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The Razor’s Edge
by Maugham, Somerset W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Redding, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
The true First Edition published on 18 April 1944. An unnumbered copy of 750 copies SIGNED on the limitation page by the author. The Razor's Edge, by British novelist W. Somerset Maugham, was published in London and New York in 1944. Maugham was seventy years old when the book was published, and it was to be the last of his major novels. The Razor's Edge was an immediate success on both sides of the Atlantic. More than one million copies were sold within a few years. A beautiful copy showing only some light rubbing to spine and leather spine label. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 99653
Synopsis
The Razor's Edge , by W. Somerset Maugham, first published by Doubleday Doran in the United States in 1944, relates the experiences of a World War I pilot, Larry Darrell, who chooses to embrace a counter-cultural lifestyle as a way of dealing with his PTSD, though the syndrome is of course not identified as such in the book. This book challenges the cultural ideals of the 1940s, and disregards the stereotype of the returning military hero. Some controversy surrounded the publication of this book because of its lack of patriotic fervor and its embrace of bohemian ideals, but today it is regarded as one of the more important pieces of American literature from the 1940s. -
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quaker Hill Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 532024
- Title
- The Razor’s Edge
- Author
- Maugham, Somerset W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition-Limited, Signed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Co.
- Date Published
- 1944
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- ABAA 24;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quaker Hill Books
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Redding, Connecticut
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- Spine
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- New
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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