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Maugham, W. S. [W. Somerset]. The Moon And Sixpence A Novel. William Heinemann, London, 1919.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Condition is good minus. No dust jacket. Binding is cracked between pages 2 and 3 and between the last leaf of text and the ads. Book is cocked. Spine has slight wear to the ends and edges. Rear cover has some faint staining. Pages are lightly browned, darker at the margins. Bookplate removed from front endpaper.
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. The Moon and Sixpence. William Heinemann, London, 1919.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Variant edition and binding. Hardcover. 263 pages. One of the better known novels from the author of the classic "Of Human Bondage." A very good copy in plain green cloth boards with the pages browned as usual and some internal splitting. No dust jacket.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: William Heinemann, 1919. First Edition, first issue with three titles by Zangwill to advertisements at rear. Octavo. 263 + 4 pp. advertisements. Green boards stamped in black. No dust jacket. Bookplate of English judge and athlete Montague Shearman to front pastedown. Boards worn at extremities, corners bumped, spine toned, and staining and discoloration along fore-edge of front and rear boards. Binding is sound. Pages toned and brittle. Overall still a Very Good copy enhanced with the presence of Shearman's bookplate. [Stott A22.a].
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. THE MOON AND SIXPENCE. William Heinemann, 1919.
Price: US$350.36 + shipping
Description: First edition. Publisher's green cloth, lettered and decorated in black. A good copy, cocked and a little worn, the contents slightly browned. "Maugham was fascinated by the impact of the arrival of modernism from Europe on an insular British consciousness and the emergence of the cult of the modernist artist-genius. The Moon and Sixpence is at once a satire of Edwardian mores and a Gauguin biography." [Dickson]
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
W. S. Maugham. The Moon and SIxpence. William Heinemann; London, 1919.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition; unknown state of issue--only ad present is one-page blurb for Maugham's other published novels. No DJ. Original sage green cloth with black lettering Pages are age-toned. Very light shelf wear on top and bottom of spine. Shipped in a box, not a padded envelope.
Seller: Dubliners Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
MAUGHAM, William Somerset. MOON AND SIXPENCE. , 1919.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Description: MAUGHAM, W. S. THE MOON AND SIXPENCE. London: William Heinemann, 1919. First edition, first issue with four pages of ads. Small 8vo., green cloth. A bit of tape residue from a book description on the flyleaf. Toning to paper -- as in every copy we have handled. Book is very slightly skewed, else a fine and lovely copy.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
MAUGHAM W. Somerset. The Moon and Sixpence. , 1919.
Price: US$481.59 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. Original sage green cloth decorated in black. London, William Heinemann. First edition, published about 3 months before the American edition. This copy is from the second issue (the three issues differ only in ads): The first issue has four pages of ads which include three titles by Israel Zangwill, the second issue has those ads removed (by the publisher) with their stubs remaining, and the third issue has four different pages of ads which include twelve titles by Zangwill (and the original stubs still evident). Condition is just about fine, even given the deplorable quality of the paper used.; the only notable flaw is a tape repair on the edge of the rear free endpaper.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
W.S. Maugham. The Moon and Sixpence. William Heinemann, 1919.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Bumped rear corner, pages browned Housed in what I assume is a custom slipcase/traycase 1st issue based on a laid in note from a bookshop in 1971
Seller: AwardWinningBooks, Spring Branch, TX, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. The Moon and Sixpence. London Heinemann 1919, 1919.
Price: US$573.32 + shipping
Description: London: William Heinemann, 1919. A first edition, first printing. A very good copy. Decorated green cloth with titles and Heinemann imprint in black. Corners slightly bumped but square, slight wear to top and bottom of spine. Pages uniformly age toned but supple. With the four page catalogue at back, but seven Philpott titles. Hinges starting but binding sound. Rare.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
W. S. Maugham. The Moon and Sixpence [SIGNED]. William Heinemann, London, 1919.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 19 x 13 cm. 12mo. 263pp. 1st edition, 1st issue with 4 pages of advertisements bound in rear. Signed presentation copy by Maugham to the previous owner: "If you look up at the moon you may have the - sixpence at your feet but perhaps you gain more than you lose. Bound in green boards. There are a few small closed tears to the spine. Fraying to the rear cover joint. Age toning to the pages as is typical with this era.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. The Moon and Sixpence. William Heinemann, London, 1919.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, second issue with four pages of ads, including one ad for seven, rather than six titles by Eden Philpotts. Cheap paper browned as always, corners a little bumped, a very good copy lacking the dust jacket. This copy Inscribed on the front fly, in what looks like an earlier hand: "E. Ordine, W. Somerset Maugham." A nice copy of one of Maugham's masterpieces. Scarce signed.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.