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Then and Now
by Maugham, W. Somerset
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, blind-stamped medallion on cover, fore-edge deckle, illustrated endpapers. . Spine lightly sunned, ele tight, square, unmarked, and clean. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 278 pp .
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
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18389
- Title
- Then and Now
- Author
- Maugham, W. Somerset
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- Historical Fiction, Renaissance, Italy, borgia
Terms of Sale
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Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
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- Gilt
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