition].
8vo., Second Edition thus; original series binding of green cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, dark top, patterned endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned and chipped at head of backstrip. First published in EL in 1937. Plays by Arnold BENNETT, Noel COWARD, Edward KNOBLOCK, William Somerset MAUGHAM, A.A. MILNE and R.C. SHERRIF. EL 942; Seymour 717.0.
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MAUGHAM William Somerset
The Vagrant Mood. Six Essays.
8vo., First Edition; red cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. Stott, A74b.
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MACCARTHY Desmond
William Somerset Maugham. 'The English Maupassant'. An Appreciation by Desmond MacCarthy. With a Bibliography. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text; original yellow wrappers printed in green, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. 'One of the best critical studies of Mr.Maugham'. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Stott F37.
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MAUGHAM W. Somerset
Cakes and Ale. Or, the Skeleton in the Cupboard. Monotypes by Dodie Masterman. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 8 full-page illustrations in the text; pictorial green cloth, green top, green endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
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MAUGHAM William Somerset
The Land of the Blessed Virgin. Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia. 1250 COPIES WERE PRINTED
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present); Madonna blue boards, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, vellum back lettered in gilt, uncut, backstrip mildly age-soiled, corners bruised else a very good, bright, clean copy. With the fine sepia armorial bookplate of Jacqueline Myddleton on front paste-down. 1250 COPIES WERE PRINTED. Bright, clean copy of Stott's variant (i) casing. Writtten from notes made by Maugham while living in Seville for eight months in 1898. VERY SCARCE. Stott A8(i).
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MAUGHAM William Somerset
Short Stories. Selected and introduced by Sue Bradbury. Drawings by Christopher Brown. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 11 plates; pictorial blue cloth blocked in green, gilt back, blue top, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board-slip-case.
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Fisher, Richard B
Syrie Maugham
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside, cream card covers toned. This softcover is identical to the hardcover, possibly a publisher's pre-publication copy, but not marked. Text by Richard Fisher. 8 color plates + 33 black & white images. It has ISBN 0715613073, the same as the hardcover. 11" high X 8" wide, 78 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Lewis, Adam
The Great Lady Decorators: The Women Who Defined Interior Design, 1870-1955
This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket with just a little wear along the bottom edge of the front panel. The jacket is now in a mylar protector. Completely clean inside and out. This monograph covers some of the most interesting interior designers of the twentirth century. They all happened to be women. The book covers Dorothy Draper, Rose Cummings, Nancy Lancaster, Elsie Cobb Wilson, Ruby Ross Wood, Frances Elkins, Eleanor Brown, Sister Parish, Syrie Maugham, Madeleine Castaing, Marian Hall, Thedlow, and Elsie de Wolfe. Foreword by Bunny Williams. Original room portraits by Jeremiah Goodman. Illustrated lavishly in color and with plenty of vintage black & white photographs of the room settings back in the day. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 287 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Maugham, W. Somerset
A traveller in romance : uncollected writings 1901-1964
1st edition. Hardback in dustjacket. Fine/VG. Edited by John Whitehead. 12022. eng
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Maugham, W. Somerset
Catalina : a romance
1st edition. Hbk in dustjacket. VG/Incomplete. Inscription on the front endpaper. 12475. eng
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Maugham, W. Somerset
The round dozen
Good hbk bound in white cloth, red decoration and title lettering. Page edges browned. Inner hinges weakening. 21494. eng
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Maugham, W. Somerset
Creatures of circumstance
1st edition. Good in original red cloth with silver lettering. Front endpaper removed. Damage to the inside front cover. 14229. eng
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Maugham, W. Somerset (Mme Emile-R. Blanchet, translator)
L'Archipel aux sirËnes (The Trembling of a Leaf, first French edition)
A LARGE PAPER PRESENTATION COPY of the first French edition of Maugham's collection of South Sea Island stories, including "The Fall of Edward Barnard", which features the basic story that would later become "The Razor's Edge". 4, II, 329 pp. From a total large-paper issue comprising 45 copies printed on fine Lafuma wove paper, this is ONE OF ONLY 15 HORS-COMMERCE AD PERSONAM COPIES, this one printed for novelist Jacques Bessaignet. Signed presentation inscription from the translator to Bessaignet on the half-title. 8vo. Publisher's wraps. Uncut. Light wear to wraps, else FINE AND BRIGHT. sxxi
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Goren, Charles H
The Standard Book of Bidding. Introduction by W. Somerset Maugham
299 p. Hardcover Good condition; edges worn
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Maugham, Robin
Conversations with Willie : recollections of W. Somerset Maugham
188pp. 22 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Nichols Beverley
Schiavo capovolto. Storia segreta di Somerset Maugham.
