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Maugham, W. Somerset. Ashenden or the British Agent. Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc., NY, 1928.
Price: US$74.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Original blue cloth titled in orange, orange topstain. Stated first edition. Spine sunned, bumping, rubbing/edgewear, minor soil, foxing, hinges starting. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. Ashenden or the British Agent. Doubleday Doran & Company Inc., New York, 1928.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No d-j. Boards faded. Wear to headcap. Pages tanned. Spine slightly cocked.
Seller: Encanto Books, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-304 [305-306: blank], original blue cloth, front and spine stamped in orange. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone volume; Queen's Quorum #78. Maugham's book is based on first hand knowledge of the world of espionage as he was a British agent during World War I. States Eric Ambler: 'the first fictional work on the subject [the life of a secret agent] by a writer of stature with first-hand knowledge of what he is writing about' see Who's Who in Spy Fiction by Donald McCormick, pp. 137-39. A very good copy, some fading to spine panel coloring, some spotting to cloth in a very good dust jacket, triangular chip to top of spine panel (not affecting lettering), chipped piece along top of front panel, approximately 4.3 cm long by .5 cm deep with some abrasion, small chip to upper right front corner, small tear to upper right rear corner, some age darkening to spine panel, some darkening to rear panel. (8503)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.