The Gentleman In the Parlour

Side and lower edges are untrimmed. Dust jacket is lightly soiled and sunned to degrees, heavier on the folds. Additional photos upon request.

London: William Heinemann, 1930 First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author to his friend Reggie Turner to front free endpaper: "For the idle Apprentice / Reginald / from his friend / WM". Publisher's smooth black cloth stamped in gilt to front board with a design of a dragon with a forked tongue and the author's symbol, title lettered in… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, (1930). First edition. Observations from his travels. Lacking the front free endpaper and rear blank otherwise very good with some offset from binding to endpapers. In about very good dust jacket showing some scattered foxing and general light soiling, a bit of fraying to spine ends and corners and a little rumpling. Still, a bit nicer… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1930. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. About fine in very good or better dust jacket with slight tone on the spine and a modest triangular chip at the crown. A handsome copy. Jacket design by W.A. Dwiggins.

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2016. Maugham's tale of travel through Burma, Indochina and Siam in the 1920's, told with all of the empathy and sharp-eyed observation of human nature for which the author eventually became legendary. Reprint of the 1930 edition with new introduction by H. K. Kuloy. 254 pp.. Reprint. Soft Cover. New. 20 x 13.3 cm.

London: William Heinemann, 1930. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Unprinted wrappers with author and title supplied in ink. Slight soiling, corners of wrappers and pages a little worn, very good. An account of Maugham's travels through the Orient, from Rangoon to Haiphong. Scarce in this format.

First edition, 1930, Hardback. Original hard cover, presentation inscription to (Mellor) Enid and Robin. It reads: 'For Enid + Robin who helped him out on the way W. Somerset Maugham' Ex-libris, Enid Mellor. Original black cloth on boards. Binding firm and the spine nice and square. The book has benefitted from minor conservation work and has only slight fading and spotting to parts… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth titled/decorated in gilt. First edition. Cloth corners softened, mild foxing to endpages, front hinge starting. The scarce DJ in mylar is toned, and has been professionally restored at points of wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1933. Hardcover. 300p., first American edition in fine black cloth boards titled and decorated gilt, and enclosed in the dust jacket. Top edge tinted red. The casebinding is bright (both cloth and gilt) and square, a very presentable copy with one big problem and several minor ones: biggest, that the first half… Read more about this item

London: Vintage Classics, 2001. Revised ed.. Trade paperback. Very good.. Vintage Classics, 2001, 212 pages, trade paperback, no owner's mark or underlining, light wear

New English Library, 1967. Paperback. Good. 1967. No Edition Stated. 174 pages. Paperback book. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Paperback. Very Good.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.. Very Good. 1930. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket, first printing as stated on copyright page, black cloth binding with green and blue decoration and title, book has a very slight lean to the spine, dust-tanning is present on the top outer page-edge, mild foxing on… Read more about this item

Penguin Random House. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

William Heinemann, 1930. 1st. Hardback. Very Good. First edition hardback, 1930, with no jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards with slight crushing to cloth at spine head and tail, and a couple of corners a touch rounded. Binding tight and appears little read - title page remains uncut… Read more about this item

William Heinemann Ltd, 1932. Hardcover. Good. 1932. First Edition Thus. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with mild tanning and moderate foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Notable sunning to spine, which has… Read more about this item

Marlowe & Company, 1989-12. Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1930. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with blue spine lettering and green decorations. 300pp. Very good. Binding a bit edgeworn and endpapers a touch worn, else tight, clean and nice. First edition of what's generally considered one of Maugham's best travel works, recounting his travels in Siam, Cambodia, Burma and Vietnam.

NEL Signet, 1967-01-01. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). First NEL Signet Edition. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.