pp. 227, cm 20x12, rileg. edit. con sopracoperta, buono
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Menard Wilmon
The two worlds of Somerset Maugham.
pp. 374, cm 24x16, rileg. edit. con sopracoperta
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Dottin Paul
Le theatre de Somerset Maugham.
pp. 260, cm 19x12, brossura, mancante della quarta di copertina.
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET
IL VELO DIPINTO - 1935
In 16o, pp. 224, br. Traduz. di E. G. Farina, firma di proprietà, ottimo (6689/ MAUGHAM - IL VELO DIPINTO - FARINA)
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MAUGHAM SOMERSET
SCHIAVITU' UMANA - 1943
In 8o, pp. 716, br. con sovraccoperta, traduz. di G. Brugiotti, con firma di proprietà, ottimo (6834/ MAUGHAM - SCHIAVITU' UMANA - LETTERATURA INGLESE 1900)
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SOMERSET MAUGHAM
PIOGGIA E ALTRI RACCONTI
IN 8°, pp.422, COPERTINA EDITORIALE A COLORI CON TITOLO ENTRO CORNICE.<BR>FIGLIO DI UN DIPLOMATICO IN GLESE, MAUGHAM NACQUE A PARIGI NEL 1874 E PASSO' DALLA MEDICINA CHE PROFESSAVA ALLA LETTERATURA CHE LO HA RESO CELEBRE, GRAZIE ALL'INASPETTATO SUCCESSO DI UN ROMANZO GIOVANILE ( SCHIAVO D'AMORE ).<BR>VOLUME LXXIII DELLA COLLANA MEDUSA - 6° EDIZIONE. TRADUZIONE DI ELIO VITTORINI.<BR>OTTIMA CONSERVAZIONE.
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Dobrinsky (Joseph)
La jeunesse de Somerset Maugham (1874-1903).
français In-8 de 546 pp.; broché de l'éditeur. Etudes anglaises 62.
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Conventi O.E.S.A. Nell'antica diocesi di Fermo al tempo di S. Nicola - E8844
CONVENTI O.E.S.A.Nell'antica diocesi di Fermo al tempo di S. Nicola di Tolentinoestratto da: "San Nicola, Tolentino, Le Marche"Contributi e ricerche sul processo (a. 1325) per la Canonizzazione di San Nicola da TolentinoConvegno Internazionale di studi Tolentino, 4-7 settembre 1985a cura della Biblioteca Egidiana di Tolentino e della Provincia Agostiniana Picena86 pagine - immagini b/nFormato 16,5x24,5 cmin ottimo stato (167 g)E 8844
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Maugham, W. Somerset/Maugham, William Somerset
Vacanze di Natale. Edizione integrale
Maugham, W. Somerset/Maugham, William Somerset Vacanze di Natale. Edizione integrale. s.L. - Verona, Arnoldo Mondadori editore - Officine Grafiche Veronesi dell'Editore Arnoldo Mondadori (stampa) 1954 italian, in sedicesimo pp. 240 VIII ed. e I ed. " I Libri del Pavone ": aprile 1954 (ed. originale: Christmas Holiday 1939 - I ed. italiana: Mondadori (" Medusa "): maggio 1940). Unica traduzione autorizzata di Elio Vittorini. Collezione " I Libri del Pavone " XXVII. XVI/ 240/ brossura in cartoncino bianco patinato con grafica in rosso, marrone, giallo oro, bianco e nero e con illustrazione a colori al primo piatto (Leporini). Stato mediocre (usura della copertina - copertina e pagine brunite).
