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Maugham, W. Somerset. The Unconquered.. New York, House of Books 1944 1944, 1944.
Price: US$250.32 + shipping
Description: 56, (1) pp. Publisher's blue cloth with unprinted glassine dust-jacket, a bit chipped, otherwise a fine copy. Printed in a limited edition of 300 copies, signed by the author, this is no. 287. Inscribed by a Marguerite A Cohen. This is the original text of the short story which had appeared previously in Collier's Magazine in expurgated form.
Seller: Rönnells Antikvariat AB, Stockholm, Sweden
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. The Unconquered. House of Books, New York, 1944.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Lightly toned spine, tiny soil mark on rear board, near fine, lacking the glassine dust jacket. One of 300 numbered copies Signed by the author. The expurgated text of a story that later appeared in *Creatures of Circumstance.*.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. THE UNCONQUERED. New York House of Books, 1944.
Price: US$318.25 + shipping
Description: First edition. Number 232 of 300 copies signed by the author. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine and upper cover, author's insignia blind stamped to upper cover. A fine copy with a touch of fading to the spine and a bookplate to the front pastedown.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET. Unconquered. , 1944.
Price: US$345.00 + shipping
Description: MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET. The Unconquered. New York: House of Books, 1944. 55, [2] p. Cloth. Spine just a trifle faded, else very good. One of 300 numbered copies, signed by Maugham.
Seller: Joseph J. Felcone Inc., ABAA, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
W. Somerset Maugham. The Unconquered. House of Books, Ltd, New York, 1944.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: 1944 1st edition. 1 OF 300 COPIES SIGNED BY MAUGHAM on the limitation page. VG+ in a clean, VG+ glassine dustjacket. 12mo, 56 pgs. Signed by Author.
Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.
Maugham, William Somerset. The Unconquered. House of Books, New York, 1944.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: No. 138 of 300 copies, signed by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. Rothschild 242. Toole Stott A62 Original dark blue cloth, plain paper dust jacket. Very Fine No. 138 of 300 copies, signed by the author.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
MAUGHAM, W[illiam] Somerset. The unconquered. House of Books, Ltd., New York, 1944.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Original matte blue cloth. A fine copy signed and numbered by the author. From the Rothschild Library. First edition, number 231 of 300 printed. This is the original text of Maugham's short story about the war in France. It was first published in a censored form in the April 10, 1943 issue of Collier's Magazine. Rothschild & Whiteman, V, 243; Stott, A62; NCBEL, 4, 663.
Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, 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.