The Magician : A novel together with a fragment of autobiography
by W. Somerset Maugham
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
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Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Jacket design by Francis Carr. xi, 233 pages. Collected edition revised and reset 1956. Red cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Slight shelf wear to edges, small chip to head of spine, spine slightly darkened, stamped 'overseas edition not for Canada' on back cover, some light foxing to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
Synopsis
W. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He began to study medicine in London but quit to focus exclusively on writing. 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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- Bookseller
- Springhead Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013765
- Title
- The Magician : A novel together with a fragment of autobiography
- Author
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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