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Maugham, William Somerset (Faini, Paola: Cura e traduzione di)
Il mago
Maugham, William Somerset (Faini, Paola: Cura e traduzione di) Il mago. Roma - Pioltello (Milano), Newton Compton Editori s.r.l. - Rotolito Lombarda S.p.A. (stampa) 1995 italian, in ottavo pp. 192
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Maugham (Somerset).
Le Cyclone. Pièce en trois actes.
Paris, L'Illustration, 1932. N° 572 de "La Petite Illustration"; Théâtre, N° 297. Une revue de format in 4° de 30 pp.; quelques photographies tirées de représentations. Bon état.
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Somerset Maugham.
La Lettre. Adaptation française de M. H de Carbuccia.
Paris, L'Illustration, 1930. N° 477 de "La Petite Illustration", Théâtre, N° 254. Une revue de format in 4° de 22 pp., quelques photographies tirées de représentation. légèrement défraîchi. Peu courant.
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Maugham, W. Somerset.
THE SUMMING UP.
191 p. 180mm. Softbound. Covers slightly rubbed. A Mentor Book paperback. Fourth printing. LIT BX 7
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Maugham, W. Somerset.
THE MOON AND SIXPENCE. Illustrated by Frederic Dorr Steele and Paul Gauguin.
282p. + Frontis. Illustrated with color reproductions of paintings by Paul Gauguin. Numerous black and white drawings by Frederic Dorr Steele. Decorated title page. Color pictorial endpapers. Large 8vo. Original full linen binding, decorated and lettered in brown. Hardbound. Nice copy. Maugham's classic account on Gauguin in the South Pacific. A beautifully printed and affordable version of the original Limited Editions Club publication. THESE HERITAGE PRESS BOOKS MAKE GREAT GIFTS. W84
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Aa. Vv.
Almanacco degli Artisti "Il vero Giotto" 1932
Mm 180x250 RARO - Brossura editoriale illustrata da Arturo Martini, 450 pagine con il "Lunario" di Mino Maccari in 12 tavole e numerosissimi disegni nel testo che riproducono opere di artisti contemporanei (Carrà, Casorati, De Pisis, Picasso, Levi, Maugham, Bartolini, Mafai e tanti altri). Su carta colorata, fuori testo, sono proposte le '12 iniziative dell'Almanacco degli Artisti'. Il volume raccoglie scritti dei maggiori artisti e scrittori del tempo fra i quali: Carrà (Vedute sull'arte italiana odierna), Casella (La musica in Italia nel 1931), Prampolini (Aeropittura e superamento terrestre), Sartoris (Panorama dell'architettura italiana - Sintesi panoramica dei movimenti architettonici internazionali), Mazzanti (Panorama artistico livornese), Marchesini (L'annata della xilografia italiana), etc. Pagine e dorso bruniti per la qualità della carta, strappetti e piccole lacune ai margini, nastro adesivo trasparente agli estremi del dorso; l'inevitabile usura esteriore è compensata dall'ottimo stato di conservazione dell'interno, oltre che dalla presenza della copertina originale pressoché integra. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
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John Dean (editor)
Book and Magazine Collector : No 58 January 1989
A very small number of classified section listings highlighted in very pale yellow. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with slighly tanned pages and no bumping to corners. 131pp. This issue includes the early novels of W Somerset Maugham, 'Chums' Boys Paper, Colin Wilson, Roald Dahl children's books, Victorian and Edwardian paperbacks, HV Morton travel books and Arthur Rackham.
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The Editor
Book and Magazine Collector : No 9 November 1984
A very small number of classified section listings highlighted with pale colour. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy and no bumping to corners. 115pp. This issue includes Lewis Carroll's Alice books, Raymond Chandler and Philip Marlowe, Spanish travel books, HE Bates, the 'Thriller' comics library amd W Somerset Maugham.
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Bason, F T (Ed.)
A Bibliography of the Writings of WIlliam Somerset Maugham
78pp VG/none Original editorial red cloth, embossed title and Editor with gilt Unicorn on front board and gilt lettering on spine, a minute dent on the lower margin of the rear board and a couple of neat handwritten corrections by the Editor on p.19, otherwise an excellent copy. Printed on antique laid paper, a limited edition of 950 copies (this being no. 769).
