On a Chinese Screen
by Maugham, W Somerset
W. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He trained as a doctor in London where he started writing his first novels. 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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On A Chinese Screen - SIGNED and INSCRIBED in Original Dust Wrapper in custom-made slipcase
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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- 1922
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, GBR
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London: Heinemann, 1922. A first edition, first printing published by Heinemann in 1922. A near fine book without inscriptions. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Inscribed 'For Sydney Schiff/from W. Somerset Maugham/in recollection of a pleasant/hour/. Spotting to the front endpaper. In the rare original dust wrapper showing 10/6 to the spine as required. Wear to the corners.… Read more about this item Item Price
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On A Chinese Screen.
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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- 1922
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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London: William Heinemann, 1922. First edition of this classic travel book by the author of The Razor's Edge. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with light wear and expert restoration. Item Price
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On a Chinese Screen
by MAUGHAM, W. Somerset
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- 1922
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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New York: George H. Doran, 1922. Hardcover. Good. First edition, preceding the English by about a month. Original orange paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped title, yellow cloth spine with black lettering. Owner's name penned on front fly, gutter broken, extremities worn and chipped, a good only copy lacking the dustwrapper. A series of short sketches Maugham made during a… Read more about this item Item Price
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On a Chinese Screen
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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- 1922
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Northridge, California, USA
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NY: George H. Doran Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Yellow cloth spine over orange boards titled in gilt and black. First edition of 2000 copies preceding Heinemann's London edition. Pencilled word to p. 225 and p. 171. Board edges rubbed, spine ends softened. Mesh visible p. 176, front hinge a… Read more about this item Item Price
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On a Chinese Screen
by W. Somerset Maugham
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- 1935
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Chisseaux, FRA
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William Heinemann London, 1935. Hardcover. Fair/No DJ. Relié toile sans jaquette en ANGLAIS, POS on FFEP Roger Perrineau ex-libiris 1937, text is lightly yellowed with markings on a few random pages (less than 10%); Binding is loose (rounded spine, separation gap, at least one split) but wholly intact; visible wear to boards. First published in 1922, this… Read more about this item Item Price
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ON A CHINESE SCREEN
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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- 1922
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San Pedro, California, USA
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New York: George H. Doran, 1922. (1st American Edition). 237p. Print of a Chinese riverside town pasted to front pastedown, hinge weak and beginning to separate, rubbed cover has worn corners and sunned spine. A series of vignettes of Maugham's trip to China post-World War One. In addition to travel observations, he describes with insight and wit Westerners' attempt… Read more about this item Item Price
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ON A CHINESE SCREEN
by W. Somerset Maugham
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1922
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Pomona, New York, USA
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NZ$110.64
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New York: George H. Doran Company. 1922. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fair in boards. Front panel loosened from binding, shows scuffing and edge wear. Bump to upper edge of front panel. Corners bumped rear panel shows staining. Foxing throughout. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
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On a Chinese Screen
by W Somerset Maugham:
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- 1922
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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London: Heinemann, 1922. First Edition. Cloth . Good/No Jacket. First UK edition, missing dustjacket. Octavo withslightly cocked spine and worn at edges and spine ridges. Gold stamped lettering and decorative tree on spine. Front cover shows Pegasus 3 times between title and author,all in gold. Deckled fore-edge. A few grey streaks of discoloration on front panel. Newton Hall,… Read more about this item Item Price
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On A Chinese Screen
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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- Very Good
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- First Thus
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- 1935
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Southampton, New York, USA
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Heinemann, 1935. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Thus, Second Printing (April 1953). Published by William Heinemann, 1935. Octavo. Red boards stamped in gold. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Small blue mark to top page ends. Price-clipped dust jacket is very good… Read more about this item Item Price
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ON A CHINESE SCREEN,
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket
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- First American Edition; First Printing
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- 1922
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Livonia, Michigan, USA
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George H. Doran Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1922. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ; Half yellow cloth cover over orange boards has heavy wear at extremities with soiling. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are toned but clean and in good shape. ; 237 pages . Item Price
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On a Chinese Screen (Oxford Paperbacks)
by w-somerset-maugham
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- 1986
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- Paperback
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- 9780195838633
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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OUP, 1986. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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On A Chinese Screen.
by MAUGHAM, W SOMERSET
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- 1928.
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, AUS
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NZ$27.82
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London.: Jonathan Cape.. Reprint.. 1928.. 255pp, endpapers browned, occasional spotting, cloth worn with loss at head and tail of slightly discoloured spine. Text largely clean and sound. . Item Price
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On A Chinese Screen - rebound beautifully by Vauthrin-Pezet Paris
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, GBR
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London: Heinemann, 1922. A first edition, first printing published by Heinemann in 1922 and sumptuously rebound by Vauthrin-Pezet of Paris. Six raised band and gilt titling and tooling - neat previous owner's bookplate to the endpaper. A lovely example. Item Price
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On A Chinese Screen.
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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London: William Heinemann, 1922. Item Price
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On a Chinese Screen
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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- 1990
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- Soft cover
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- 9781557782526
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Columbus, Ohio, USA
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New York: Paragon House, 1990. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Reprint to 1922 edition. Fine. Former owner's blind stamp on bottom corner of fep. No other marks. 237 pages. With an Introduction by H. J. Lethbridge.
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On a Chinese Screen
by W. Somerset Maugham
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- 1935
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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NZ$42.59
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William Heinemann Ltd, 1935. Hardcover. Good. 1935. Collected Edition. 228 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Mild staining to hinges. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and… Read more about this item Item Price
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On a Chinese Screen
by MAUGHAM W SOMERSET
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- 1922
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Leicester, GBR
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NZ$564.32
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London: Heinemann, 1922. First Edition. Hard Cover. First UK Edition. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titling and design to the front board and the spine. Publisher's device blind-stamped to the back board. A couple of bumps to the boards otherwise a lovely, bright and clean near fine copy. No D/W although it is… Read more about this item Item Price
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On a Chinese Screen
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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- First Edition.
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- 1922
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- Hardcover
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
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NZ$81.71
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New York: George H. Doran, 1922. Book. Reading Copy. Paper Boards. First Edition.. Book has bumped corners, cover wear and soiling. A reading copy.. Item Price
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On a Chinese Screen.
by Maugham, W. Somerset.
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
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- Reprint; REPRINT
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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New York: Doubleday-Doran.. Very Good with no dust jacket. Reprint; REPRINT. Hardcover. Murray Hill Library Edition. No date for reprint specified. A somewhat smaller textual facsimile of the 1922 George H. Doran edition. Very good solid copy lacking the dust jacket. (Black cloth with red spine label faded to white and front cover label retaining the red… Read more about this item Item Price
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On a Chinese Screen
by Maugham, W. Somerset.
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- 1922
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LEWES, GBR
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George H Doran, New York, 1922,. 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 237pp, pages browning, text clean and sound, ornage boards and quarter-cloth, gilt titles on front board, black titles on spine, board edges scuffed, Good condition / no dustwrapper . Item Price
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