English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations Online
English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations Online
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May 12, 01:43 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET
On a Chinese Screen. William Heinemann, 1922
8vo, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY MAUGHAM on front free endpaper ("To | Edward | Wassermann | these | notes | made | in | boats, | on | the | road, | and | in | strange | towns | W. | Somerset | Maugham"), original black cloth, stamped in gilt, minor soiling to boards, spine with some fraying and loss, bumped, hinges starting
This first English edition was printed from the stereotype plates made from the American type.
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Edward Wasserman, presentation inscription and bookplate
Stott A28