London: William Heinemann, 1952. First edition. Hardback. Book has ex libris motif on front cover but there is otherwise no evidence this was ever other than privately owned.. The covers are sunned and faded although the lettering on the spine is fine. Front and back end-papers are tanned. Internally VG. I suppose this nevertheless adds up to only a good reading copy but the essays are still well worth reading. .

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WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM was born in 1874 and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas' Hospital with the idea of practising medicine, but the success of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth , published in 1897, won him over to literature. Of Human Bondage , the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915, and with the publication in 1919 of The Moon and Sixpen ce his reputation as a novelist was established. At the same time his fame as a successful playwright and writer was being consolidated with acclaimed productions of various plays and the publication of several short story collections. His other works include travel books, essays, criticism and the autobiographical The Summing U p and A Writer's Notebook . In 1927 Somerset Maugham settled in the South of France and lived there until his death in 1965.

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Bookseller: David Edward Hellawell (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 376
Title: The Vagrant Mood: Six Essays
Author: Maugham, W. Somerset
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: William Heinemann, 1952
Keywords: Kant Hazlitt Burke Bennett Detective Story Literature Painting Art QSE

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