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Liza of Lambeth.
by MAUGHAM, William Somerset
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: T. Fisher Unwin,, 1897. In this world nothing really very much matters First edition, a remarkably fresh copy of the author's debut novel. Set in the slums of Lambeth and based on Maugham's experience as a medical student at St Thomas's Hospital, the novel is a vivid portrayal of working-class London life. In a paper addressed to the publisher, Maugham described Liza as "the story of a nine days wonder in a Lambeth slum. It shows that those queer folk the poor live and love and love and die in very much the same way as their neighbours of Brixton and Belgravia, and that hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness are not the peculiar attributes of the Glorious British Middle Class, and finally it shows that in this world nothing really very much matters, and that in Vere Street, Lambeth, nothing matters at all" (Stott, p. 17). Octavo. Original green cloth, lettering and decorations to spine and front cover in gilt, to rear cover in black. Pencil ownership inscription to dedication leaf, Sheffield bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. Gentle lean to spine, a touch of foxing to edges and endpapers, superficial split to rear inner hinge, cloth bright with sporadic faint marks and minor peripheral rubbing, contents a little shaken, small mark to margin of a couple of leaves, otherwise clean: a very good copy. Stott A1.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 162922
- Title
- Liza of Lambeth.
- Author
- MAUGHAM, William Somerset
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: T. Fisher Unwin,
- Date Published
- 1897
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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