Maugham, W. Somerset. The Explorer. George H. Doran Company, New York, 1909.
Price: US$11.95 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Hardcover, yellow cloth, no dust-jacket. 297 pages. First American edition, [copyright page reads 'The Baker and Taylor Company, 1909]. No previous ownership marks Small old bookseller's label - The Old Corner Book / Store, Inc. / Boston - Mass. Cloth age darkened, especially on spine which has browned, albeit lettering still very legible. Head and heel of spine shaved with some wear to cloth at fore-edges and front gutter. Interior clean and unmarked. Fair.
Seller: Great Expectations Rare Books, Staten Island, NYC, NY, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. The Explorer. The Baker & Taylor Co., 1909.
Price: US$27.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: On title page publisher is George H. Doran. Slightly smaller book, darker yellow cloth badly soiled with reddish stain at bottom front right near tip, 297 lightly browned heavy pages. Very small surface wear spot affecting "he" in "The," two light scratches down front, light threading at bottom front edge next to tip, microtear at spine top and bottom left edges, and middle of long spine left edge. Fair.
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
MAUGHAM W Somerset. The Explorer. The Baker & Taylor Co, New York, 1909.
Price: US$51.98 + shipping
Description: This copy has a letter written on the fep together with a pencil sketch pasted onto the inside front cover - no obvious connections with the book. Otherwise internally very good, binding firm, some dustiness to edges of textblock, a littl wear to extremities of spine. Scans available Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: LONGLAND BOOKS, Totteridge, LDN, United Kingdom
MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET. The Explorer. New York Baker & Taylor 1909, 1909.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition - American & First Illustrated Edition. Front hinge starting, snall bit of rubbing, very good clean copy. Color frontispiece and black & white plates.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Maugham, William Somerset ( Maugham, W. Somerset ). The Explorer. The Baker & Taylor Company, 1909.
Price: US$104.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original olive green ribbed cloth with gilt titles and white gilt-bordered title box. The extremely rare first book by the author of The Moon and Sixpence, Of Human Bondage, and other classics. Small discoloration spot to front cover just below title box; a few scratches to the white in the frame box; rubbing discoloration to spine corners; very light 1/4x1/2" amber stain to top corner of title page and tissue interleaving; otherwise a better than very good, clean, tight and unmarked copy in bright cover gilt. Comes in a thick archival Mylar jacket. A very presentable copy.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
MAUGHAM (W.S.). THE EXPLORER.:. N.Y.: The Baker & Taylor, 1909., 1909.
Price: US$112.34 + shipping
Description: 1st Ed. 297pp. inner-joint tender.
Seller: SUBUN-SO BOOK STORE, ABAJ-ILAB, Tokyo, Japan