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The Magician

by Maugham, Somerset

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  • Hardcover
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William Heinemann, London, 1908, First Edition (period re-binding), 12mo., 310 p. quarter maroon cloth over brown paper boards, title paper label to spine.

boards have wear through at each corner, resulting in bumped/curved corners. Rear board has an indentation, level with the bottom of the paper label on spine; perhaps as a result of improper shelving. Many pages have soiling and/or foxing as well as turned down corners. Based on my "inexpert" cursory review, the binding itself is still strong. Photo of Aleister Crowley is affixed to front paste down and a very brief review is pasted to the ffep both presumably clipped from a contemporary periodical as the price indicated for the volume is "15s". NB: not in original binding, this book has been re-bound-many, many years ago. Ex-libris- English bibliophile and Aleister Crowley scholar Nicholas C. Bishop-Culpeper, with his distinctive book label affixed to flyleaf. paid $100 for it

Inv. # 63605 TM* bds 7/2023

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Bookseller
Low Brow Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
63605
Title
The Magician
Author
Maugham, Somerset
Format/Binding
Quarter maroon cloth over brown paper boards
Book Condition
Used - Good+
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
William Heinemann
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1908
Pages
310
Size
12mo
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
occult fiction, black magic, mystery, vintage fiction
Bookseller catalogs
Occult fiction;

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