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Maugham, W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann Ltd, 1949.
Price: US$4.68 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: NO DUST JACKET. Some bumps/wear at edges/corners of hard board. Some marks, bumps, scratches to hard board. Tanning to text blocks. Text very good.
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
W Somerset Maugham. A Writer's Handbook. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1949.
Price: US$4.85 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Notes from the famous author. A clean and sound book but with a hew light foxing spots to the closed page edges. The dust wrapper is worn with small tears to the edges and small areas of loss. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the uK. 349 p.
Seller: Joy Norfolk, Deez Books, IPSWICH, United Kingdom
Maugham, W. S.. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann, 1949.
Price: US$5.37 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
W. Somerset Maugham. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann Ltd, 1949.
Price: US$6.12 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1949. Reprinted. 349 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with silver lettering. Binding remains firm.Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
W. Somerset Maugham. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann Ltd. & The Book Society Ltd., 1949.
Price: US$6.40 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Black covers are a little worn and marked. Silver lettering and decoration on front cover and spine. Wear to corners and spine ends. Occasional light foxing to prelims, main body of text is clean. Previous owners name hand written on front end-paper. Sound binding. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 14520124054. For International tracked shipping please select the Priority shipping service.
Seller: Bailgate Books Ltd, Doncaster, United Kingdom
W. Somerset Maugham. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann, 1949.
Price: US$6.73 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Black cloth, showing some water damage, dustwrapper show foxing / marked, front corner clipped otherwise inside in good / v.good condition. 349pp.
Seller: Books & Ephemera, Malvern, United Kingdom
W. Somerset Maugham. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann Ltd, 1949.
Price: US$7.66 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1949. First Edition. 349 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with decorations. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Maugham, W. S.. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann, 1949.
Price: US$9.81 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
W.Somerset Maugham. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann Ltd., 1949.
Price: US$10.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1949 first edition on black cloth
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Price: US$10.96 + shipping
Description: xvi, 349 pp. A condensed notebook kept by Somerset Maugham from 1892 to 1944 whose notebooks 'amounted to 15 stoutish volumes'. Black cloth boards with silver lettering and decoration on front board and spine. Previous owner's book plate on fep. Overall condition VG+. No dust wrapper.
Seller: Owl Books, County Leitrim, Ireland
W.Somerset Maugham. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1949.
Price: US$11.53 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 349 pages. Inscription on front endpaper. Portion of dust-jacket missing
Seller: beckfarmbooks, HOLT, Norfolk, United Kingdom
MAUGHAM W. Somerset. A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK. William Heinemann, 1949, 1949.
Price: US$12.81 + shipping
Description: 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (top edge a little spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small tears at edges - in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. xvi + 349 (previous owner's neat inscription on front paste-down).
Seller: Rothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB), Dulverton, United Kingdom
Price: US$14.56 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This edition issued on first publication by The Book society, in association with William Heinemann 1949 very good hardback, page edges and endpapers browned, light spotting to rear board, in a fairly good dust wrapper, corners and edges rubbed with a little loss to some corners, small closed tears, top and bottom of spine rubbed, small piece missing bottom edge of front cover. Protected by clear removable archival covering. No inscription. Not price clipped. 349 pages.
Seller: M. C. Wilson, Perth, WA, Australia
W. Somerset Maugham. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann, 1949.
Price: US$15.05 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1949. William Heinemann. Hardcover. GOOD First edition. he back of the DJ is discoloured. DJ is marked and worn. DJ spine is sunned. There is a small tear in the left hand top corner on the front of the DJ. DJ price clipped. Pages are discoloured. Text is clear and bright. Foxing and marks on pages and page edges but the text is not affected. 9x6.
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Price: US$16.39 + shipping
Description: Previous owner's inscription. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xvi, 349 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) 1874-1965 ; Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. Fiction Authorship. Authors, English 20th century ; Biography. Dramatists, English 20th century ; Biography. Literature, English notes, sketches, facetiae etc. Novelist English Fiction Biography. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
W. Somerset Maugham. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann, London, 1949.
Price: US$16.54 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 349 pp.
