Of Human Bondage [The Collected Edition of the Works of W. Somerset Maugham]
by Maugham, W. Somerset
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- F-/VG+
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1948 F-/VG+. 12mo. original red cloth gilt (a little speckling and offsetting, else clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, slightly rubbed & nicked); pp. viii, 942 (last blank). A near fine copy.. Reprint. Hard Cover. F-/VG+.
Synopsis
Of Human Bondage is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It is generally agreed to be his masterpiece and to be strongly autobiographical in nature, although Maugham stated, "This is a novel, not an autobiography, though much in it is autobiographical, more is pure invention. " Maugham, who had originally planned to call his novel Beauty from Ashes, finally settled on a title taken from Spinoza's Ethics
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023005
- Title
- Of Human Bondage [The Collected Edition of the Works of W. Somerset Maugham]
- Author
- Maugham, W. Somerset
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F-
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Somerset Maugham Of Human Bondage Collected Edition English Literature
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About the Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria
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