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MAUGHAM | A Collection of 11 works, 1921-1944, most signed or inscribed

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MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET

A collection of eleven first editions, including:


i) The Trembling of a Leaf. Heinemann, 1921. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, dark green cloth, boards slightly soiled; ii) The Trembling of a Leaf. Heinemann, 1921. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, dark green cloth, Edward Wasserman (inscription and bookplate), hinges starting; iii) On a Chinese Screen. Heinemann, 1922. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, black cloth, bumped, light browning; iv) East of Suez. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1922. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, powder blue boards, dust-jacket, spine lacking at foot, jacket worn with chipping and loss at extremities; v) The Casuarina Tree. Heinemann, 1926. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, blue cloth; vi) The Casuarina Tree. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1926. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, tan cloth, dust-jacket, jacket worn, chipped at extremities with loss; vii) Ashendene. Heinemann, 1928. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, blue cloth, Edward Wasserman (inscription and bookplate), bumped; viii) Cakes and Ale. Heinemann, 1930. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, blue cloth, spine sunned; ix) Ah King. Heinemann, 1933. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, blue cloth, dust-jacket, jacket worn with chipping; x) A Writer’s Notebook. Heinemann, 1949. LIMITED EDITION, NO 791/1,000 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, quarter vellum, top edge gilt, boards slightly soiled; xi) Unconquered. New York: House of Books, 1944. LIMITED EDITION, NO 104/300 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, blue cloth, glassine wrapper; all 8vo, (11)


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