Seller: Bellcourt Books, Hamilton, VIC, Australia
Maugham, W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann LTD, 1949.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The dust jacket is slightly edge worn, with a closed tear at the back and small chips on the top and bottom edges of the spine but is handsomely preserved in cellophane. The boards are still beautifully preserved with slight edge wear. The front end page is signed by South African writer Arthur Markowitz. The front and back end pages are slightly tanned, but the rest of the pages are crisp and legible with secure binding. ak. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.. WRITER'S NOTEBOOK,. Heinemann, London, 1949, 1949.
Price: US$18.64 + shipping
Description: Original publishers boards, No D/J. The book is in good used condition. This edition issued on first publication by The book society, in association with william Heinemann (oct 1949) reprint, 2e edition 0 g.
Seller: BOOKSELLER - ERIK TONEN BOOKS, antwerpen, Belgium
Price: US$27.41 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xvi, 349 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) 1874-1965 ; Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) 1874-1965 Journal intime. Authors, English ; Biography. Dramatists, English 20th century ; Biography. Novelists, English 20th century ; Biography. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$27.94 + shipping
Description: Previous owner's inscription. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xvi, 349 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) 1874-1965 ; Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. Fiction Authorship. Authors, English 20th century ; Biography. Dramatists, English 20th century ; Biography. Literature, English notes, sketches, facetiae etc. Novelist English Fiction Biography. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
SOMERSET MAUGHAM W.. A writer's notebook.. William Heinemann Ltd, 1949.
Price: US$28.28 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: RO60002114: 1949. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 349 pages, hardcover. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Seller: Le-Livre, SABLONS, France
Price: US$38.37 + shipping
Description: Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xvi, 349 pages ; 23cm. Subjects: Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) (1874-1965) ; Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Maugham, W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann, Toronto, 1949.
Price: US$39.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher's silver-titled black cloth. First Canadian presumed. Slight insecting to cloth, mild staining to block edge, points bumped. Sound and square. The DJ in mylar is price clipped, toned, chipped, damped. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 349 pages
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xvi, 349 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) 1874-1965 ; Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) 1874-1965 Journal intime. Authors, English ; Biography. Dramatists, English 20th century ; Biography. Novelists, English 20th century ; Biography. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1949.
Price: US$42.27 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition, 2nd printing in first month of publication. Shiny black cloth with silver titling, has some light wear to top and bottom of spine.Binding firm and text clean. Head page edges have some spotting and are a little age-darkened. Pencil signature to front free ep, "Thorndike" is of Daniel Thorndike, the National Theatre actor, whose book this was. DJ has some loss to top and bottom of spine and there is wear to the top edge and sides of spine. In removable clear plastic protective wrapper.
Seller: Black Box Books, ASHFORD, United Kingdom
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann LTD, London, 1949.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. 349pp. Offsetting from tape remnants on the endpapers and owner information on the front free endpaper else near fine in a very good dust jacket with tape remnants on the flaps, toning, and tiny tears.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$52.00 + shipping
Description: Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xvi, 349 pages ; 23cm. Subjects: Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) (1874-1965) ; Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK. William Heinemann (1949), London, 1949.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: First UK edition. Rear tips slightly bumped, otherwise near fine in price-"clipped" (actually it's a 2" by 3" square cut from bottom edge of flap) dust jacket with light edge rubbing, some chipping to spine ends and tips, light soiling to rear panel and a 1/4" chip in upper edge of front panel. The "Book Society Choice" wrap-around band has a slightly tanned spine.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$62.76 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition of this publication of W. Somerset Maugham's personal notebook. First edition, in the original publisher's cloth binding and clipped dust wrapper.A Writer's Notebook is William Somerset Maugham's published personal notebook. He kept a notebook from 1892, when he was around eighteen, until up to the date of publication. This was also during most of the years of his writing career.William Somerset Maugham was a writer of plays, novels, and short stories. This published notebook reveals much about his thought processes when writing.Prior owner's book plate to the front free endpaper. In the original publisher's cloth binding and clipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. There is some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Prior owner's book plate to the front free endpaper.The dust wrapper is slightly worn to the extremities, with a few repaired closed tears and slight loss to the head of the spine, with light age toning and a few spots. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Somerset Maugham W.. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1949, 1949.
Price: US$63.04 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1949. Stated first edition book, 2nd reprint. With dust jacket slight tears inplaces. A collection of the author's thoughts, observations and ideas that he gathered during his very productive career. Very good condition, 349pp., 14 x 22 cm. Shipping weight 870 gr.
