Ashenden,: Or: The British Agent
by W. Somerset Maugham
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
World Pub. Co, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. First Printing. 304 pages. No dust jacket. Brown paper covered boards. Pages are heavily tanned, but text remains legible. Noticeable marking to some pages throughout; text is not obscured. Binding is firm. Pencil inscriptions to front endpapers. Boards have heavy shelf-wear, with visible corner bumping and noticeable scuffing to edges. Noticeable scuffing to spine ends. Heavy rubbing and scuffing overall, with visible marking also.
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
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1674159595LEE
- Title
- Ashenden,: Or: The British Agent
- Author
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- World Pub. Co
- Date Published
- 1947
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...