Don Fernando
by Maugham, W. Somerset
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann. Fine with no dust jacket. 1935. Hardcover. Green buckram with spine label, TEG, ribbon marker. Limited to 175 copies, this being #17 signed by Maugham to the limitation page. Top leading corners gently softened, spine slightly sunned, slight foxing to endpages. Else a square tight copy in original acetate DJ and publisher's lightly worn slipcase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
W. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He trained as a doctor in London where he started writing his first novels. 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
- curtis paul books inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32061
- Title
- Don Fernando
- Author
- Maugham, W. Somerset
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...