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The Merry-Go-Round[The Collected Edition of the Works of W. Somerset Maugham 25]
by Maugham, W. Somerset
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- F-/VG+
- ISBN 10
- 0434456748
- ISBN 13
- 9780434456741
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1979 F-/VG+. 12mo. original red cloth gilt (top edge a little speckling, a trifle bumped) in dustwrapper (slightly rubbed & nicked); pp. viii, 942 (last blank). A near fine copy.. Reprint. Hard Cover. F-/VG+.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023006
- Title
- The Merry-Go-Round[The Collected Edition of the Works of W. Somerset Maugham 25]
- Author
- Maugham, W. Somerset
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F-
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0434456748
- ISBN 13
- 9780434456741
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Somerset Maugham The Merry-go-round Collected Edition English Literature
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Reprint
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- 12mo
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...