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Maugham, W. Somerset. Theatre. William Heinemann, London, 1937.

Price: US$9.50 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: The front board is cocked. The cover shows some edgewear with rubbing. The binding is sound. There is a bookplate pasted inside the front cover.

Seller: Dogwood Books, Rome, GA, U.S.A.

W. Somerset Maugham. Theatre. William Heinemann, London, 1937.

Price: US$10.07 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 293 pp. Spine slightly cocked.

Seller: Bellcourt Books, Hamilton, VIC, Australia

Maugham, W Somerset. Theatre. William Heinemann, 1937.

Price: US$11.06 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1937 true first edition hardback in good condition. Contemporary owner's name an date on ffep. Foxing to prelims, end-papers and a little to page edges. Otherwise clean, tight binding but with a slight forward lean. The blue cloth boards have a few marks and scuffs but no major flaw. Alas no dust jacket. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.

Seller: Repton and Clover, Norwich, United Kingdom

Maugham, W.Somerset. Theatre. William Heinemann 1937, london, 1937.

Price: US$13.34 + shipping

Description: tela reimpresion july.

Seller: Librería Pérez Galdós, Madrid, Spain

W. Somerset Maugham:. Theatre, a Novel. London, William Heinemann, 1937, 1937.

Price: US$15.60 + shipping

Description: First. 293pp. Blue cloth, with no dj. Slight rubbing to rear cover in particular. Otherwise VG.

Seller: PEND BOOKS, Newton Stewart, United Kingdom

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset (William Somerset) 1874-1965.. Theatre : A Novel. By W. Somerset Maugham. LONDON : 1937.. Heinemann Ltd.,, London, 1937.

Price: US$16.26 + shipping

Description: FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1937. Hardback. Blue cloth; gilt lettered spine and cover (with black motif to corner of cover). Top-edge dark-blue. Produced to 'War-Economy' standards. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD. (ix), 288 pages. WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM was born in 1874 and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas' Hospital with the idea of practising medicine, but the success of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897, won him over to literature. Of Human Bondage, the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915, and with the publication in 1919 of The Moon and Sixpence his reputation as a novelist was established. At the same time his fame as a successful playwright and writer was being consolidated with acclaimed productions of various plays and the publication of several short story collections. His other works include travel books, essays, criticism and the autobiographical The Summing Up and A Writer's Notebook. In 1927 Somerset Maugham settled in the South of France and lived there until his death in 1965. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].

Seller: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, United Kingdom

W Somerset Maugham. Theatre. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1937.

Price: US$16.26 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Blue covers with gold lettering generally sound with minor bumping and 1cm split to head of spine. Text block fairly tight and clean. Ref:06467

Seller: Church Street Books, Lutterworth, LEICS, United Kingdom

Maugham, William Somerset (1874-1965). Theatre : a novel / by W. Somerset Maugham. London : Heinemann, 1937.

Price: US$16.62 + shipping

Description: Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Wear and tear to the spine with some staining to the boards. Previous owner's marks remain. Physical description; 293 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Actresses ; Fiction. Middle-aged women ; Fiction. Married women ; Fiction. Young men ; Fiction. English fiction 20th century. Genres; Fiction. Psychological fiction. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Maugham, W. S.,:. Theatre,. London William Heinemann Ltd, 1937.

Price: US$19.50 + shipping

Description: First Edition : Hardback, blue bds., gold titles, 130 x 195 mm., 500 g., 293 pp., previous owner's name on pdfep., light foxing to prelims, rubbed crns., chip to top of spine, no dw., Good copy.

Seller: Stephen Wilkinson Fine Books, Near Ventnor, Isle of Wight, IOW, United Kingdom

Maugham, William Somerset (1874-1965). Theatre : a novel / by W. Somerset Maugham. London : Heinemann, 1937.

Price: US$27.94 + shipping

Description: Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Wear and tear to the spine with some staining to the boards. Previous owner's marks remain. Physical description; 293 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Actresses ; Fiction. Middle-aged women ; Fiction. Married women ; Fiction. Young men ; Fiction. English fiction 20th century. Genres; Fiction. Psychological fiction. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

W Somerset Maugham:. Theatre : a novel.. London: William Heinemann, 1937., 1937.

