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The Gentleman In The Parlour: A Record Of A Journey From Rangoon To Haiphong
by W. Somerset Maugham
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Oswestry, Shropshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
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 to bottom edge. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; slight toning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.
Synopsis
W. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He began to study medicine in London but quit to focus exclusively on writing. In 1926 he bought a house in Cap Ferrat, France, which was to become a meeting place for a number of writers, artists and politicians. He died in 1965.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hall of Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 240361
- Title
- The Gentleman In The Parlour: A Record Of A Journey From Rangoon To Haiphong
- Author
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Date Published
- 1930
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel / International;
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About the Seller
Hall of Books
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Oswestry, Shropshire
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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