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Berton, P.; MacLennan, Hugh; Bodsworth, F.; Berrill, N.J.; Maugham, W. Somerset; Ayre, Robert; Fitzgerald, F. Scott; et al
Maclean's Magazine, 15 October 1955 *Fiftieth Anniversary Edition*
124 pages. Wonderful colour illustration by Franklin Arbuckle shows lady in attic peacefully reviewing old issues of this publication. Contents: Colour ad for G.W.G. work clothing inside front cover; Editorial reviews the first fifty years of Maclean's; Beverley Baxter shines some Maclean's memories; Blair Fraser recalls "Our Terrible-Tempered Ancestors" - early Ottawa correspondents; Wonderful colour photo ad for Weston's Golden Brown Sodas (crackers); The Years Behind - Pierre Berton reviews the first half-century of Maclean's - the fads, the fashions, the worries and the woes, the bitter and the sweet and, above all, the enormous change - as seen through the pages of Maclean's - illustrated; The Years Ahead - Hugh MacLennan speculates on what kind of people we'll become; Fred Bodsworth and Norman Berrill project what we can expect from science and weather in the coming years; A Treasury of Memorable Fiction - Three Famous Stories from the Maclean's of the Twenties newly illustrated by Oscar Cahen - The Ardent Bigamist, by Somerset Maugham, P. Tidmus and the Fish, by Robert Ayre, Winter Dreams, by F. Scott Fitzgerald; *Fantastic* 10-page nostalgic album of old-time Maclean's Magazine Art - covers and ads in colour and black and white - includes four wonderful covers by Arthur Heming; A Stephen Leacock Sampler; Wonderful full-page colour ad for Canadian Pacific's Empress of Britain; Lovely colour full-page ad for Sweet Caps cigarettes at a football game; Colour ad for Seabreeze record players; Massey-Harris-Ferguson ad features Square Dancing - permitted by the leisure time for farmers created by farm equipment; Centerfold Rexall detailed ad for their 1 cent sale; Nice colour one-page 1956 Ford Meteor ad; Colour ad for ATW, Canada's leading towel; What They Said Would Happen - what Maclean's writers have predicted in the past; Nice colour ad for Tex-Made flannelette blankets; Clyde Gilmour looks back over 50 years of movies - wonderful archival illustrations; Colour Molson Export Ale ad; Nice colour photo Coke ad on back cover shows boy buying bottle for girl at pop machine at golf club. Front cover detached but present, otherwise average wear. A particularly wonderful vintage Maclean's issue. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, June 15, 1924
80 pages. Features: Cover illustration of cherubic little girl holding basket of flowers; Nice colour ad for Dominion Linoleum Rugs inside front cover; Full-page ad for the new 1924 High Speed Blue Chimney New Perfection oil stove; Nice illustrated full-page ad for Pratt & Lambert Varnish Products; *MAGNIFICENT* full-page colour ad for Ford Closed Cars, featuring woman driving a black model with two children, sailboat in hand, disembarking in a lovely park; Business Article - "Consideration of Canada's Immigration is Arousing Business Men's Attention", by J. Herbert Hodgins; Small ad for the "Oshawa" medal clad garage manufactured by The Pedlar People of Oshawa; Full-page colour ad for Congoleum Gold Seal Art-Rugs; Half-page ad for Weed brand auto bumpers and tire chains; International Harvester Motor Truck Ad; Artistic full-page ad for Oneida Community Plate silverware; The Rich Cinderella - story by Arthur Stringer; The Hired Man - story by Lawrence Perry; Mr. T.A. Low - Business Man in Politics - Canada's Minister of Trade and Commerce; A Friend of the Family - story by Rudyard Kipling; Animals I Remember, by W.A. Fraser; The Ardent Bigamist, by Somerset Maugham; Session Meanders to its Close - J.K. Munro on Canadian Parliamentary happenings; The Road Runner - story by Ben Ames Williams; Full-page ad for Palmolive Shaving Cream; Winston Churchill headed "Straight for the Dust-bin" of Politics - so says George Bernard Shaw; Drinking is a national disability in Great Britain; Full page ad for Swift's Premium Cooked Ham; Taxation is Shifting - Lord Weir claims English professions are underpaid; Full-page ad for Firestone "Gum-Dipped Balloons" (low-pressure tires); S.S. Chester on why "Baccarat is a French Menace"; Lovely colour photo ad for Royal Yeast Cakes; Fantastic colour full-page ad for Harvey Hosiery, made by Hosiers Limited of Woodstock, Ontario; Wonderful full-page colour ad for Harvey Tailored Underwear, made by Harvey Knitting Co. of Woodstock, Ontario; Lovely full-page colour ad by the H.J. Heinz Company illustrates the Heinz Pier at Atlantic City; Aeroplanes Can't Be Omnipotent - Archibald Hurd argues that Capital Ships must be maintained to bring food, at least; J.A. Stevenson writes about hope for U.S. Political Upeaval; Puritanism is Termed a Blight - article by Harvey O'Higgins and Dr. E.H. Reede; Full-page ad for Post Toasties "Double Thick" Corn Flakes; There is no Saturation Point - Henry Ford discusses the development of products to meet consumer demand; Radio may cease to be free - article from the Independent; Westinghouse Electric Range ad; Ileana Sets Her Cap for Wales - Godmother of the Balkans would make daughter co-ruler of the British Empire; Salvation in Empire Trade? - how can free trade Britain prosper when her Dominions are largely protectionist?; Three-quarter page ad promotes Vancouver, British Columbia to tourists and businessmen; Will World Commit Hari-Kari? - Sir Oliver Lodge considers our scientific ability to build weapons of destruction, and our lack of morals to handle them; Lovely full-page ad for Canadian Pacific Steamship and its Great Lakes services; Nice half-page ad for The New Hupmobile; Nice half-page Coca-Cola ad; Half-page ad for Nash cars; Nostalgic half-page ad for Coleman camp stoves; Elegant ad for Luxite Hosiery; Bride Club Problem II - "By 'Tax' Sadie Solves Problems of Forgetfulness and Untidiness"; *Beautiful* full-page ad by W. Clark Limited (maker of canned foods) features young boy carrying a basket of cans of Clark's various offerings; Lovely full-page colour ad for Simmons beds, mattresses adn springs; Art and Decoration for Town and Country Homes - Porch for Charm and Comfort, by Katherine M Caldwell; Nice colour ad for Quaker Puffed Wheat inside back cover features illustration of boy by Norman Rockwell; Nice colour ad on back cover for Fuller Brush Company. Covers not quite free from staples. Average wear and soiling. Small faint ink stamp atop front cov Book
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The Atlantic Magazine, October 1955 *Dylan Thomas in Wales*
112 pages. Features: Reports on Washington, Cambodia, Norway and Hungary; Dylan Thomas in Wales, by John Malcolm Brinnin; Undergraduates on Apron Strings, by Howard Mumford Jones; Hadrian's Villa (poem) by Adrienne Cecile Rich; The Menace of Radiation, by N.J. Berrill; The Inventor and the Acress, a story by William Saroyan; Women in Red China, by James Cameron; Why Prisoners Riot, by H.W. Hollister; Brotherly Love - a story by George Johnston; The Land of Cockayne (poem), by Eric Barker; The Portrait Painter and His Subject, by Charles Hopkinson; Thomas Mann's Farewell, by Frederic Morton; The Writer in the University, by Alfred Kazin; Air Travel with Stopovers (part I), by Mitchell Goodman. Black and white photo ad by General Electric shows the evolution of the refrigerator from 1900 the cupboard-mounted models of 1955. Color ad for Convair aircraft inside front cover. Great black and white photo ad by Columbia Records on page 27 features Somerset Maugham. Nice colour ad for I.W. Harper Kentucky Straight Bourbon inside back cover. Colour back cover ad for Grace Line Caribbean vacations. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
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The New York Times Magazine, January 25, 1959 - Cover Photo of Armed Israeli Shepherdess Givona Zuri of Kibbutz Gonen at the Syrian Border
