Cosmopolitans: Very Short Stories
by MAUGHAM, W. Somerset
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- first
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1936. First U.K. Edition. Third Issue, with half-title page and pp.5-6 cancel leaves, the former listing 19 non-dramatic works on the reverse, Ah King being the last, followed by the Plays. Octavo (19.75cm); dark blue linen, with titles stamped in gilt and black on spine and front cover; brown topstain; dustjacket; xiii, [3], 302, [2]pp. Hint of sunning to spine, topstain slightly dulled, with mild discoloration to endpapers and foxing to text edges; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 7/6 net), edgeworn, with sunning to spine, several nicks and short tears, with a stain to lower front flap fold, and scattered foxing overall; Very Good. Collection of 29 short stories. The American edition precedes the British by one month. STOTT A51a.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23365
- Title
- Cosmopolitans: Very Short Stories
- Author
- MAUGHAM, W. Somerset
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1936
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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- Leaves
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- Good+
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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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...