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Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London : William Heinemann, 1915. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First English Edition. Stott A21b. With an ALS dated August 1, 1931 from f. H. Swift, the bookseller, to a customer, saying: "I have now been able to see Mr, Muir the authority on modern first editions and he assures me that there are not two issues of ' Human Bondage' The publishers assured him that as there were not enough advertisements for the whole edition some were issued without. A very good copy" First issue with the publishers monogram on the title page and ( help on page 257) with the words (London William Heinemann 1915) in small lettering at the bottom left side of the verso of the title page. Book is very tight and square, and totally unmarked except for a light pencil notation on front paste-down. Spine ends are slightly bumped and the rear paste-down has separated slightly from the text block. There are six pages of advertisements for the publishers up- coming books (1915) that are un-cut. An interesting printed note and thing of the past, at the beginning of the advertisements, " Mr. Heinemann will always be pleased to send periodically particulars of his forthcoming publications to any reader who desires them...." This very rare collectible is all original in very good + condition and has not been rebound. 648 pages + 6 pages of advertisements. Protected in Mylar
Synopsis
Of Human Bondage is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It is generally agreed to be his masterpiece and to be strongly autobiographical in nature, although Maugham stated, "This is a novel, not an autobiography, though much in it is autobiographical, more is pure invention. " Maugham, who had originally planned to call his novel Beauty from Ashes, finally settled on a title taken from Spinoza's Ethics
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- Bookseller
- Oshtemo Book Sellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001136
- Title
- Of Human Bondage
- Author
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1915
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Totally original 1915 first issue hardcover with all appropriate points.
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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Glossary
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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