Of Human Bondage
by Maugham, W Somerset
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
First Edition Identification
George H. Duran and Company first published Of Human Bondage in New York in 1915. True first editions contain a point of issue on the fourth line of p. 257: "helped" misspelled “help.”
Other Collectible or Notable Editions
William Heinemann published Of Human Bondage’s first UK edition of the novel in 1915 — one day after the US edition. The original dust jacket displays a point of issue: Philip’s clubfoot on the wrong leg.
In 1936, Doubleday, Doran & Company published Of Human Bondage’s first illustrated edition in a limited print run of just 751 copies, all of which are signed by Maugham and the illustrator, Randolph Schwabe.
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Of Human Bondage (Original photograph of Kim Novak from the 1964 film)
by W. Somerset Maugham (novel); Ken Hughes, Henry Hathaway (directors); Bryan Forbes (screenwriter); Kim Novak, Laurence Harvey (starring)
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N.p.: N.p., 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film, showing actress Kim Novak nude and on a bed.
The third of three feature films based on W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel, following the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis, and the 1946 film starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker.
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Of Human Bondage
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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- 1942
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Woodlawn, Illinois, USA
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New York, New York, U. S. A.: The Modern Library, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No Edition Or Printing Stated. Number 176. The Book Is Bound In Blue Cloth With Blind Stamped Logo On The Front. Gilt Stamped Lettering And Rules On The Spine. The Book Has Minor… Read more about this item Item Price
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Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham
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- 1915
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Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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OF HUMAN BONDAGE
by W. Somerset Maugham
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- 1936
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Pomona, New York, USA
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Garden City: Doubleday. 1936. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Jacket chipped. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Item Price
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OF HUMAN BONDAGE
by MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET
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Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
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1915. MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. OF HUMAN BONDAGE. London: William Heinemann, [1915]. Small 8vo., blue-green cloth, stamped in gilt. First English Edition. Signed presentation from Maugham on front black page: "For Ingle Barr, This is a novel, not an autobiography, though much in it is autobiographical, more is pure invention. W. Somerset Maugham. 28 August, 1957." With Barr's personal… Read more about this item Item Price
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OF HUMAN BONDAGE Easton Press
by W. Somerset Maugham
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Pomona, New York, USA
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Norwalk, CT: Easton Press. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine, Leather Bound. Book accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.… Read more about this item Item Price
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OF HUMAN BONDAGE
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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- 1915
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Rochester, Michigan, USA
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*** PRESENTATION COPY *** OF HUMAN BONDAGE, Heinemann, 1915, first edition, inner hinges cracked, else just about a vg copy in a custom tray-case. INSCRIBED by the author. Quite scarce and desirable thus. Item Price
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OF HUMAN BONDAGE
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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New York: George H. Doran Company, 1915. Very good plus.. Inscribed first US edition, first issue of this semi-autobiographical classic, which predates the English edition by one day; adapted for the big screen on three separate occasions. OF HUMAN BONDAGE was an early career work in which, "we have nearly all the motifs that reappear in the later… Read more about this item Item Price
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OF HUMAN BONDAGE [with T.L.s. from Theodore Dreiser]
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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Yarmouth, Maine, USA
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1915. [with letter from Theodore Dreise] New York: George H. Doran Company, n.d. [1915]. Original green cloth.
First Edition, published one day earlier than Heinemann's edition in London. This was Maugham's famed autobiographical novel about Philip Carey, who has a club foot and who attends King's School, Tercanbury [Maugham had a stammer and attended King's School, Canterbury]; who… Read more about this item Item Price
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Of Human Bondage; A Novel
by W.Somerset Maugham
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- 1915
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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London: William Heinemann, 1915. First issue. Hardcover. very good. Small 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and design to cover and spine. 648pp. 15pp of ads in rear. First issue "help" for helped on line 4 page 257. This is a signed presentation copy on front endpaper, "For Edward Eberhardt this book begins in 1912 and ended in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Of Human Bondage (Collection of 13 photographs from the 1964 film)
by W. Somerset Maugham (novel); Ken Hughes, Henry Hathaway (directors); Bryan Forbes (screenwriter); Kim Novak, Laurence Harvey (starring)
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- 1964
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Seven Arts, 1964. Collection of 13 studio photographs from the 1964 film.