Seller: finestfinds.ch, Geneva, Switzerland
W. Somerset Maugham. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann, Toronto, 1949.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine first edition showing minor age toning to pages but otherwise clean and fresh. Boards are as new retaining full silver gilding on spine and front board. A very nice copy overall missing a jacket. Very nice considering it's age and a great addition to any Maugham library.
Seller: BDC Books, Stratford, ON, Canada
Maugham, W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1949.
Price: US$72.00 + shipping
Description: 2nd variant. Dust jacket price clipped. Dust jacket has 2" closed tear at base of the spine. Bound in black hardcover decorated and stamped in silver. Fine condition / Near fine condition dust jacket
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset.. A Writer's Notebook.. William Heinemann Ltd, Toronto, 1949.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Fine copy in black cloth, in a Fine pictorial dustwrapper showing Maugham holding a book, not price-clipped, with tiny wear to folds of spine at heel, else Fine. 349pp. Q09379
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann, 1949.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Black cover: Near Fine; Binding tight; Text Near Fine. No markings. The Book Society Ex Libris book plate on inside front cover.
Seller: Doodletown Farm Books, Ancram, NY, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann, London, 1949.
Price: US$78.78 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Impression October 1949, appears little read, not price clipped, no owner's name or other inscription, some foxing to page ends ( text unaffected), D/j has shelf wear to extremities are the rear is a little grubby. D/j now protected by a clear removable sleeve.
Seller: MHO - Collectors' Books, Fittleworth, Pulborough, United Kingdom
MAUGHAM W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. , 1949.
Price: US$82.99 + shipping
Description: First edition, trade issue. 8vo. Original black cloth decorated in silver, dust jacket. London, William Heinemann. Fine condition; the price clipped dust jacket (first state) is very good-plus, with a few tiny chips and one inch-long tear; included is the ?Book society choice? wraparound band.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Maugham, W. Somerset (signed ). A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1949.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: hardcover, octavo, signed limited edition, no. 169 of 1000 copies, signed by Maugham on limitation page, title page in red and black, original 1/2 vellum over dark blue buckram , gilt stamped black cloth spine label, top foredge gilt, uncut, fine condition, glassine dust jacket (small chip top front corner) Publisher's board slipcase (lightly soiled). Size: Octavo
Seller: Casa Paloma Books, Green Valley, AZ, U.S.A.
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK. William Heinemann, 1949.
Price: US$352.24 + shipping
Description: Limited edition. Number 130 of 1000 copies signed by the author. Quarter vellum over blue cloth boards lettered in gilt to a black label on the spine. Top edge gilt, others uncut. A near fine copy with a touch of fading to the boards.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM. A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK. WILLIAM HEINEMANN, LONDON, 1949.
Price: US$358.64 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A SIGNED LIMITED EDITION BY MAUGHAM BEING NUMBER 656 OF 1000 COPIES ONLY, HARDBACK IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING WITH ORIGINAL VELLUM SPINE, ORIGINAL CARD SLIPCASE. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 16 + 349 PAGES. SOME GENERAL WEAR & MARKS TO SLIPCASE, FEW MINOR MARKS TO VELLUM SPINE, MARK TO FRONT BLANK ENDPAPER OTHERWISE THIS IS AN EXCELLENT NEAR FINE COPY WITH COVERS FRESH & BRIGHT & CLEAN INTERNALLY. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
MAUGHAM W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. , 1949.
Price: US$484.17 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. Original navy blue cloth with vellum spine, beveled, in original cream paper-board slipcase. London, William Heinemann. This copy is one of 1000 numbered copies signed by Maugham. This is a fine, clean copy. The slipcase is near-fine, with much less soil or wear than usual, the book was issued without a printed dust jacket. 1949 presentation inscription on front free endpaper. In a stout, functional leatherbound case.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$486.73 + shipping
Description: William Heinemann. 1949. LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000. SIGNED BY MAUGHAM, this being number 595. Bound in quarter vellum, blue cloth boards.Top edge gilt. Endpapers slightly browned. Slight marks to boards otherwise a clean and fresh copy.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Maugham, William Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. Heinemann, London, 1949.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Limited edition ("published simultaneously with the ordinary trade edition, but in printing followed the trade edition" - Stott), no. 369 of 1,000 copies SIGNED by Maugham. xvi, 367 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Extracts from the writer's voluminous notebooks, arranged chronologically, and selected for their relevance to Maugham's technique of literary production and process of creation. Stott A70c Original blue cloth, vellum spine with leather label, t.e.g. Fine. Roger Stenhouse copy, with his signature, notes and bookplate Limited edition ("published simultaneously with the ordinary trade edition, but in printing followed the trade edition" - Stott), no. 369 of 1,000 copies SIGNED by Maugham.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. A Writer's Notebook.. William Heinemann, London, 1949.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Maugham, W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. London etc., W. Heinemann, 1949, 1st ed., XVI,349,(1)p., printed in 1000 numb. and signed copies, orig. giltlettered hvellum w. black mor. letterpiece and darkblue blindst. cl. covers, t.e.g. - Traces of bookplate on upper pastedown. Lower outer corner of frontcover sl. bumped. Very fine copy.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook - SIGNED by the Author. London: William Heinemann, 1949.
