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Maugham, W.S.. Christmas Holiday. William Heinemann, 1939.
Price: US$4.65 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Price: US$10.68 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Reprint Edition without Jacket on blue cloth previous owner was sir saxton noble with is crest and name on sticker inside cover - collectable - will send out 1 st class post
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Maugham, W[illiam] Somerset. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. William Heinemann, London, Toronto, 1939.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-289 [290: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, blue-gray endpapers. First edition. Stott A54a. 1939 Christmas gift inscription on recto of first blank. Vertical crease to cloth at center of spine panel, a very good copy. (#103518)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.. Christmas Holiday. 1939. London William Heinemann. 1939, 1939.
Price: US$25.28 + shipping
Description: Original publishers boards, No DW. Blue cloth, gilt. No date [1939]. First Edition. 0 g.
Seller: BOOKSELLER - ERIK TONEN BOOKS, antwerpen, Belgium
Maugham, W. Somerset. Christmas Holiday. William Heinemann N.d. [1939], London, 1939.
Price: US$28.87 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 289 pp. Blue cloth binding. Some darkening to the spine and a split to the head. A lean to the spine and minor spotting to the extremities. 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
MAUGHAM (W.S.). CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.:. London: William Heinemann, 1939., 1939.
Price: US$29.36 + shipping
Description: First edition. 314pp. publisher's cloth.
Seller: SUBUN-SO BOOK STORE, ABAJ-ILAB, Tokyo, Japan
Price: US$30.77 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Summary; Published before the outbreak of war in 1939, a warning to the complacent, British middle-class of the upheavals taking place on the Continent. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
W. Somerset Maugham. Christmas Holiday. William Heinemann, London, 1939.
Price: US$34.95 + shipping
Description: Hard cover. 8vo. 289pp. First Edition. Clean text. Very good boards and binding. Light page toning. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Seller: History Bound LLC, Mendota, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$43.60 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Summary; Published before the outbreak of war in 1939, a warning to the complacent, British middle-class of the upheavals taking place on the Continent. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Christmas Holiday. London: William Heinemann, 1939.
Price: US$109.03 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first impression. Octavo, pp 289. Bound in blue cloth covered hard boards, gilt lettering to spine and upper board and author's device to lower corner of the front board. With the original dust jacket, unclipped (7/6 net). Book has spotting within, boards are clean and bright, overall VG- jacket is tanned and faded to the spine and also grades VG-.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
SOMERSET, W Maugham.. Christmas Holiday. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1939, London, 1939.
Price: US$141.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1939. 1st Edition. Description: Blue and green DJ with white letter to front and spine over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Blue endpapers. Language: English. Book Condition> Very Good: Minor wear to tips of lower corners and extreme spine ends. Small white mark to top left front corner. Clean intact endpaper [possibly replaced]. Lightly tanned clean pages. DJ Condition> Good: Wear and chipping to upper edge with tears to each side of spine end and rear upper corner. Tear to lower front corner. Light soiling to covers. 289pp. ADDITIONAL ITEMS: 333. Book Resume: Published before the outbreak of war in 1939, Christmas Holiday provides a warning to the complacent, British middle-class of the upheavals taking place on the European mainland Basis for the 1944 film noir, a highlight for director Robert Siodmak, starring Deanna Durbin and Gene Kelly For Christmas, Charley Mason's father granted him a trip to Paris, all expenses paid It should have been a lark, but on his first night Charley meets a woman whose story will forever change his life For Lydia has seen tragedy The Russian Revolution displaced her family, left her homeless, fatherless And for reasons that elude Charley, Lydia pines for a man half a world away a dope dealer and murderer whose sins Lydia seeks to absolve through her own self- destruction Haunting, erotic, deeply effecting, Christmas Holiday explores two souls capsized by compassion--and the confusion that engulfed a generation in the days between the Great Wars. PLEASE ASK for additional photographs if required.
