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W. Somerset Maugham. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc., Garden City, 1944.
Price: US$4.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Gray cloth, spine darkened, rubbed, text solid. Novel
Seller: Sleepy Hollow Books, Huntington, VT, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc., Garden City, NY, 1944.
Price: US$9.45 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran & Co. Inc., Garden City, NY, 1944.
Price: US$10.98 + shipping
Description:
Seller: Inquiring Minds, Saugerties, NY, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1944.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good Hardcover, no dustjacket, 1944, some fading to cover, previous owner's bookplate
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$22.50 + shipping
Description: HBNO DJ,1944, reprint, Tiny OWNER STAMP & name on blank endpaper, part of DJ has been pasted onto blank endpapers, minor Cvr Rub scuff & tiny corner stain cvr, VG-, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Interior Nice tight Clean light FOX, Wear
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1944.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: An early printing of the first edition with $2.75 on jacket flap. Binding shows light soiling to cloth and softening to ends of spine. Corners are sharp. Spotting and an area of heavy foxing to top edge of text block. Isolated creasing and small tears to the bottom of two pages. Toning to endpapers; gift inscription on FFEP. Text is unmarked. The shelf worn dust jacket shows light soiling and foxing, several small edge tears and chips with loss to ends of spine, in a mylar cover. 258pp.
Seller: Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday Doran and Co., New York, NY, U.S.A., 1944.
Price: US$29.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black boards with gold titling. In very good shape, no DJ. The year published matches the year copyrighted by Maugham indicating a first edition but it is not stated.
Seller: The Book Lovers, Philo, CA, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc., Garden City, NY, 1944.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First trade edition after the publication of a limited edition of only 750 copies. . Ex-Library with the usual markings in addition to library binding; hinges cracked, pages separating, soiled; READING COPY ONLY. FAIR. . Ex-Library. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 343 pp 1st American Trade Edition. First Printing.
Seller: Round Table Books, LLC, Palatine, IL, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran & Co., New York, 1944.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book is bound in black cloth. This book is a full-length book printed in a special format designed to save materials and manpower. Book contains 258 clean pages with a tight binding. Dust jacket has a chip and some edgewear, price of $2.75 on the front flap.Date of 1944 on the title page and copyright page with no statement of printing. Send an e-mail for pictures.
Seller: Lion's Den, Branford, CT, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. The Razor's Edge. Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1944, 1944.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cloth. Good/No Jacket. First Trade. Ex-Library. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition after the printing of a limited edition of 750 copies . Ex camp lib,no exterior lib marks but spine had had tape on it and is now whitish w/o any lettering. Innards are clean & tight. Light wear on cvrs,some water stains.
Seller: General Eclectic Books, Gray, ME, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran, 1944.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. 1944. First edition (after initial limited edition of 750). Hardcover. Clean text, no markings. Binding is still solid, no loose or missing pages. Boards show only light rubbing. Dust jacket shows heavy edgewear, several small tears along the edges. Tulsa's largest used bookstore. Located on South Mingo Road since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied.
Seller: Gardner's Used Books, Inc., Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1944.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Price on dust jacket is $2.75/ believed to be a 1st edition, but it isn't stated/ has wartime statement on inside flap of dust jacket
Seller: K & L KICKIN' BOOKS, Corinth, TX, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., New York, 1944.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A very early printing. In black cloth with gilt to spine. Hard bumps to bottom corners, especially front. Some abrasions to spine. Interior clean and binding solid. Jacket is unclipped($2.75) with chips to spine ends and corners, tears and chips along flap creases - especially rear and short tears to tops of panels with general edgewear, nicks and creasing. Early Printing
Seller: Lost Paddle Books, IOBA, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. The Razor’s Edge. Doubleday, Doran & Co, Inc, New York, 1944.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Vintage Second Edition 1944/ The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham/ Very Good condition/ Sligh wear on corners and edges of book binding/
Seller: Jimmy's Vintage and Vinyl, Aransas Pass, TX, U.S.A.
Maugham, W Somerset. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran, 1944.
Price: US$77.30 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Type: Book The spine text is completely faded and there is slight damp damage to the head of the boards, which does not spread into the book itself.
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
W. Somerset Maugham. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc., 1944.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Discoloration to front cover. Foxing to exterior edge of pages. No writing or other major blemishes.
