The Razor's Edge
by W. Somerset Maugham
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1944. Very Good/Very Good. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1944. First UK Edition, preceded by the U.S. publication. Octavo. 284 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Persian blue linen-grain cloth boards stamped in gilt; hay endpapers. Dust jacket chipped and creased with general toning and rubbing. Boards show mild edgewear and spine a trifle sunned. Slight lean to boards but binding is sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good copy for a title difficult to find in collectible condition due to inexpensive wartime manufacture.
[Toole-Stott A63].
[Toole-Stott A63].
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28011
- Title
- The Razor's Edge
- Author
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1944
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....