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The Narrow Corner
by Maugham, W. Somerset
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Doubleday. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth titled in gilt. Stated first edition. Inner hinges stretched a bit in spots but not cracked. Backstrip a bit softened and with a small spot. Textblock edges slightly dust darkened. The DJ in mylar is chipped at spine ends and points, mildly toned, rubbed through at spots in folds. Flap price $2.50 intact. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23660
- Title
- The Narrow Corner
- Author
- Maugham, W. Somerset
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1932
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
curtis paul books inc.
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Northridge, California
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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