Seller: True Oak Books, Highland, NY, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran, 1944.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Minor shelf wear to binding with bumps & scuffs. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Tanning on pastedowns & endpapers. Pages toning with age. Water damage waviness on first few pages. Dj quite shelf worn with chipping, scuffs, creases, toning, small stains, clipped corners & small tears in a mylar cover. PRIORITY SHIPPING PROVIDED IN THE USA FOR THE PRICE OF MEDIA MAIL SHIPPING.
Seller: Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. THE RAZOR'S EDGE. Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc, New York, 1944.
Price: US$87.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light foxing on top text block edge.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Garden City, N.Y., 1944.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The cover has black cloth with goldtone letters on the spine strip. 343 pages; 7 chapters. The front board has sheen loss in a mottled fashing along the bottom edge and on the top corner. The cover's letters and decorative bands have darkened; the top band is a little rubbed. The text block ends and endpapers have darkened. The front pastedown has an owner's name, address, and ph. number. Ten pages have one or more stains, from 1/4 in. to 2 in. x 7/8 in. DJ: Price clipped. The ends of the folds are chipped, up to 1 in. Closed tears, up to 5/8 in., are along the top and bottom edges.The back panel has shelf wear soiling. Rubbed spots and scrapes are sparse and small. Scans e-mailed upon request.
Seller: Books from the Past, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. THE RAZOR'S EDGE. Doubleday, Doran, 1944.
Price: US$95.63 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.41
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran, 1944.
Price: US$96.41 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday Doran, Garden City, NY, 1944.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: 258 pgs., 8vo. Green cloth binding, spine somewhat darkened, light overall wear but solid and tight copy, no marks inside. War paper, no edition stated in book. Ahearn notes the book was printed without a jacket. Very good condition (no dust jacket).
Seller: Old Book Surfer, Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.
. The Razor's Edge, A Novel. W.Somerset Maugham, New York, 1944.
Price: US$123.90 + shipping
Description: New York, Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1944. First American Trade Edition. 20.5cm x 14.5cm. 343 pages. Original Hardcover without dustjacket Black Cloth HC-blindstamped No Jacket
Seller: ALEXANDER POPE, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1944. First trade edition, 1944.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Very good in black cloth, bumped corners. Spine he
Seller: The Book Den, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran, 1944.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1944 Doubleday, Doran and Co. First Edition, First Printing, stated. Previous owner's name written on endpaper, "Bertha W. Mitchell, July 25, 1944, C.B.J." Original $2.75 price on well-worn and torn dustjacket with small pieces missing on top and bottom of spine, but looks very nice in protective mylar sleeve. Writing on spine is patially worn off, some soiling of page edges, otherwise very nice with No Writing in text. Not Ex-Library or remaindered. Pictures available on request. Ships with tracking the same or next business day from New Haven, CT. We fully guarantee to ship the exact same item as listed and work hard to maintain our excellent customer service.
Seller: Book Trader Cafe, LLC, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. The Razor's Ede. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., New York, 1944.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Book has some aging and toning but still a wonderfully readable copy. Dust-jacket very good but small tears towards bottom. Some browning and foxing.
Seller: Bell's Books, Mason, TX, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1944.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition stated. 8vo in black cloth, spine title in gilt. Binding tight and square, ring mark on the front board, very modest rubbing at the corners and spine ends, p.o. inscription in pencil, very small bookseller sticker at the bottom of the ffep. The dustjacket is not price-clipped, one corner rubbed through, very shallow chipping at the spine ends, short closed tear at the bottom of the front panel barely affecting the blurb.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. The Razors Edge. Doubleday Doran, New York, 1944.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., Garden City, 1944. Full Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. FIRST EDITION thus. First trade edition after a signed, limited edition. Full black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Jacket has not been price clipped. Light wear to the extremities of the jacket. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall a VERY GOOD book in a VERY GOOD brodart protected dust jacket. A good gift. THE RAZOR'S EDGE is a book by W. Somerset Maugham published in 1944. Its epigraph reads, "The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard." taken from verse in the Katha-Upanishad. The Razor s Edge tells the story of an American fighter pilot (Larry Darrell) traumatized by his experiences in World War I, who sets off in search of some transcendent meaning in his life. The 1946 Superb film starred Tyrone Power as Larry Darrell, Gene Tierney as Elizabeth, John Payne as Grey, Clifton Webb as her Uncle, Elsa Lancaster, and Herbert Marshall as Somerset Maugham. Anne Baxter won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Sophie, the tragic Sophie. Pretty copy in the original gilt black cloth, after the limited signed edition and concurrent with the London Heinneman 1st edition.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran & Co, Garden City, NY, 1944.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. 5.75 x 8.25 in. 343 pp. Very good in original black cloth boards with minor rubbing on the back board, with a very good dust jacket that has minor creasing and tears along the bottom edges and corners and some toning to the back panel. The interior text has age-related toning but remains free of foxing. The front free endpaper has a small glue stain from an original advertisement that was pasted into the book. This copy still has this ad laid in. First American Trade Edition, First Printing.
