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The Razor's Edge
de W. Somerset Maugham
- Usado
- Bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Bueno/Very Good Indeed
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Precio
EUR 806.76EUR 726.08
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1944 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 6". None. The first trade edition of W. Somerset Maugham's important novel, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. The first US trade edition of W. Somerset Maugham's celebrated novel, following Larry Darrell, an American pilot traumatized by his experiences in World War I. The first issue, with the $2.75 price to head of front flyleaf of the publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition after a limited edition printing published by Doubleday two days prior, this is the first trade edition of the novel, published prior to the UK first edition.The story begins through the eyes of Larry's friends and acquaintances as they witness his personality change after the war. His rejection of conventional life and search for meaningful experience allows him to thrive, while more materialistic characters suffer reversals of fortune. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Shelf wear to back strip head and tail. Minor mark to tail of dust wrapper rear wrap, with two small closed tears to head of back strip. Minor edge wear to back strip head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Near Fine
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 810F17
- Título
- The Razor's Edge
- Autor
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good Indeed
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Doubleday, Doran & Co
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1944
- Tamaño
- 8.5" by 6"
- Palabras clave
- of human bondage razor's edge maugham world war I razor's edge
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Sobre el vendedor
Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
