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W. Somerset MaughamBETWEEN

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX(Anthology) HOUSMAN, Laurence andW. Somerset MAUGHAM, editors. TheVenture: An Annual of Art and Literature.London: At John Baillie's 1903. First edition. Quarto.Illustrated by Charles Hazlewood Shannon, ReginaldSavage, Charles S. Ricketts, T. Sturge Moore, LucienPissarro, Bernard Sleigh, E. Gordon Craig, LouiseGlazier, Elinor Marshall, Paul Woodroffe, Sydney Lee,and Laurence Housman. Cloth-backed pictorial boards.Light offsetting from frontispiece to title-page, lightdiscoloration to free endpapers, covers somewhat wornwith hinges strained, but still a very good copy.Contributions by G. K. Chesterton, Thomas Hardy, A. E.Housman, Maugham, among others. The first of twovolumes of this lovely but short-lived hardcoverperiodical. #311918 ....... $150

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMAUGHAM, William Somerset. TheExplorer. New York: Baker and Taylor 1909. FirstAmerican edition, from British sheets. Very slightlycocked, a fine copy, lacking the rare dustwrapper. Thenovelization of a 1903 play which had been rejected, butwhich Maugham revised and which was eventuallypublished in 1912. It was also the basis for the first ofover 60 films derived from Maugham's works: a 1915 fivereel picture by George Meldford with screenplay byWilliam C. de Mille and featuring Lou Tellegen. A sharpcopy. #40180 ....... $750

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMAUGHAM, W.S. (Somerset). A Man ofHonour: A Tragedy in Five Acts. Chicago:The Dramatic Publishing Company (1912 - with therubberstamped 1903 copyright notice on the titlepagethat has erroneously led others to conclude that 1903 isthe publication date). First American edition (500 copiesprinted from the sheets of the English edition with a newpreface and titlepage). 16mo. Printed wrappers. Frontcover with rubberstamped cancel price of "75 cents" overthe printed "50 cents" price. The front cover has a stickerremoved from the front wrap and the corner of the half-title is a little clipped, else a fine and fresh, very brightcopy. A beautiful copy. #86843 ....... $500

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MAUGHAM, W.S. (Somerset). Mrs. Dot:A Farce in Three Acts. Chicago: The DramaticPublishing Company (1912). First American edition(from the sheets of the English edition with a newtitlepage). 16mo. Printed wrappers. Front cover withrubberstamped cancel price of "75 cents" over theprinted "50 cents" price. The front cover has a stickerfrom a distributor ("Baker's Plays") on the front wrap,and the corner of the half-title is a little clipped, else afine and fresh, very bright copy. A beautiful copy.#86844 ....... $650

MAUGHAM, W.S. (Somerset). LandedGentry: A Comedy in Four Acts. Chicago:The Dramatic Publishing Company (1913). FirstAmerican edition (from the sheets of the English editionwith a new titlepage). 16mo. Printed wrappers. Frontcover with rubberstamped cancel price of "75 cents" overthe printed "50 cents" price. Front cover has a stickerfrom distributor "Baker's Plays" on the front wrap,corner of the half-title a little clipped, else a fine andfresh, beautiful copy. #86845 ....... $500

MAUGHAM, W.S. (Somerset). The TenthMan: A Tragic Comedy in Three Acts.Chicago: The Dramatic Publishing Company (1913). FirstAmerican edition (1000 copies printed from the sheets ofthe English edition with a new titlepage). 16mo. Printedwrappers. Front cover with penciled cancel price of "75cents" over the printed "50 cents" price. Front cover hasa sticker from distributor "Baker's Plays" on the frontwrap, corner of the half-title a little clipped, else a fineand fresh, very bright copy. *Stott* A17. #86842 .......

$500

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Smith. London:William Heinemann (1914). Second printing, a monthafter the first. Papercovered boards with paper spinelabel. Spine tanned, and a split at the top of the frontjoint, a good only copy. Samson Raphaelson's copy withhis ownership Signature: "Raphaelson." Raphaelson was asuccessful playwright, best-known for his play *The JazzSinger.* This play was the basis for a 1917 silent filmdirected by Maurice Elvey. #84604 ....... $150

