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THE WORLD OF SOMERSET MAUGHAM: An Anthology
Edited By Klaus W. Jonas.
Preface by W. Somerset Maugham. New York: British Book Centre, (1959). First American edition, first printing. Illustrated with three quality, glossy photograph plates of Maugham. An anthology tribute commissioned to coincide with Maugham's 85th birthday. The informed tribute articles bring fresh light to Maugham's life and critique his novels, plays, his issues with race, the influence of climate and environment, and more. Contributors include Frank Swinnerton, Klaus W. Jonas, St. John Ervine, Glenway Wescott, and M.C. Kuner. Lower corner tips minutely bumped, else very nearly fine in polished blue linen with gilt embossed titles to the spine; in a very good dust jacket with offset age-toning to the borders of the rear panel slight fading and rubbing to the spine panel that also bears a small sticker-removal abrasion, and with tiny nicks and rubs to the spine edges and shelf-edges; original printed $3.50 price still intact to the front inner flap. Octavo; 200 pages; appendix; bibliographies. PLEASE VIEW FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! |