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William Somerset Maugham | First Editions
1874 - 1965
See below our stock of William Somerset Maugham First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
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The Book-Bag [Book Bag].
Florence: G. Orioli, 1932. [Modern Literature] LIMITED EDITION. First separate edition. SIGNED by the author, beneath portrait frontispiece. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.109; [3], blank. Printed on handmade paper. Publisher's ivory cloth over pale blue paper-covered boards, edges untrimmed. striking two-tone dust-wrapper. Some minor dustiness and handling, bookplate of Norman..... More
The Razor's Edge. A New Novel.
London: William Heinemann, 1944. [Modern Literature] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo, pp.[4]; 284. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles, in the typographic green dust-jacket priced at 12/6. A near fine copy of the book in a mildly-toned wrapper with several faint scratches to front panel. One of Maugham's most popular works..... More
The Summing Up.
London: William Heinemann, 1938. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm) pp.[viii]; 317; [3], blank. Exquisitely bound for Hatchards (likely by Sangorski) in blue half crushed morocco, gilt, with twin black labels to spine, combed marble endpapers, top edge gilt. Maugham device from original cloth laid to pastedown, black..... More
Theatre.
London: William Heinemann, 1937. First Edition. Octavo. Publisher's blue cloth, with gilt titles to front board and spine, and publisher's logo embossed to rear board in black. Cloth boards remain bright, some bumping to corners and top and tail of spine. Internally clean, with slight spotting to front edge. Stott..... More
The Vagrant Mood. Six Essays.
London: William Heinemann, 1952. [Literary criticism] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED LIMITED ISSUE. Tall octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.241. Autograph of W S. Maugham in blue ink to limitation page (Number 242 of 500 copies). Publisher's quarter white leather binding, blue calf boards ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Head..... More
![The Return of Sherlock Holmes [and] Dixon's Return [and] The Ebony Box [and] Eyes of Terror [and]...](/pictures/thumb/57803.jpg?v=1599843608)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes [and] Dixon's Return [and] The Ebony Box [and] Eyes of Terror [and] Gervais of Blois [and] The Iron Maiden [and] The King and I [and] The Land Ironclads [and] Lawyer Quince [and] Liar and an Elephant [and] The Phoenix and the Carpet [and] Point of Law [and] The Country of the Blind [and] Dialstone Lane [and] Echo [and] Golden Bars [and] Sadi the Fiddler [and] Billy the King [and] The Diver's Story [and] The Girl on the Sands [and] An Irish Gentleman [and] The Messenger in Mufti [and] The Mistress of the Chateau [and] The Ring and the Lamp [and] A Splendid Rogue [and] The Temptation of Samuel Burge [and] That Brute Simmons [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 26, 27 and 28, complete.
London: George Newnes, July 1903 to December 1904. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Three volumes. Octavo (24 x 27cm), pp.[4] 804; pp.[4] 724; pp.[4] 804. With frequent black and white illustrations, including Paget's famous illustrations for the Holmes stories. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and..... More
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