Seller: Bagatelle Books, IOBA, Asheville, NC, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday Doran, Garden City, 1944.
Price: US$565.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Considered to be Maugham's best novel. With what he had seen of death in the war, a man rejects the opportunity for wealth and position by renouncing his fiancee to seek knowledge and a faith above and beyond human mortality. He travels the world in his quest. DJ has chipping around the edges. BCE
Seller: Bookworm & Pen Books, Roseville, MN, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran & Co, Garden City, NY, 1944.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: First trade edition, first printing after a limited edition of 750 copies. [vi], 343 pp. Bound in publisher's slick black cloth, front stamped in blind, spine stamped in gilt. Fine in a very nice, unclipped example of the fragile dust jacket; small closed tear to top of back panel, a little foxing to back panel, wear at tips. A clean, unsophisticated copy of British author Somerset W. Maugham's novel of spiritual searching.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. THE RAZOR'S EDGE. Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc, New York, 1944.
Price: US$799.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good in boards. Owner name on FEP.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. THE RAZOR'S EDGE. Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc, New York, 1944.
Price: US$804.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in boards.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Garden City, 1944.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Trade Edition after a limited/signed edition. The American edition precedes the UK edition. Dustjacket has the $2.75 price. Dustjacket has had light expert repair. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.
Seller: Cahill Rare Books, Mission Viejo, CA, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran & Co, New York, 1944.
Price: US$869.58 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first trade edition of W. Somerset Maugham's important novel, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. The first US trade edition of W. Somerset Maugham's celebrated novel, following Larry Darrell, an American pilot traumatized by his experiences in World War I. The first issue, with the $2.75 price to head of front flyleaf of the publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition after a limited edition printing published by Doubleday two days prior, this is the first trade edition of the novel, published prior to the UK first edition.The story begins through the eyes of Larry's friends and acquaintances as they witness his personality change after the war. His rejection of conventional life and search for meaningful experience allows him to thrive, while more materialistic characters suffer reversals of fortune. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Shelf wear to back strip head and tail. Minor mark to tail of dust wrapper rear wrap, with two small closed tears to head of back strip. Minor edge wear to back strip head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
W. Somerset Maugham. The Razor's Edge (Signed Limited Edition). Doubleday, Doran, Garden City, 1944.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Limited Edition, one of 750 hand numbered copies (this being No. 739) SIGNED by the author. Good only, lacking the slipcase, with moderate offsetting on the endpapers, crown dampstained, and a partial ring stain on the front board.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
W.Somerset Maugham. The Razor's Edge, A Novel. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc, N.Y., 1944.
Price: US$1296.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Basis of several movies including Tyrone Power and Bill Murray; first trade published before the English first book; x-lib; Complete and unabridged under wartime conditions stated; bottom right end pages slightly darkened; gilt spine letters fade; collectible classic
Seller: Booksdoc, Russell, ON, Canada
Maugham, W. Somerset. The Razor's Edge.. Doubleday Doran & Company, Garden City, NY, 1944.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition, which precedes the British edition of Maughamâs 20th-century manifesto for human fulfillment. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. "Written after much painstaking research into Eastern philosophy and mysticism, The Razors Edge is Maughams 20th-century manifesto for human fulfillment. In it he mercilessly satirizes American and European materialism, and holds up the figure of the spiritual seeker as a model for those searching for meaning in existence" (Stringer). It was twice adapted into film, first in 1946 starring Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney, and Herbert Marshall as Maugham and Anne Baxter as Sophie, and then a 1984 adaptation starring Bill Murray.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran & Co., New York, 1944.