76 pages. Features: Five Basic Problems of Education, by Fred M. Hechinger; Where Airmen Become Missle Men - Vandenberg Air Force Base - with many photos; Somerset Maugham - "Free Man" at 85 - article with photos; Organization Man, Russian-Style - the 21st Communist Party Congress; First Line of Defence For Israel - pioneers of the kibbutzim guard the nation - article with photos; They Still Acclaim Puccini and Melody - on his centenary, audiences are still moved by the intensely human operas of Giacomo Puccini; Medico (Medical International Co-operation) at work with Palestinian refugees; From Adam to T.R. - Currier & Ives Exhibition; Sidney Poitier - a "Defiant One" Becomes a Star; Angels of Anzio - Fifteen years ago, the U.S. Army nurses proved their volor on the Italian beachhead; Nice color centerfold ad for Lord & Taylor; Nice full-page color-photo ad for Macy's; One Equals Two - flipping clothing inside out to create a second costume; Striking the Right Note - home fashion; Nostalgic color-photo ad for Libby's tomato juice is definitely from the 1950s!; Israel Government Tourist Office full-page color photo ad features Gen. Yigael Yadin, Director of the James A. de Rothschild Archaeological Expedition; Gwen Verdon; Domingo's Hideaway - Trujillo's Dominical Republic draws a large share of the ex-dictator trade - Juan Peron, Gen. Fulgencio Batista, etc.; Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Six-inch opening atop front cover. Some yellowing with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, April 1, 1950 - How Women Smuggle
56 pages. Features: Cover art shows a lively neighbourhood roused by the spring weather; I Survived a Heart Attack - Fred J. Glover's story; Contest - $1,000 for a story by you and Somerset Maugham; Foster Hewitt - Play-by-Play Playboy - story with nice photo showing Hewitt looking up to the broadcast gondola; Caribbean Mutiny - story by Willis Lindquist - illustrated by Jack Bush; Giles - Britain's most popular cartoonist - article with photos; How to Live Without Wars and Wedding Rings - 2,000 Old Order Mennonites live without cars or radios, permanents or pianos, on farms near Kitchener, Ontario - article with colour photos; Confessions of a Lady Smuggler - a lady from Windsor, Ontario tells how she cheats the Revenuers; Lusty Lord of the Desert - Abdul Aziz Ibn Abdulrahman Ibn Faisal Ibn Saud is absolute ruler of 5 million Arabs; The Man Who Robs Davy Jones - Richard E. (Dick) Chadwick and the Foundation Company of Canada - article with photo; Nice colour photo ad for Kodak cameras; When the Blizzards hit Balmy B.C.- in January Vancouver's average temperature was 11 degrees colder than Toronto's - story with photos; Excellent colour centerfold ad for the 1950 Ford family of cars; Nice full-page colour ad for Ganong's chocolates; Nice colour Pontiac ad; Normal Rockwell-illustrated ad inside back cover for the Watchmakers of Switzerland. Covers detached but present.. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
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Bryant, Arthur; Squire, Sir John; Mallowan, Prrof. M.E.L.
The Illustrated London News (ILN), August 16, 1952 - Cover Photo of Assyrian Polychrome Ivory Head Found at Nimrud
Pages 161-200. Features: The Deposition of the King of Jordan - King Talal is replaced by the former Crown Prince Hussein; Royal holiday in Wales and Scotland; The Brutal murder of the Drummond family in France; Cowes Week - yachting photos; Theory behind the Kon-Tiki Expedition; Ivories of unsurpassed magnificence - the finest and largest from the ancient near east - discovered at Nimrud - article and photos; Centerfold colour photos of Chartwell, Westerham, Kent - residence of the Prime Minister; One-page colour-illustrated portrait of W. Somerset Maugham; Marshal Tukachevsky of the Soviet Union - article with photos; Photos of Personalities of the Week - including King Feisal of Iraq, and the late Sir Hesketh Bell; King Haakon's 80th birthday celebrations in Oslo; Photos of Ex-King Farouk and his family on Capri; Photo of Britain's largest aircraft about to make her maiden flight - the 140-ton Saunder-Roe "Princess" flying boat at Cowes; Photo of lakeside mini-railway which overturned in Alexandra Park killing a baby and injuring 13; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
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Blood, L.; Maugham, W. Somerset; Kyne, P.; Fitzgerald, F. Scott; Mason, A.; Perry, L.; De Kruif, P.; Jameson, H.; James, M.; Glavis, L.Strong, A.; Dell, R.; Wells, H.G.
