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Maugham, W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York, 1949.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering in black panel on spine, top edge gilt; pp. xvi, 367. First edition stated. Number 797 from an edition limited to 1000 copies, signed by Maugham on the limitation page.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: {6 & 1/2' x 9 & 1/2'} In clear mylar jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gold lettering in black rectangle & decorative borderline devices along spine. Tightly bound. Deckled fore-edge. Gilt stained textblock top edge. 'This edition is limited to one thousand numbered and signed copies.' #62/1000. Signed by Maugham on limitation page. [367 pages] In stiff cardstock slipcase covered in black paper with large {4 & 1/2' x 6'} title plate affixed to one side of case. Plate printed in red & white & black. Moderate wear to slipcase. Title plate is rubbed with light scratches and one tiny pock mark like paper scar.
Seller: A Cappella Books, Inc., Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
MAUGHAM W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. , 1949.
Price: US$488.16 + shipping
Description: First American edition. 8vo. Original red cloth decorated in black and gilt, beveled, in original labelled black, paperboard clipcase. Garden City New York, Doubleday and Co. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Maugham. This is a fine unopened copy, in the original black paperboard slipcase with label (near-fine, fine with very minor wear at its corners); the book was issued without a printed dust jacket. In a stout, functional leatherbound case.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Maugham, W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. Doubleday & Co., Garden City, 1949.
Price: US$825.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Limited edition 1 of 1000 SIGNED BY MAUGHAM. Slip case very good with some very light chipping to the edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Quaker Hill Books, Redding, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Description: First trade edition of Maugham's semi-autobiographical confessional. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and raised bands to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "by W. Somerset Maugham For Bill Safire in recollection of a pleasant chat." The recipient, William Safire, was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixonâs campaign in the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. Following Nixonâs 1968 victory, Safire served as a presidential speechwriter for both Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. He was a frequent guest on Meet The Press, describing himself as the voice of âlibertarian conservativesâ and authored several political columns, most notably his weekly column âOn Languageâ which appeared in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his death in 2009. He authored two books on grammar and linguistics: The New Language of Politics (1968) and what Zimmer called Safireâs âmagnum opus,â Safireâs Political Dictionary. Safire later served as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board from 1995 to 2004 and in 2006 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. With Safire's bookplate to the pastedown and his gilt initials to the front panel. In near fine condition. A Writer's Notebook "shows [Maugham] at his best, as detached, observant, and affecting a pose of worldliness even in his apparent private thoughts" (Drabble 631).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.