Price: US$39.01 + shipping

Description: First edition (ie first impression), hardback. 12mo (20cm by 13cm), [v], 293pp. Original blue cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine, dustwrapper. Foxing to the preliminary pages and the edges of the text block, binding slightly cocked; overall, the book is in good to very good condition. The dustwrapper is in fair condition only (some foxing, chipped and torn with some loss to the spine panel), but it is a rare survivor. The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it.

Seller: Cornell Books Limited, Tewkesbury, United Kingdom

Maugham, W. Somerset. Theatre: A Novel. William Heinemann Ltd, 1937.

Price: US$59.74 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1937* Publisher: * Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth covered boards, bright gilt title to spine & face, black logo to front board. Minimal bumps & rubs, minimal shelf wear to corners and to head and tail of spine. No marks to spine or boards. VG+* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers, dull blue. Some page edges poorly cut. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight age to end papers, otherwise no visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 270 pp. text.* Description: Theatre is a novel written by Maugham as a kind of tribute to the world of the theatre in which he was involved as well as in the literary scene. The protagonist is Julia, an ageing actress who is aware of her advancing years but still has confidence in her ability. Her marriage is losing its passion and when she?s approached by a younger man she initially finds him sweet, but as time goes on she finds herself thinking about him more and more, until she becomes consumed with a wild desire. Maugham paints a very complex portrait of the actress who becomes so good at her profession that she fears she doesn?t have a personality of her own, and is merely a stitched together soul made up of all the parts she plays. Indeed, many times throughout the book she makes a remark or performs a gesture and then directly references where she got it from.* A NEAR FINE copy with only minor faults reducing it to VG+. No dust jacket.* 1937-01-01

Seller: Cocksparrow Books, Salisbury, WILTS, United Kingdom

Maugham, W. Somerset. Theatre. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1937.

Price: US$95.11 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 293 pp. Boards carry gilt text on front and spine, top edge dyed, spine sunned to green, Heinneman colophon bottom of rear panel. Line 12, p.7 " I don't not eat bread because I'm afraid of getting fat. " Book is cocked to the right. Some foxing, fon ffep. Digital images available on request. Bookseller's Inventory # 122576.

Seller: Lower Beverley Better Books, Lyndhurst, ON, Canada

W Somerset Maugham. Theatre (1st Edition). William Heinemann, 1937.

Price: US$104.01 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Blue boards with gilt titles to the spine and front. Clean pages and firm binding. Line 12, p.7 reads " I don't not eat bread because I'm afraid of getting fat. " Jacket is not price clipped and has a bit of edge wear and a small amount of loss at the top of the spine. First print.

Seller: Bramble Books, Ipswich, United Kingdom

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Theatre, a novel. London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1937.

Price: US$162.52 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Octavo, pp 293. Bound in blue cloth covered hard boards, with gilt lettering to spine and upper board and Maugham's device in black to the bottom corner for the front board. In the original price clipped dust jacket. Second issue with "I don t not eat bread" to line 12, page 7. Book and jacket are both in Fine condition, book is clean and unmarked, jacket is bright and undamaged, though it has been price clipped as noted above. A lovely copy. [Stott A52b]

Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Theatre: A Novel. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1937.

Price: US$192.50 + shipping

Description: Second issue, with pp.7-8 a cancel and line 12, p.7 reading "I don't not eat bread." Octavo (19.5cm); dark blue linen, with titles stamped in gilt and black on spine and front cover; dark brown topstain; dustjacket; [8], 293, [3]pp. Slight forward lean, hint of sunning to spine, with mild fading to endpapers; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 7s.6d. net), edgeworn and gently spine-sunned, with short splits along front flap fold, a few small nicks, and a 1.5" horizontal tear across the author's first name at upper spine panel; Very Good only. The American edition precedes the British by 19 days. STOTT A53a.

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.