Seller: Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, United Kingdom
Maugham, W Somerset. Christmas Holiday. William Heinemann, E-177, 1939.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. William Heinemann Ltd, London, UK. 1939. 289 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in black cloth with gilt titles present to the spine and the front board. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. Light foxing present to the text block. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. For Christmas, Charley Mason's father granted him a trip to Paris, all expenses paid. It should have been a lark, but on his first night Charley meets a woman whose story will forever change his life. For Lydia has seen tragedy. The Russian Revolution displaced her family, left her homeless, fatherless. And for reasons that elude Charley, Lydia pines for a man half a world away--a dope dealer and murderer whose sins Lydia seeks to absolve through her own self- destruction. Haunting, erotic, deeply effecting, Christmas Holiday explores two souls capsized by compassion--and the confusion that engulfed a generation in the days between the Great Wars. E-177; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 289 pages
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. , 1939.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. London & Toronto: William Heinemann, [1939]. First edition. 8vo., blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Bookplate. A slight skew to the binding and some mild dust soil to top-edge; front hinge starting at fly-leaf. Pages are slightly age-browned at perimeters. A very good, clean, solid copy in a mildly soiled dust jacket with a 3 1/2" edge-tear at the front panel, and some small nicks and chips to the edges elsewhere. (Stott A55).
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. Christmas Holiday. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1939.
Price: US$256.53 + shipping
Description: A scarce first edition of this novel by Somerset Maugham. Published before the outbreak of war in 1939, Christmas Holiday provides a warning to the complacent, British middle-class of the upheavals taking place on the European mainland. In a blue cloth binding in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, excellent with some slight shelfwear and bumping to corners. Dustwrapper is tender and missing back cover and spine and has some edgewear and a closed tear to right edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slight age-toned but clean. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Christmas Holiday. William Heinemann Ltd [1939], London, 1939.
Price: US$330.00 + shipping
Description: First Impression, one of 20,000 copies. Octavo (19.75cm); navy blue cloth, with titling and author's emblem stamped in gilt and black on spine and front cover; blue topstain; dustjacket; [vi],289,[1]pp. Two small adhesive stains to upper front pastedown, faint foxing to text edges; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 7/6 net), with some trivial wear to extremities, faint foxing on verso, and sunning to the teal portions of the spine panel; still a sharp, Very Good+ or better example. "In December of 1932, W. Somerset Maugham went to Paris to attend the trial of Guy Albert Davin, who had been sentenced to life for murdering his rich American friend Richard Wall. The crime had homosexual overtones, but Maugham was more interested in the character of the murderer and the French penal system. From the trial and subsequent visit to French Guiana he fashioned his 1939 novel, Christmas Holiday. The story was not for the prudish, and has never been one of the author's best-known works. But it epitomizes his love - and concern - for the morbid details found in ordinary lives and remote locales" (The Dark Page, Vol.1, p.194). Basis for Robert Siodmak's 1944 film noir of the same name, starring Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly, and Richard Wharf. STOTT A54a. See: Morgan, Ted. Maugham: A Biography (1980).
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. Christmas Holiday. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1939.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good minus, first English edition, no dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. The issue date of 1939 is written in pencil on the title page. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and author's logo black-stamped on front panel; gilt lettering and black-stamped publisher's name on spine; publisher's logo black-stamped on back panel. Board panels are scuffed in general; front panel has a shallow roughly 3" diagonal crease across the lower right corner. Spine is sunned; small stain at upper right front corner at head of spine. Upper edge at head of spine is rubbed, and with a 1/4" closed vertical tear in the center; corners are fraying. Small shallow bump along upper edge of front panel, close to spine. Lower edge at tail of spine is also rubbed and with several rub-throughs at tips of small vertical creases, corners are fraying. Fore-edge corner tips have small rub-throughs. Lower board edges of both panels are scuffed but holding. External page edges are age-soiled and darkened. Blue paper end papers have foxing or possibly shadow-transfers around edges. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste down; same owner inscribed the book to someone else in the center of the FFEP; there is a circular damp-stain below that. Text pages are of poor quality causing them to darken more than the typical age-toning. Some internal foxing, more so toward the front and back. Book is minimally shaken but text block is sound overall. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. Christmas Holiday (First UK Edition). William Heinemann, London, 1939.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Basis for the 1944 film noir, a highlight for director Robert Siodmak, starring Deanna Durbin and Gene Kelly. Slightest lean, else Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Light foxing to page edges and (just barely) the dust jacket. An extremely bright, fresh copy. The Dark Page I: 1940-1949, p. 194.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.