The third of three feature films adapted from W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel, starring Kim Novak and Laurence Harvey, following the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis, and the 1946 film starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor… Read more about this item Item Price
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Of Human Bondage
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1915
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Northridge, California, USA
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$1,899.99
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NY: George H. Doran Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth stamped in gilt. First edition, first issue with "help" uncorrected to p. 257 line 4. As required, no Doran monogram to CP; (the first Maugham book with this device was "The Trembling of a Leaf." ) Light rubbing to cloth… Read more about this item Item Price
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Of Human Bondage
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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- First British Edition
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- 1915
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1915. First British Edition. Very Good+. First British edition, first impression. (Error "help" on 257 uncorrected as was apparently the case in the entire first printing; state with ads at rear, probably the first as per Stott Maughaminia Books #14.) 648, 16 (ads) pp. Original bluish green cloth lettered in gilt. A Very Good+… Read more about this item Item Price
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OF HUMAN BONDAGE
by MAUGHAM, W. Somerset
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- Used - Some sunning and spotting to the spines. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with closed splits
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- 1938
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$437.50
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New Haven: Limited Editions Club, 1938. Hardcover. Some sunning and spotting to the spines. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with closed splits. John Sloan. Two octavo volumes (6" x 9") bound in the original imported speckled linen with leather labels. Introduction by Theodore Dreiser. Illustrated with 16 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS by John Sloan. Copy #696 of 1500… Read more about this item Item Price
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Of Human Bondage: with a Digression on the Art of Fiction. an Address by W. Somerset Maugham, 1946
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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- 1946
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Northridge, California, USA
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$399.99
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Wash. , DC: U. S. Government Printing Office. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. Gray boards titled in black. Limited to 800 copies, 500 which have been signed; first state. Signed by Maugham to the ffep. Toning to board extremities and endpages; small bend/wave to top page edges; minor bump to board edge. Laid in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Of Human Bondage
by MAUGHAM, W. Somerset
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- 1942
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$500.00
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Garden City, New York: The Sun Dial Press, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Reprint. Octavo. Owner's penned name and dated "11/10/42" now faded (possibly from water) on the front fly, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and bumped, faint dampstain on bottom edge of front cloth board, still a very good copy with a piece of paper containing the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Of Human Bondage (Original screenplay for the 1946 film, presentation copy belonging to actress Alexis Smith)
by W. Somerset Maugham (novel); Edmund Goulding (director); Catherine Turney (screenwriter); Eleanor Parker, Paul Henreid, Alexis Smith (starring)
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1944. Second Revised Final script for the 1946 film. Presentation copy belonging to actress Alexis Smith, with her initials in decorative gilt on the front board, bound in full calf. Throughout the script are 5 black-and-white film stills on tipped-in leaves, all featuring Smith and costar, Paul Henreid.
Based on W. Somerset Maugham's… Read more about this item Item Price
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Of Human Bondage
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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- ca 1942
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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Very little wear. The cover has some very minor crimping at the top and bottom of the spine, and little else. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. This book illustrates the frustration of trying to sell older books. The only date given is 1911, the date of first publication, but as this is a Modern Library… Read more about this item Item Price
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Of Human Bondage
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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- 32nd Printing
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- 1966
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- Paperback
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Canon City, Colorado, USA
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$7.95
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Pocket Book, 1966. 50080, 373 pages. red printers ink on edes, pages yellowering, clean & tight. ABRIDGED EDITION.. 32nd Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 4 1/4 x 6 1/2. Item Price
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OF HUMAN BONDAGE
by MAUGHAM, W. Somerset
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- Used - Spines a little sunned, as usual. Close to Fine in a Fine slipcase especially made by the publisher for this copy and differing
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- 1938
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$625.00
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New Haven: Limited Editions Club, 1938. Hardcover. Spines a little sunned, as usual. Close to Fine in a Fine slipcase especially made by the publisher for this copy and differing slightly from the original. John Sloan. Two octavo volumes (6" x 9") bound in the original imported speckled linen with leather labels. Introduction by Theodore Dreiser. Illustrated with… Read more about this item Item Price
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