Hearst's International Magazine, April 1924 - The Masons and the Klan
162 pages. Features: Gorgeous cover illustration of redhead by W.T. Benda; Nice color Jell-O ad inside front cover by Guy (Giro) Rowe; Victrola ad features illustrations of Martinelli, Bori and Ruffo; One-page ad for the New Hudson Sedan; Grover Cleveland Bergdoll Surrenders to the American Legion - fascinating photo-illustrated article written by the man who returned him to the U.S. (part 1); The Letter - story by W.S. Maugham; An Appeal to Decent Drinkers - fascinating article by Gifford Pinchot on the morality of supporting the trade in illegal alcohol during prohibition; The House of the Arrow - mystery novel; The Internationalist - love story; Tuberculosis - Cured by the Sun - article by Paul H. de Kruif, Ph.D.; The Play Actor (fiction); To Stop War Draft Wealth - remarkably prescient article by Marquis James proposes that if wealthy classes knew their factories would give them little profit if war started, these classes would see that no war occured; The Dog-Barking Navigator (fiction); The Masons and the Ku Klux Klan - the controversy over Masons also being members of the Klan; Diamond Dick - and the First Law of a Woman, by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Stalin - Russia's Leading Politician - fascinating early photo-illustrated look at the man who dominated the Soviet Union for decades; Tongues of Flame - a novel of conflict; France's Only Statesman - photo-illustrated article on Joseph Caillaux; Araby - a Tale of the Isles of the East Beyond the East; Home is the Sailor - new stories of Phoebe and Ernest and their children; My Life, by Mary Garden - true talk about matters personal (with photo); The Dream - fiction by H. G. Wells; Who Deserves a Servant? - an interesting and thoughtful article on the subject of domestic workers; One Born Every Minute - fiction; Garrulities of an Octogenarian Editor, by Henry Holt; Nice red and black one-page Campbell's Vegetable Soup ad; One-page illustrated Chevrolet ad for the Superior Utility Coupe; One-page orange and black ad for the Goodrich Balloon Cord tire; Nice one-page two-color ad for Royal Typewriters is illustrated by David Robinson; Nice one-page photo ad for Listerine features quizical young lady and caption "This can't apply to me!"; Resinal soap and ointment ad; Forhan's ad with baseball theme; Classy one-page L.T. Piver ad; Nice 2/3-page Coke ad features lady in white coat and dress; One-page photo ad for Fleischmann's Yeast; Great one-page Thopson-Barlow Co. ad features young model in the Madame X Reducing Girdle; Orange and black ad for Way Sagless Spring Co. inside back cover; Nostalgic back cover ad for Mulsified shampoo features curly young lady's hair being inspected by her beau. Approx. 0.75" x 3" of loss to upper corner of front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound and complete copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Magazine
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Maugham, W. Somerset; Albert, Katherine; Caldwell, Erskine; Kropotkin, Princess Alexandra; Boothe, Clare Luce; et al
Today's Woman Magazine, November (Nov.) 1946 - Communism Ends At Home
166 pages. Features: A Man and His Kite - story by Somerset Maugham - first appearance of The Kite; Sins of the Innocent - complete novel by Katherine Albert; A Subsidy for Marriage?; What the Doctors Now Think About Vitamins; Communism Ends At Home, by Clare Boothe Luce; Why Husbands Are Like That; The Most Inspiring Woman I Ever Met - Sarah Blanding, President of Vassar; A Volunteer Firefighter's Wife; A Gift of Beauty for your Home; Make Music Work For You; The Lesson I Learned From the Loving Hermit; Betty White - young wife in St. Louis, MO - article with photos; The Windfall - by Erskine Caldwell; Bowler Catherine Fellmeth; Woman metallurgist Valore L. Marcinak; Ballad specialist Barbara Wheaton Smith; Hatmaker Mrs. Orville Nichols; Weaver Janie Pitts; Spanish teacher Maria De Haro; Woman of the Month - Henrietta Sharon teaches hospitalized vets how to write; Liquid Liptone ad inside back cover features great color photo of June Preisser who starred in "High School Hero"; Beautiful back cover color-photo Maybelline ad features Hedy Lamarr in elegang black low-cut dress; and much more. Moderate tanning to contents. Above-average but not excessive external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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