London: The Reprint Society, 1954. Book Club Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing from The Reprint Society. Both volumes have very good bright green cloth boards, red title fields to back strip with gilt titles. The covers are clean and bright. Volume One is a little loose from front hinge. The corners and spine ends of Volumes One and Two are a little bumped. The end papers are clean, except for slight foxing to rear end papers of Volume One. Red tinted cut edges; the fore and tail edges are unmarked. The text block of Volume Two is tightly bound, straight and clean. The block of Volume One is a little loose, with webbing visible from title page. Otherwise, this volume is very good with firm, clean pages. Neither volumes are annotated etc. Without jackets.

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Seller: Clevedon Community Bookshop (GB)
Seller's Inventory #: 57124
Title: The World Over - The Collected Stories - Two Volumes
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Book Club Edition 1st Printing
Publisher: The Reprint Society
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1954
Pages: 1477
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Keywords: SLD
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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About Clevedon Community Bookshop

Clevedon Community Bookshop, co-operatively owned, opened on 31 December 2011 and now has a general stock of approximately 20,000 books. Our bookshop in Copse Road is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11.00am to 4.00pm. The co-operative comprises just over 600 members from around the world and was set up to stop the only second-hand bookshop in our town from closing. The benefit of being a member/shareholder is only social: no-one benefits financially. All profits are used to improve the bookshop and its stock, and, through events, to contribute to the literacy and literary profile of our town. The Bookshop Manager has fifteen years' experience in second-hand bookselling. Email us if you would like to join our co-operative and thus jointly own our bookshop with us.

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Book Club Edition: A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
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