Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham - 1936

New York, New York: Borzoi Book - Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1938. Sixth Printing. Hard Cover. 1328 pages: 5.5 x 7.75 in.: 3.2: KB#003386: No Jacket as Issued. Very Good to Fine in a Very Good Slipcase. Shiny black boards, gilt lettering on the spine and embossed title on the covers. Decorative endpapers. A previous owner's bookplate is affixed to the inside front cover of each book; however are neatly applied. Both volumes would be considered to be in Fine condition if not for these plates. Otherwise, both volumes are clean, tight, square, and bright. Bindings are so tight, the volumes appear to be unread. The slipcase is age-darkened but intact. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. .

Printed for F. Style. London.,1739. FIRST, AND ONLY, EDITION. 8vo. Front wrapper, ii,28pp. Lacking the half title but with the rare printed front wrapper (showing the price of Six Pence) laid down and bound in. Text complete. Top edge of pages have been cut and gilded, the others are untrimmed. Pages a bit marked and rubbed but overall a very good example. The original front wrapper has some small areas of loss to the edges and corners and has been professionally laid down. Bound in modern half red crushed morocco by C. Walters. Spine with raised bands, ruled in blind. Compartments lettered in gilt. Boards with dark red cloth. Burgundy endpapers. Previous owners bookplate (Douglas Peter Crossman, Earl Stonham) on front pastedown endpaper. Overall a very good copy of this uncommon political satire, mocking the supporters of George II and Prince James Stuart, the Old pretender. Not in Halkett & Laing.:

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1901. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.3 inches). viii,402pp, 6pp of publishers adverts. Illustrated with 12 full page mono illustrations by James Craig. Publishers 1st issue binding of grey cloth, with light green lettering and design of Marble arch, blocked in blue, green and mustard, to the front panel. The spine is lettered in gilt within a green ruled border. Top edge gilt. A little minor rubbing to the extremities and the front inner hinge is cracked but firm. Overall a better than very good copy of this uncommon novel. (Glover and Greene; Victorian Detective Fiction. No. 303). Not in Wolff.

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9. Signed by Author(s). Number 18 of two hundred copies, signed by the author, gray paper over cream cloth spine, brown leather title block to spine, 4to, 383 pages. Boards are tanned along extremities, bump to bottom front corner, title block on spine scuffed and chipped, brief gift inscription in front end paper dated 1955, internally clean and soung. John Buchan, or 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875 - 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, and is perhaps best remembered as the author of The 39 Steps. Buchan wrote dozens of books, both fiction and nonfiction.

London: How and Parsons, 1842. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. George Cruikshank. 12mos. 322, (2), 315 pages. Two volume set. Hardcovers rebound in full red leather by Riviere. Signed "Bound by Riviere" in type on the verso of the front flyleaves. The cloth from the original bindings is pasted onto the rear flyleaves of each volume. Marbled endpapers. The bindings are rubbed, especially at the hinges, and the headcaps of the spines have some brief chipping. There is a larger chip at the headcap of the spine to Volume I. A sound set with some light foxing to the text. Frontis pieces by George Cruikshank. Rare.

New York, New York: Borzoi Book - Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1938. Sixth Printing. Hard Cover. 1328 pages: 5.5 x 7.75 in.: 3.2: KB#003386: No Jacket as Issued. Very Good to Fine in a Very Good Slipcase. Shiny black boards, gilt lettering on the spine and embossed title on the covers. Decorative endpapers. A previous owner's bookplate is affixed to the inside front cover of each book; however are neatly applied. Both volumes would be considered to be in Fine condition if not for these plates. Otherwise, both volumes are clean, tight, square, and bright. Bindings are so tight, the volumes appear to be unread. The slipcase is age-darkened but intact. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. .

Printed for F. Style. London.,1739. FIRST, AND ONLY, EDITION. 8vo. Front wrapper, ii,28pp. Lacking the half title but with the rare printed front wrapper (showing the price of Six Pence) laid down and bound in. Text complete. Top edge of pages have been cut and gilded, the others are untrimmed. Pages a bit marked and rubbed but overall a very good example. The original front wrapper has some small areas of loss to the edges and corners and has been professionally laid down. Bound in modern half red crushed morocco by C. Walters. Spine with raised bands, ruled in blind. Compartments lettered in gilt. Boards with dark red cloth. Burgundy endpapers. Previous owners bookplate (Douglas Peter Crossman, Earl Stonham) on front pastedown endpaper. Overall a very good copy of this uncommon political satire, mocking the supporters of George II and Prince James Stuart, the Old pretender. Not in Halkett & Laing.:

London: George Redway, 1899. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Cruikshank, George, et al.. First Edition, no statement of Second Edition on title page; 4to; green cloth; re-cased in original green cloth boards w/new endpapers; good (spine ends bumped; fading to joints and edges; soiling to boards; foxing to first and last five pages; faint foxing to side edge; cracks throughout; Plate XXXVII and its tissue guard detached; chips to side edge of pp158-9 due to way pages cut). 22 portraits and facsimiles of 70 original drawings. Artists include Cruikshank, Seymour, Buss, "Phiz," Cattermole, Leech, Doyle, Stanfield, Maclise, Tenniel, Frank Stone, Landseer, Palmer, Topham, Marcus Stone, and Luke Fildes. 256 pp.

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1901. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.3 inches). viii,402pp, 6pp of publishers adverts. Illustrated with 12 full page mono illustrations by James Craig. Publishers 1st issue binding of grey cloth, with light green lettering and design of Marble arch, blocked in blue, green and mustard, to the front panel. The spine is lettered in gilt within a green ruled border. Top edge gilt. A little minor rubbing to the extremities and the front inner hinge is cracked but firm. Overall a better than very good copy of this uncommon novel. (Glover and Greene; Victorian Detective Fiction. No. 303). Not in Wolff.

Eveleigh Nash, London. 1903. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.3 inches). Precedes the U.S. Edition. A very good copy in publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering and decorative design on both spine and front board. Pencil signature on blank endpaper and very minor marking to the occasional page. Minor rubbing to the top and tail of the spine and fore-edges. Top edge gilt. Overall a very good copy of this uncommon UK first edition.