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Of HumanBondage. New York: Doran (1915). First edition,first state, preceding the British edition. Contemporaryname, very slightly edgeworn, a fine, bright and squarecopy, lacking the rare dustwrapper. Maugham'smasterpiece, a semi-autobiographical portrait of thedoctor as a young man. Filmed several times, in 1934 byJohn Cromwell, with Leslie Howard and Bette Davis; in1946 by Edmund Goulding with Paul Henreid, EleanorParker, Alexis Smith, and Edmund Gwenn; and in 1964by Bryan Forbers and Ken Hughes with Kim Novak,Laurence Harvey, Robert Morley, and Siobhan McKenna.A very nice copy. #56474 ....... $2,250

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Of HumanBondage. New York: The Modern Library (stated1915 but later). Later edition. Offset front endpaperswhich include glued newspaper clips thus near fine in avery good dustwrapper with a mildly tanned spine andmoderate wear. #273590 ....... $20

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMAUGHAM, Somerset. Of HumanBondage. Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press ca1985. First edition thus. Near fine. Full leather with goldstamping, all edges gilt, ribbon bookmark. Green moireendpapers have faded along edges. Illustrated by JohnSloan. Includes "Notes from the Archives" folder fromEaston Press. #285924 ....... $50

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(Photoplay) MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.The Moon and Sixpence. New York: Grossetand Dunlap (stated 1919 - but circa 1942). Photoplayedition. Pages browned, as usual, else near fine in verynear fine dustwrapper. One of Maugham's masterpieces,a novel based loosely on the life of the artist PaulGauguin. The jacket of this edition features a still fromthe 1942 film featuring George Sanders and HerbertMarshall, but no other tie-in to the film. A bright andfresh copy. #88065 ....... $75

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. The Circle: AComedy in Three Acts. New York: George H.Doran (1921). First American edition. Fine in graypapercovered boards with paper spine label, in a lightlysoiled, but still fine variant dustwrapper (with greenlettering, rather than brown, as called for in theRothschild collection). Basis for two films, the 1925Frank Borzage version, and David Burton's 1930 film*Strictly Unconventional*. A superb copy. #291793 .......

$1,500

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. East of Suez:A Play in Seven Scenes. New York: Doran(1922). First American edition. Owner's gift inscriptionon the front fly, the top edge of the fragile papercoveredboards just a touch tanned, a very near fine copy in verygood plus dustwrapper with a few light splashmarks onthe spine and some short tears. Basil Rathbone starred inthe original theatrical production and this play was alsothe basis for a 1925 Raoul Walsh film featuring PolaNegri, Edmund Lowe, Rockliffe Fellowes, and NoahBeery. A very nice copy in the scarce jacket. #88274 .......

$950

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Loaves andFishes: A Comedy in Four Acts. London:William Heinemann 1924. First edition, wrappered issue.A lovely, fine copy in wrappers, housed in a custom clothchemise and slipcase. Issued simultaneously in cloth andwrappers, the wrappered issue is less common.#99245 ....... $450

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMAUGHAM, W. Somerset. The Letter: APlay in Three Acts. New York: George H. Doran(1925). First edition. Good with both hinges cracked,edgewear, spine label is browned with a couple of smallchips, ink stamp on the front endpaper, without adustwrapper. #298402 ....... $35

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMAUGHAM, W. Somerset. The ConstantWife. New York: George H. Doran (1926). Firstedition, preceding the English edition. Frontispieceportrait of Ethel Barrymore, to whom the book isdedicated and who appeared in the original production. Asmall clipping affixed to the front pastedown, else fine ina very attractive, near fine dustwrapper with a faint stainon the rear panel. A nice copy of this play, basis for the1929 Robert Milton-directed film *Charming Sinners*with Ruth Chatterton, Clive Brook, Mary Nolan, andWilliam Powell. #291792 ....... $1000

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX(Mystery) MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.Ashenden or: The British Agent. London:William Heinemann 1928. First edition. Small stamp of anoted collector on the front fly, and some rubbing to theboards, near fine in fine dustwrapper. Basis for the AlfredHitchcock film *The Secret Agent* with MadeleineCarroll, John Gielgud, and Peter Lorre. A pretty copy ofthis title listed in both *Queen's Quorum* and as a*Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone*. #291802 ....... $6,500

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(Mystery) MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.Ashenden or: The British Agent. Garden City:Doubleday, Doran and Company 1928. First Americanedition. Fine in an attractive, very good plus dustwrapperwith two small chips at the crown and some slight age-toning. Basis for the Alfred Hitchcock film *The SecretAgent* with Madeleine Carroll, John Gielgud, and PeterLorre. A pretty copy of this title listed in both *Queen'sQuorum* and as a *Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone*. TheAmerican edition is less common than the Englishedition. #291777 ....... $2,500

