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The Razor's Edge
by Maugham, W. Somerset
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Heinemann. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's gilt-titled cloth. Bottom edge mildly rubbed, top edge has two minor bumps; slight rubbing to tips. The pages have minor waviness. Firm and square. The price clipped DJ in mylar is sunned to spine, mildly soiled, with nicks to tips, tiny hole mid spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41920
- Title
- The Razor's Edge
- Author
- Maugham, W. Somerset
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1944
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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