The Moon and Sixpence
by Maugham, W. Somerset
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1969. Special Edition. Hardcover. B&w illustrations, color plates by Frederick Dorr Steel and Paul Gauguin; COLLECTOR'S LIBRARY OF FAMOUS EDITIONS; banded, rust full leather binding, paper-backed satin paste-downs; all edges gilt. No dj. ; COLLECTOR'S LIBRARY OF FAMOUS EDITIONS Series; 8vo; 282 pages .
Synopsis
The Moon and Sixpence is a 1919 short novel by William Somerset Maugham based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. The story is told in episodic form by the first-person narrator as a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character, Charles Strickland, a middle aged English stock broker who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50862
- Title
- The Moon and Sixpence
- Author
- Maugham, W. Somerset
- Illustrator
- Frederick Dorr Steele and Paul Gauguin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Special Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Date Published
- 1969
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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