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Ashenden:The British Agent. (New York: Avon Books 1951).Reprint. Near fine, lightly worn in wrappers.#106491 ....... $10

MORGAN, Louise. Writers at Work.London: Chatto & Windus 1931. First edition. Fine inpapercovered boards, and very slightly age-toned, elsefine dustwrapper. Interviews with W.B. Yeats, WyndhamLewis, Sinclair Lewis, Sylvia Townsend Warner, SomersetMaugham, Edgar Wallace, A.E. Coppard, and RichardAldington. #278039 ....... $100

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMORGAN, Louise. Writers at Work.London: Chatto & Windus 1931. First edition. Fine inpapercovered boards, and modestly spine-tanned andprice-clipped, near fine dustwrapper. Interviews with W.B. Yeats, Wyndham Lewis, Sinclair Lewis, SylviaTownsend Warner, Somerset Maugham, Edgar Wallace,A.E. Coppard, and Richard Aldington. #278899 .......

$85

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX(Anthology) LONG, Ray, selected by.20 Best Short Stories in Ray Long's 20Years as an Editor. New York: Crown (1932).Later printing. About fine in near fine dustwrapper with acouple of short tears. Includes stories by ErnestHemingway, W. Somerset Maugham, Fannie Hurst, RingLardner, Edna Ferber, Booth Tarkington, DorothyParker, and many others. An attractive copy. #63935 .......

$50

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMAUGHAM, W. Somerset. DonFernando. London: William Heinemann 1935. Firstedition, trade issue. An attractive bookplate on the frontpastedown, a little foxing in the text, a very good copy ina very good or better dustwrapper with a longish tear onthe rear panel. Issued simultaneously with a limitededition, the trade edition in jacket is uncommon.#80212 ....... $450

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMAUGHAM, W. Somerset. DonFernando, or Some Variations on SomeSpanish Themes. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran& Company, Inc. 1935. First edition. Fine less someoffsetting on the front end papers in very good, price-clipped Sun Dial Press dustwrapper with small tearsaround the extremities. #110497 ....... $75

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MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. ChristmasHoliday. London: Heinemann (1939). First edition.Fine in very near fine dustwrapper with a small triangularchip at the top of the front panel near the front flap. Asharp, fresh copy. Basis for the fine film with DeannaDurbin as a downtrodden nightclub singer and GeneKelly, cast even further against type, as her murdering,convict husband. #50158 ....... $400

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. ChristmasHoliday. London: Heinemann (1939). First edition.Stain to the bottom corners of both boards, thus aboutvery good in about very good dustwrapper with a scrapethat corresponds with the stain on the front board. Basisfor the fine film with Deanna Durbin as a downtroddennightclub singer and Gene Kelly, cast even further againsttype, as her murdering, convict husband. #72500 .......

$75

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. ChristmasHoliday. New York: Doubleday 1939. First Americanedition. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with some slightfading to the orange ink on the spine, a very short tear,and some rubbing at the spine. A crisp copy of this novelwhich was toned down considerably for the fine film withDeanna Durbin as a downtrodden nightclub singer andGene Kelly, cast even further against type, as hermurdering, convict husband. #49021 ....... $350

(MAUGHAM, W. Somerset)ALDINGTON, Richard. W. SomersetMaugham: An Appreciation by RichardAldington with Sixty-Five by W. SomersetMaugham.. New York: Doubleday 1939. Stapledwrappers. Slight clip to the top corner of the front fly elsefine with just a touch of rubbing. An appreciation ofMaugham, a bibliography of his work, and an index to hisshort stories, as well as a short, previously unpublishedpiece on writing by Maugham. #858 ....... $60

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMAUGHAM, W. Somerset. StrictlyPersonal. NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company1941. Later. Very good in good dustwrapper. Light shelfrubbing, light browning of end papers and page edges,dustwrapper shows water stain, rubbing with some lightsoiling, some small tears on edges, flaps clipped.#218415 ....... $15

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Up at theVilla. London: William Heinemann (1941). FirstEnglish edition, following the U.S. edition by a month.Page edges a little browned else fine in near finedustwrapper with some soiling on the front panel. Anunusually bright copy of a wartime book easilysusceptible to wear. Basis for the 2000 Philip Haas filmfeaturing Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, AnneBancroft, and James Fox. #89166 ....... $500

