Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1941. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Limited Signed Edition. Octavo. 272 pp, b&w photo frontis, stated First Edition, limited to 515 & signed by the author. Binding tight & square, pages clean and unmarked, cover cloth Near Fine, with slight fade to spine. gilt top edge. "Newbegin's" bookstore stamp at top hinge rear pastedown. cardbaord slipcase barely holding together. 6.1" x 8.6" red cloth boards..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 007583
Title: Strictly Personal
Author: Maugham, W. Somerset
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Slipcase - Fair
Edition: First Limited Signed Edition
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
Place of Publication: Garden City, New York
Date Published: 1941
Keywords: William Somerset Maugham - English author
Bookseller catalogs: LITERATURE; BIOGRAPHY;
Size: Octavo

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West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.

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