Price: US$1700.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing. Limited Edition of 750 of which this is no. 286. Signed by the author on the limitations page. Brick red cloth binding with beveled edges. Top page edges gilt. Very Good. Two small faint spots on front cover. Spine slightly darkened. Internally Fine. Lacks the slipcase.
Seller: Brazos Bend Books, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. The Razor's Edge. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1944.
Price: US$2150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: One of 750 numbered copies signed by the author. Hardcover, bound in maroon cloth with bevelled edges in a slipcase. The slipcase is intact but faded and well rubbed along the edges; bookplate, else the text unmarked.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc., NY, 1944.
Price: US$2399.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Brick red cloth titled in gilt, beveled board edge, TEG. True First and Limited Edition # 327/750 signed by Maugham to the limitation page. Near fine condition with slight fingerprints to boards and a small dampstain to top of textblock leading edge, just below gilt edge. Spine faintly toned, gilt slightly rubbed and spine is a bit concave. Housed in publisher's slipcase which is sunned and worn with cello tape to edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. The Razor's Edge; A Novel. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc, Garden City, 1944.
Price: US$2800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, 343pp. Red cloth, title in gilt over black morocco label. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Top edge gilt. Lacking the scarce glassine dust jacket. Light sunning to spine, otherwise a fine example, free of any marks or notations. In the publisher's cardboard slipcase, sunning to side panels, solid binding, a very good example. This work is one of 750 signed by the author, being number 420, as stated on the limitation page. An attractive example.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. THE RAZOR'S EDGE. Doubleday Doran, Garden City, 1944.
Price: US$3125.00 + shipping
Description: The true First Edition published on 18 April 1944. The First American Trade Edition was published two days later, and the First English Edition was not published until July 1944. Number 158 of 750 numbered copies SIGNED on the limitation page by the author of this modern classic. Issued without a dustwrapper but with a slipcase, present here. Attractive bookplate on the front pastedown with slight offsetting to the front endpaper which has two small skimmed marks. A tight, clean copy, the spine evenly sunned with the black leather spine label intact with strong gilt lettering. Near Fine, without the glassine but with a Good slipcase, intact with splits
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.. The Razor's Edge.. New York Doubleday Doran & Co, 1944.
Price: US$3327.50 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue, number 508 of 750 copies, signed by Maugham on the limitation page; 8vo; publisher's salmon cloth, gilt and black lettering piece to spine, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, as issued, minor rubbing to extremities and slight fading to spine, otherwise a near-fine copy. The true first edition published on 18th April 1944. The U.S. Trade edition was published two days later and the first English edition was not published until July 1944. Maugham's last major novel and a departure from his usual style. A disillusioned WWI veteran abandons his wealthy friends and lifestyle, while travelling to India seeking enlightenment. The basis for the 1946 film starring Tyrone Power and in 1984 that starring Bill Murray. Stott A63.a.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Maugham, W. Somerset.. The Razor's Edge.. Doubleday-Doran., New York, 1944.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED limited edition. Precedes British edition. Copy #402 of 750 numbered and signed copies. Very close to fine in un-faded salmon-colored buckram with black leather title plate at spine and gilt top edge. Lacking unprinted glassine overlay and original plain card slipcase, remnants of which are present but in pieces lacking the back-strip. Title label has trifle rubbing at edges but presents nicely. Small vintage book shop sticker at head of rear paste-down. Lovely fresh copy of this perennial classic in supplied clear mylar wrapper. Basis for two film adaptations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 341 pages
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran & Co, New York, 1944.
Price: US$3800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First trade edition, first printing after a limited edition of 750 copies. Signed by W. Somerset Maugham and inscribed to a former owner in the year of publication on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Very Good with wear and soiling to cloth, spine lettering rubbed and spine rolled. Remnants of a formerly adhered postcard to front pastedown, pages toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with a large chip at the head and some fraying the tail, thin stain visible from the blindside at tail. While copies of the signed limited edition on the market are more than abundant, inscribed first trade editions are rather uncommon.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran & Co, New York, 1944.
