Then and Now
by Maugham, W. Somerset
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Doubleday & Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth titled in gilt. Stated first edition. Trace soil to cloth, slight rubbing to cloth edge and slightest push to spine head. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar has very minor wear. ; 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 #
- 32025
- Title
- Then and Now
- Author
- Maugham, W. Somerset
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1946
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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