1899, ISBN: cee3d4c12b5dfb080a9fc472c9cb277b

Gebundene Ausgabe, Erstausgabe

[SC: 70.46], [PU: T. Fisher Unwin, London], SIGNED, W. S. MAUGHAM, RARE, SHORT STORIES, FIRST BOOK, MODERN FIRSTS, 20TH CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE, The second issue of three with edges tr… Mehr…

[SC: 70.46], [PU: T. Fisher Unwin, London], SIGNED, W. S. MAUGHAM, RARE, SHORT STORIES, FIRST BOOK, MODERN FIRSTS, 20TH CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE, The second issue of three with edges trimmed smooth. There was no American edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half title page incorporating the printed title of the book in the inscription: "These are quite the author's/first stories & were written/when he was very, very/young & did not know/how to write./ORIENTATIONS/by/W. Somerset Maugham." A scarce title by Maugham, his first book of short stories, rarely found signed let alone with such a fabulous inscription. As usually the case with this book, the weak hinges are cracked, in this case with complete paper separation though both covers are still tight. The text of this title is often found browned, but here it is bright and clean but for the endpapers and the half title page, though with no serious effect on Maugham's inscription. The front free endpaper is detached but present. The dark green cloth with black lettering is fresh and bright. Very Good with a singularly superb inscription<