Cosmopolitans.
by Maugham, W. Somerset
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Fallon, Nevada, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York:: Doubleday, Doran & Co.,, 1936.. First edition, stated.. Hardcover.. Publishers black cloth, elaborate gilt title to spine, minor shelf wear, front top corner edge bumped, text clean and crisp, edges toned, no affect, overall still an excellent copy. Illustrated dust jacket, minor shelf wear, some minor chipping to edges, bit of soiling to back cover, spine sunned as usual, inside flap corners with minor clips, price still intact, 2.50, overall still better than very good, and presents very well in new protective mylar. Twenty-nine short stories written between 1924-1929, previously published in the magazine Cosmopolitan.
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- Bookseller
- Dark Parks Books & Collectibles
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26635
- Title
- Cosmopolitans.
- Author
- Maugham, W. Somerset
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition, stated.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Co.,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1936.
- Size
- Hardcover.
Terms of Sale
Dark Parks Books & Collectibles
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Dark Parks Books & Collectibles
Biblio member since 2016
Fallon, Nevada
About Dark Parks Books & Collectibles
Early english printed books specializing in occult, science, religion and oddities. We also have a strong emphasis on modern first editions of horror, sci-fi, and fantasy.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Crisp
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- Edges
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- Chipping
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- Cloth
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- Sunned
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- Spine
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- Shelf Wear
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- Jacket
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