The Razor's Edge
de Maugham, W Somerset
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Leicester, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Heinemann, 1944. First Edition. Hard Cover. (London: William Heinemann Ltd 1944). First UK Edition. Handsomely bound in full tan calf by the legendary binder ZAEHNSDORF. All edges gilt. Marbled end-papers. Title on red leather label to the spine; Author on green leather label to the spine. Raised bands to the spine. Double gilt border to the front and back boards. A VG+ (or better) copy. A stunning production. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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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- Librería
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 355490720591
- Título
- The Razor's Edge
- Autor
- Maugham, W Somerset
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hard Cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Heinemann
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1944
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Leicester
Sobre James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
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- 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....
- First Edition
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
