AH KING: Six Stories.
London: William Heinemann, (1933). First edition. A book of short stories. About fine with few scattered foxed spots to page edges, in dust jacket with some rubbiing and light wear but still very good. Item #54047 More
London: William Heinemann, (1933). First edition. A book of short stories. About fine with few scattered foxed spots to page edges, in dust jacket with some rubbiing and light wear but still very good. Item #54047 More
London: William Heinemann, (1930). First edition. Observations from his travels. Lacking the front free endpaper and rear blank otherwise very good with some offset from binding to endpapers. In about very good dust jacket showing some scattered foxing and general light soiling, a bit of fraying to spine ends and..... Item #54048 More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., (1938). First edition of this play, a comedy in three acts. Simultaneously issued in hardback and paperwraps, and presume therefore a relatively small quantity of the hardbacks were issued. This copy in hardback. Name on front endpaper otherwise very good condition in red cloth with very..... Item #52200 More
Pacific Palisades: Rasselas Press, 1982. First edition. Frontispiece drawing of Maugham and facsimile handwritten letter. Printed leterpress by Patrick Reagh. Edited and with an introduction by Loren R. Rothschild. One of 26 SIGNED lettered copies (signed by Reagh and Rothschild). There were also 274 unsigned, numbered copies. Gray cloth with..... Item #42721 More
Pacific Palisades: Rasselas Press, 1982. First edition. One of 274 numbered copies (out of 300). Fine as issued without dust jacket. Item #41958 More
Melbourne, London, Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd, (1950). First edition. SIGNED BY MAUGHAM on front end paper, "W. Somerset Maugham 30 January 1950 at Cap Ferrat." St.Jean Cap Ferrat in France was Maugham’s residence for much of his life. A hand list of his work compiled by and introduction by Raymond..... Item #55228 More
London, Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd., (1944). First Australian edition (so stated). There is minor unavoidable offset on the endpapers. The front pastedown has a very small bookstore bookplate. Otherwise, fine in dust jacket with slight edgewear and a little age darkening to spine and back panel. Item #43854 More
London: William Heinemann, (1944). First UK edition, preceded by the U.S. The story of a former American fighter pilot searching for meaning in his life. Basis for the 1946 movie starring Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, and Anne Baxter (who won an Oscar for her role), as well as the 1984..... Item #54201 More
London: William Heinemann, 1933. First edition. His last play before deciding to focus on other writing. Page edges foxed otherwise near fine in very good or better lightly foxed and soiled dust jacket slightly tanned at spine. Item #54212 More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., (1938). First edition. Autobiographical ramblings. Few minor spots on cover, otherwise very good to fine in dust jacket with closed tear on front fold, tiny chips on corners and a chip at head of spine not affecting any lettering (a little over a quarter inch). Item #33209 More
London: Willliam Heinemann, (1946). First edition. Three months in the life of Niccolo Machiavelli. Minor shelfwear else fine in near fine dust jacket with rear panel lightly soiled and few tiny chips and small tears. Item #55908 More
(San Francisco: Tales for Travellers, 1982). First edition thus: Number 3 in the short-lived "Selected Short Stories by Great Writers" series devised by James H. Schmidt in 1982 with the intent of providing quality reading material for daily commuters that was inexpensive enough to share. Originally issued in 4 slipcased..... Item #71810 More
London: William Heinemann, (1949). First UK edition. Rear tips slightly bumped, otherwise near fine in price-"clipped" (actually it's a 2" by 3" square cut from bottom edge of flap) dust jacket with light edge rubbing, some chipping to spine ends and tips, light soiling to rear panel and a 1/4"..... Item #35763 More