Christmas Holiday (First UK Edition)
by W. Somerset Maugham
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Slightest lean, else Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Light foxing to page edges and (just barely) the dust jacket. An extremely bright, fresh copy.
The Dark Page I: 1940-1949, p. 194.
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.
Reviews
A delightful novel about travel alone to Paris by a young man for the first time.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Royal Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 156369
- Title
- Christmas Holiday (First UK Edition)
- Author
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Books into Film | Film Noir | Literature | Mystery and Crime
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Books into Film; Film Noir; Mystery and Crime;
Terms of Sale
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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