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THE NARROW CORNER
by Maugham, W. Somerset
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus in Good Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus in Good Dust Jacket. Dark blue cloth with titles in gilt and Heinemann imprint in black. Text bright with some light foxing to edges and preliminary pages and margins. Light wear to top and bottom of spine, corners a bit nudged, textblock tight an square. Dust jacket has one inch spine chip at top of spine where title once was, general wear to edges and fols, and some closed tears. Jacket is now in a protective mylar cover.
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
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74572
- Title
- THE NARROW CORNER
- Author
- Maugham, W. Somerset
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus in Good Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- Dutch East Indies
- Bookseller catalogs
- literature;
Terms of Sale
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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