The Razor's Edge
de Maugham, W. Somerset
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Librería
-
SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: William Heinemann, 1944. Previous owner was George Cukor whose neat, vintage bookplate with his name adorns the front pastedown. It is a small black and white picture of a nice house. Cukor was originally hired to direct but was fired because of creative differences (Cukor and Maugham were also close friends). The blue boards are clean and fresh with gilt lettering and design on front board and spine. Tips still pretty sharp. Unmarked, tight and square. Price intact jacket has light to moderate wear but no tears or chips. Two or three very small spots (teadrop?) on jacket and 1/2" closed tear on rear panel. A great association copy. In mylar. . First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Sinopsis
The Razor's Edge , by W. Somerset Maugham, first published by Doubleday Doran in the United States in 1944, relates the experiences of a World War I pilot, Larry Darrell, who chooses to embrace a counter-cultural lifestyle as a way of dealing with his PTSD, though the syndrome is of course not identified as such in the book. This book challenges the cultural ideals of the 1940s, and disregards the stereotype of the returning military hero. Some controversy surrounded the publication of this book because of its lack of patriotic fervor and its embrace of bohemian ideals, but today it is regarded as one of the more important pieces of American literature from the 1940s. -
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Detalles
- Librería
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 012624
- Título
- The Razor's Edge
- Autor
- Maugham, W. Somerset
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First UK Edition
- Editorial
- William Heinemann
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1944
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Modern First Editions;
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Miembro de Biblio desde 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
Sobre Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