Price: US$512.35 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. Octavo, pp 349. Bound in black cloth covered hard boards, silver lettering and decoration to the spine and upper board; in the original price clipped dust jacket. SIGNED by the author to the title page. The book is clean and unmarked internally (other than the author's signature), with two small white marks at the bottom of the upper board, grades Near Fine. The jacket is Very Good with some brown spotting to the rear panel. Signed copies of this, the first trade edition, are much scarcer than the signed limited edition.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
Maugham, W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann, London, 1949.
Price: US$535.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A beautiful Limited Numbered First Edition signed by the author and numbered 992 of 1000 Limited Edition copies. Bound in half mushroom calf with blue calf boards. The book is in Near Fine condition with light aging to the light-colored calf leather and a contemporary p.o. name dated 1949. A tear in the blue calf board approx. 1/2" across at rear panel top edge. Very clean and bright with gold gilt on the top edge and rough cut pages. A lovely copy by an important American author.
Seller: Parrish Books, Sandy, OR, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann, London, 1949.
Price: US$549.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Quarter vellum over blue cloth, leather spine label, TEG. Limited edition #87 signed by Maugham to the limitation page. Minor toning to the vellum, tiny bump to heel else clean and tight. Housed in the publisher's VG slipcase. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
MAUGHAM W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. , 1949.
Price: US$739.71 + shipping
Description: First edition, trade issue. 8vo. Original black cloth decorated in silver, dust jacket. London, William Heinemann This copy is in fine condition; the dust jacket (first state) is very good-plus, with quite minor wear at the corners; though the lower corner of the front flap is diagonally cut (but leaving the price), every copy we have seen is exactly like this. This copy is inscribed twice by Maugham. On the half-title, following the book's title, he wrote ?By W. Somerset Maugham his last book for Iain Littler? Then, in a different-coloured ink, and at a later time (see the Littler presentation copy of Points of View), he added after ?His last book?--?,as it seemed at the time. WM? In a stout, functional leatherbound case.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1949.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, Advance Proof Copy. Original printed wrappers. Very scarce. Note in pencil at front panel states: This was not used for final reading as it differed so much from our setting copy which contained Maugham's corrections. Nearly Very Good, front hinge tender, some minor loss to spine material, ink corrections to some pages.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: MAUGHAM, SOMERSET, W. (1874-1965) British playwright, novelist and short story writer. Good Typed Letter Signed ''W. S. Maugham'', on his personal Villa Mauresque [France] stationary. One page, quarto, December 23, 1949. Very Good condition. To New York publisher and literary agent Carl Brandt, Maugham relays how his works no longer have much marketable value, but hopes to sell his television rights. Maugham writes: ''I was very glad to get your letter, and of course your great reputation has not escaped my notice. It has been besides a great pleasure to me to meet from time to time your charming and beautiful wife. I will be quite frank with you. Now that I have stopped writing matter that has saleable value, I cannot think it worth any agent s while to concern himself with it. I expect to produce an essay once every now and then; but they will be much too long for any magazine, and I shall wait to publish them in book form when I have enough of them. As perhaps you know, Messrs. A.P. Watt & Son have been agents with Doubleday & Company for many years, as also with Heinemann. The only profitable wares I have to sell now are my television rights, and as far as they are concerned I have been for some time in communication with John S. Gibbs, who I am told is the expert agent for television, and with whom I expect presently to make an arrangement. Yours sincerely, W.S. Maugham.''
Seller: Gerard A.J. Stodolski, Inc. Autographs, Bedford, NH, U.S.A.