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MAUGHAM | On a Chinese Screen, 1922, inscribed

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May 12, 01:43 PM GMT

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800 - 1,200 GBP

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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