Price: US$3800.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This limited edition numbered 675 of 750 is signed on the limitation page by the author. The book was issued with a slipcase and is lacking here. The true first edition was published on 18 April 1944. The First American Trade Edition was published two days later, and the First English Edition was not published until July 1944. Original red cloth boards with black and gilt lettering on the spine. Top edge is gilt. Minimal fading to the spine and very minor bumping so near fine. Publishers imprint on the upper cover. Signed on the limitation page. Clean contents.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. THE RAZOR'S EDGE. Doubleday Doran, Garden City, 1944.
Price: US$4375.00 + shipping
Description: The true First Edition published on 18 April 1944. The First American Trade Edition was published two days later, and the First English Edition was not published until July 1944. Number 89 of 750 numbered copies SIGNED on the limitation page by the author of this modern classic. Issued without a dustwrapper but with a slipcase, lacking here. Tight, clean copy with virtually none of the sunning and rubbing normally found to the spine. The black leather spine label is intact with strong gilt lettering. Near Fine, without the glassine or slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. The Razor's edge. Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1944.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: A beautiful SIGNED LIMTED edition #479/750. The glassine wrapper is intact though it does show some aging and some light wrinkling. The slip case is intact though the rear spine edge paper has parted and there is upside down L shape sun fading to the edges. Shrinkwrapped for protection
Seller: Copper Dragon Books, Cambria, CA, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran and Company, New York, 1944.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Issue of this limited edition of 508 copies printed. This copy is authentically SIGNED by Maugham on the limitation page. The book is bound in the publisher's salmon cloth and is in great shape. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates. A wonderful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Maugham, William Somerset. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran, Garden City, New York, 1944.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Description: First trade edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Pre-Publication Copy, Inscribed. A prepublication copy sent by Stanford Cobb at Doubleday to Louis Cohn at House of Books, 16 December 1943, with a typed note, reading in part "The novel will not be published until April, but it is a book which we thought you would be particularly anxious to own, and we were fortunate in being able to get the book on press early." Nominally, the signed limited edition was published a couple of days before the trade edition, but this copy demontrates this to be a mere convention. The book was also inscribed by the author on the flyleaf in advance of publication: "For Louis Henry Cohn, W. Somerset Maugham, who knows? perhaps the author's last book. March 25, 1944" Capt. Louis Henry Cohn and Marguerite Cohn were proprietors of the House of Books, one of the first to specialize in modern literature, and in 1944 House of Books published Maugham's The Unconquered (Stott A62). The Razor's Edge was indeed Maugham's last novel. AN OUTSTANDING ASSOCIATION COPY OF A MAJOR WORK. Stott A63b Black cloth. Very good plus copy in worn dust jacket (torn across front panel, old repairs on verso)
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$5500.00 + shipping
Description: Rare W. Somerset Maughamâs original ink sketch showing his dust jacket design concept for his greatest novel, The Razorâs Edge, executed on a blank Western Union telegram form, which was followed by the publisher pretty much to the letter. A striking piece of literary history demonstrating that the authorâs intentions for the book were honored from the text to the jacket itself, including his signature Moroccan symbol, used on nearly all his books, including reprints; and an interesting example of a major authorâs notion of self-representation. In his autobiographical book, The Summing Up, Maugham wrote of the symbol: â[My father] took it into his head to build a house to live in during the summer⦠He ordered a great quantity of glass on which he had engraved a sign against the Evil Eye which he had found in Morocco and which the reader may see on the cover of this book." In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 8.25 inches by 6 inches. An exceptional piece of literary history. "Written after much painstaking research into Eastern philosophy and mysticism, The Razors Edge is Maughams 20th-century manifesto for human fulfillment. In it he mercilessly satirizes American and European materialism, and holds up the figure of the spiritual seeker as a model for those searching for meaning in existence" (Stringer). It was twice adapted into film, first in 1946 starring Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney, and Herbert Marshall as Maugham and Anne Baxter as Sophie, and then a 1984 adaptation starring Bill Murray.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Maugham, W. Somerset. The Razor's Edge. Doubleday, Doran and Company, New York, 1944.
Price: US$6000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION. A beautiful copy SIGNED by Somerset Maugham on the limitation page. The book is bound in the ORIGINAL cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Maugham First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.