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMAUGHAM, W. Somerset. The Razor'sEdge. London: Heinemann (1944). First Englishedition, preceded by the American edition. A small labelon the front pastedown, near fine in very good, price-clipped dustwrapper with some fading. A reasonably nicecopy of a very poorly manufactured wartime volume, anda book that despite originally receiving a mixed criticalreception has been established as a classic. Probably theauthor's most popular work, in no small part because ofits appeal to later generations who felt spirituallybankrupted by traditional Western lifestyles. Filmed byEdmund Goulding in 1946 with Tyrone Power, GeneTierney, John Payne, Clifton Webb, and Anne Baxter(who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar). It wasremade by John Byrum in 1984 with Bill Murray andTeresa Russell. *Burgess 99*. #291798 ....... $1,250

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MAUGHAM, Somerset. The Avon Bookof Somerset Maugham: 22 Stories from*Cosmopolitan*. New York: Avon Book Company(1946). First Avon edition. Near fine, lightly worn inwrappers. #106493 ....... $10

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Then andNow. London: William Heinemann 1946. First edition.A name neatly erased on the front fly else fine in verynear fine dustwrapper slight toning to the spine.#291830 ....... $200

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Then andNow. London: Heinemann 1946. First edition. Tinybookseller label else fine in very good dustwrapper with acouple of small nicks at the crown, and an internallyrepaired short tear. #57458 ....... $150

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Then andNow. Garden City: Doubleday 1946. First Americanedition, issued ten days after the English. Tiny, lightowner name stamp on the front pastedown, cornersslightly bumped else fine in about fine, price-clippeddustwrapper with a few tiny tears. #66812 ....... $100

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMAUGHAM, W. Somerset. A Writer'sNotebook. New York: Preprinted for CosmopolitanMagazine 1949. First edition. Spine a little tanned, thusvery good, issued without dustwrapper. One of 6000copies printed before the work's appearance in themagazine. #99974 ....... $100

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMAUGHAM, W. Somerset. A Writer'sNotebook. Garden City: Doubleday 1949. FirstAmerican trade edition. Owner name, some pencil notesthroughout else near fine in a very good minusdustwrapper with some small chips and tears.#55092 ....... $35

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXSTOTT, Raymond Toole. Maughamiana:The Writings of W. Somerset Maugham.Garden City: Doubleday 1950. First American edition.Owner name, staining to the boards, a good only copy invery good or better dustwrapper with sunning to thespine. #88260 ....... $25

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMAUGHAM, W. Somerset and R.C.Sherriff. Quartet. Garden City: DoubledayCompany, Inc. 1950. First edition. Very good in boardswith edgewear to the head of the spine, a small punctureto the spine, and rubbing to the top corners, lacking thedustwrapper. #296419 ....... $17

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MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. The Writer'sPoint of View. London: Published for the NationalBook League by the Cambridge University Press 1951.First edition. Stiff wrappers in dustwrapper. Fine.#278797 ....... $150

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. The Writer'sPoint of View. London: Cambridge University Press1951. First edition. Stiff wrappers in dustwrapper. Modestfoxing and the staples have oxidized and bled through tothe jacket, thus very good only. #98721 ....... $50

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. The VagrantMood: Six Essays. London: Heinemann (1952).First edition. Fine in very good plus dustwrapper with acouple of short, internally repaired tears. A nice copy.#57457 ....... $100

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. The VagrantMood. Garden City: Doubleday 1953. First Americanedition. Scattered foxing, boards lightly rubbed, else verygood in very good lightly soiled, rubbed dustwrapper withsome creasing and wear to the ends of the spine andedges of the panels. #41519 ....... $30

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXSaturday Review: April 11, 1953, Vol.XXXVI, No. 15. New York: Saturday Review 1953.First edition. Quarto stapled wrappers. Near fine withpages age-toned. Front cover: Spring Books. Contains:Remembrances of H.G. Wells by Somerset Maugham;Reviews on Dylan Thomas; Ogden Nash; J.D. Salinger;and more. #313234 ....... $25

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMAUGHAM, W. Somerset. The CompleteShort Stories: Volume 1. Melbourne: WilliamHeinemann, Limited (1953). Reprint. Very good withsome small tears on the spine, previous owner'sinscription on the front fly, and foxing throughout. Nodustwrapper. #275624 ....... $20

