Of Human Bondage (Modern Library #176.1) by MAUGHAM, W. Somerset - [c.1946]

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Good in Fair dust jacket. [c.1946]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition of the author's semi-autobiographical novel which first appeared in 1915. "Of Human Bondage" is centered around a young man who is orphaned and has difficulty finding his way in the world. --- In Toledano spine 8 / green cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h, verso advertises 309 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1946 (though 1915 date appears in book). ML #176.1. --- With prior owner's inked info. to front free endpaper, some binder's glue bleed-through near title page, dampstains to textblock edge, pencilings to front endpaper, and some dulling to cover gilding, else a sound, firmly bound copy. Fair only dust jacket with a full-length vertical tear at rear joint, some sunning to spine and with other chips and tears but mostly intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; (4), 760 pages .