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The Razor’s Edge

The Razor’s Edge

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The Razor’s Edge

by W Somerset Maugham

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First edition after the limited run of 750. Text block is very clean with no marks, inscriptions or spotting. Boards in black cloth with top and base of spine rolled and corners bumped. Back board has some indentation marks. DJ is price clipped and has significant loss to spine at top and bottom. Back flap has a 2 inch tear. Happy to supply more photographs.

Synopsis

The Razor's Edge , by W. Somerset Maugham, first published by Doubleday Doran in the United States in 1944, relates the experiences of a World War I pilot, Larry Darrell, who chooses to embrace a counter-cultural lifestyle as a way of dealing with his PTSD, though the syndrome is of course not identified as such in the book. This book challenges the cultural ideals of the 1940s, and disregards the stereotype of the returning military hero. Some controversy surrounded the publication of this book because of its lack of patriotic fervor and its embrace of bohemian ideals, but today it is regarded as one of the more important pieces of American literature from the 1940s. -

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Bookseller
Boneshaker Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
1093
Title
The Razor’s Edge
Author
W Somerset Maugham
Book Condition
Used - Good
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Double Day, Dorian & Co
Date Published
1944
Weight
0.00 lbs

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About Boneshaker Books

I'm an English teacher by day and a book hoarder by night, weekend and occasional holiday. I sell to provide more shelf space and some money to buy more books. Drawn to various genres - mainly 20th and 21st century first editions. Protecting the book for postage is very important to me; I use recycled packaging where possible, but always ensuring the book can cope with any possible boneshaking along the way.

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Text Block
Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Price Clipped
When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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....
Rolled
rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...

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