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The Best Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham (First Modern Library Edition, ML #14.2)
by MAUGHAM, W. Somerset
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Modern Library Edition, 1957 (confirmed by titles listed at rear of book). A collection of 17 of the author's best short stories. W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was a prolific playwright, novelist and short story writer. Stories selected, and with an introduction by John Beecroft. --- In Toledano spine 8 / red cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 379 titles in ML catalog. ML #14.2. --- With mild dulling to spine gilding, else a tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Unclipped dust jacket ($1.65) in great shape, though with slight chafing to edges and protected in new removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); ix, 489, [8, ads] pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88428
- Title
- The Best Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham (First Modern Library Edition, ML #14.2)
- Author
- MAUGHAM, W. Somerset
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
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About Bluebird Books
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- Good+
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Edges
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