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXCHARTERIS, Leslie, edited by. TheSaint Detective Magazine: October, 1955,Vol. 4, No. 4. New York: King-Size Publications1955. First edition. Printed wrappers. Pages age-tonedand delicate, else very good. Featuring: The body in theRockpit by Rufus King; Somerset Maugham; LawrenceG. Blochman; and more. #313809 ....... $10

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBREIT, Harvey. The Writer Observed.Cleveland: The World Publishing Company (1956). Firstedition. Fine in attractive very good, price-clippeddustwrapper with some spotting on the spine. NicelyInscribed by the author to an early mentor, the scholarand author Henry Goddard Leach. Interviews and articlesabout major authors including William Faulkner, JohnO'Hara, W. Somerset Maugham, T.S. Eliot, TrumanCapote, Norman, Mailer, Evelyn Waugh, Angela Thirkell,Robert Frost, Dylan Thomas, Aldous Huxley, AlanPaton, E.E. Cummings, Joyce Cary, Noel Coward, RayBradbury, Ernest Hemingway, Saul Bellow, ArthurKoestler, and others. #281509 ....... $125

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(Anthology) ISHERWOOD, Christopher,edited by. Great English Short Stories.(New York): (Dell Publishing Company, Inc.) (1957).Later edition. A foreword and introductions byChristopher Isherwood. Features works by H. G. Wells,W. Somerset Maugham, D. H. Lawrence, RudyardKipling, E.M. Forster, among others. Slight bump to theforedge, age-toning and general wear thus very good inwrappers. #104528 ....... $10

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. 6 StoriesWritten in the First Person Singular. (NewYork): Berkley Publishing Corporation (1959). FirstBerkley edition. Near fine, lightly worn in wrappers.#106487 ....... $10

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. The NarrowCorner. New York: Bantam Books (1959). NewBantam edition. Near fine, lightly worn in wrappers.#106482 ....... $10

(Literary Interviews) NELSON, James--Edited and with an Intro. By, W.Somerset Maugham, Pearl Buck, EdithHamilton, et al. Wisdom For Our Time.New York: W.W. Norton 1961. First edition. Near fine ina good plus dustwrapper. Book shows very slightbumping of spine ends, tiny hard stain on back panel,dustwrapper shows 2in closed tear on top front cover,some small tears on edges and ends, bottom corner offront flap clipped. #270821 ....... $10

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX(HELLER, Joeseph). "Coney Island TheFun is Over" article in Show, TheMagazine of the Arts Volume II Number 7July 1962. New York: Hartford Publications 1962.First edition. Very good with wear and s couple of tearsalong the spine, light soiling, in pictorial wrappers. Alsoincludes "Looking Back Part II" by Somerset Maugham.#316654 ....... $40

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXWESCOTT, Glenway. Images of Truth:Remembrances and Criticism. New York:Harper & Row (1962). First edition. Fine in very near finedustwrapper. Inscribed by the author in 1986 (he died in1987). The inscription betrays what might be a hint ofsenility. Novelist Wescott reflects on lifelong friends andcontemporaries Katherine Anne Porter, W. SomersetMaugham, Colette, Thomas Mann, Thornton Wilder andIsak Dinesen. #86291 ....... $100

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXALLSOP, Kenneth. Scan. (London): Hodderand Stoughton (1965). First edition. Fine in finedustwrapper. Essays and interviews, including withRaymond Chandler, William Faulkner, William S.Burroughs, Maugham, James Thurber, C.S. Forester,Robert Graves, Evelyn Waugh, and many others.#97740 ....... $75

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX(Children) MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.Princess September. New York: Harcourt, Brace& World (1969). First American edition with theseillustrations (originally issued with different art in 1939).Illustrated by Jacqueline Ayer. Fine in very gooddustwrapper with a few short tears. An attractivechildren's book. #97700 ....... $45

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BROWN, Ivor. W. Somerset Maugham.(London: International Textbook Company, Limited1970). First edition. Fine copy without a dustwrapper asissued. #273224 ....... $25

MORGAN, Ted. Maugham. New York: Simonand Schuster (1980). First edition. Fine in finedustwrapper. #106688 ....... $30

HORGAN, Paul. Tracings: A Book ofPartial Portraits. New York: Farrar, Straus &Giroux (1993). Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by theauthor to a noted poet: "for J.D. McClatchy from PaulHorgan, well-met! 1993." A collection of biographicalportraits including Greta Garbo, T.S. Eliot, ThorntonWilder, Edmund Wilson, Somerset Maugham and others.#96618 ....... $85

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