Ashenden: or the British Agent
by Maugham, W. Somerset
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
murrieta, California, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
W. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He began to study medicine in London but quit to focus exclusively on writing. In 1926 he bought a house in Cap Ferrat, France, which was to become a meeting place for a number of writers, artists and politicians. He died in 1965.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Optical Insights (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14536
- Title
- Ashenden: or the British Agent
- Author
- Maugham, W. Somerset
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Co. , Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Literature, Maugham, Ashenden
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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