Human Bondage: Signed (53 results)
Language: English
Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2018
Series: America in the Nineteenth Century, Book 3 of 17. Book 3 of 17 - America in the Nineteenth Century
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Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. [Association copy, by M. Scott Heerman to renowned historian Philip D. Morgan.] Near fine. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. 239 pages, illustrations, maps, 24 cm. *Autographed by author.* Scott Heerman is a historian of the eighteenth and nin…eteenth centuries and an expert on slavery and emancipation in comparative contexts. In addition, he also teaches on Legal History, western expansion, and empire in U.S history. From the professional library of Dr. Philip D. Morgan, a professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. Morgan specializes in the African-American experience, the history of slavery, the early Caribbean, and the study of the early Atlantic world. Morgan is the author of more than 14 books on Colonial America and African American history. He has won both the Bancroft Prize and the Frederick Douglass Prize for his book Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry (1998). Signed.
Published by Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts 2003
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Paperback. Condition: Near Fine condition. First Edition. Northampton, Massachusetts: Smith College, 2003. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Lale Aka Burk, who contributes: ABSINTHE -- CHEMISTRY AND CULTURE (pp. 95 - 132). Near Fine condition. Flat, uncreased spine. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. NOT a library discard. NOT a remain…der. Pages are clean and unmarked. Smith College Studies in History, Volume LII. Laid-in is the brochure for the Smith College symposium/program, Of Human Bondage: Perspectives on Addiction, October 13-14. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Lale Aka Burk. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 206pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).
More imagesOF HUMAN BONDAGE. With an Introduction by Theodore Dreiser and Sixteen Etchings by John Sloan. In Two Volumes.
W. Somerset Maugham; introduction by Theodore Deiser; illustrations by John Sloan
Published by Limited Editions Club
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Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.ThriftBooksVintage
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. *Volume two only; missing the first volume* Limited to 1500 copies (copy # 1421); signed by the artist John Sloan in the back of the book. Moderate wear to the boards. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. Missing the slipcase. signed by author.
Language: English
Published by Limited Editions Club 1938
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.Possum Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 2volumes, gray cloth with flecks of blue and brown, blue paper labels with gilt lettering, sprinkled edges. One of 1500 copies signed by John Sloan. Nice copy in worn slipcase which is taped on all folds. John Sloan (illustrator). Signed by Illustrator(s).
Language: English
Published by The Limited Editions Club 1938
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Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.Manchester By The Book
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by Maugham on the front free endpaper of volume 1 'For Michael Alden - a book that some day he may care to read. W. Somerset Maugham - 3 February 1949 in New York.' Right under the inscription Maugham drew a very simple nose with two eyes. Two volume set in a slip case. Signed by the il…lustrator John Sloan on the limitation page. Number 549 of an edition of 1500. John Sloan (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by Secker And Warburg,, London, 1966
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Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, , United KingdomBurwood Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 153. Original publisher's cream cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Signed by the author on front endpaper to Victor Ross (1920- 2021) CEO of Readers Digest and a distinguished book collector. Story of Somerset maugham marriage to Syrie Maugham. Beverley Ni…chols was very sympathetic to Syrie Maugham. At the end of his life Maugham wrote a bilious attack on his wife, the inspired interior decorator Syrie Maugham. It was published in book form in the US and in the tabloid press in England. Beverley's work is a 'thorough and measured' response --as he states: 'This book is not an attack upon a dead man: rather it is a refutation of a libel upon a dead woman'. Very good indeed in near very good dust jacket, with minor signs of edgewear. Signedes.
More imagesPublished by The Limited Editions Club at Yale University Press, New Haven 1938
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Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Midway Book Store (ABAA)
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good (slipcase). Two volume set. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 805pp. Limited to 1500 sets signed by the artist in volume 2 of which this is set 684. Illustrated with 16 etchings by John Sloan. Bound into mottled grey cloth with green spine labels and housed in slipcase. Int…roduction by Theodore Dreiser. Spines are lightly toned. Slipcase gouged in a couple places at the opening side. John Sloan (illustrator).
Of Human Bondage (Two Volumes)
W. Somerset Maugham, (Introduction) Theodore Dreiser, (Illustrator) John Sloan
Published by Limited Editions Club, New Haven 1938
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Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.Strand Book Store, ABAA
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Set Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. LIMITED EDITION. Large 8vo. Two volumes. Limited signed and numbered edition, 1 of 1,500. SIGNED by John Sloan on the limitation page at the rear of the second volume. Gilt lettering to spine. Splayed edges. Illustrated throughout. Some tarnishing to gilt lettering on the spine labels. Signif…igant dampstaining to rear free pastedowns of both volumes. Slight offsetting from afforementioned dampstaining. Considerable bumping and chipping to corners and edges of case, with paper worn away to reveal board below in several places, particularly along top edges. Signifigant splitting to bottom right seam from open edge of slipcase. VG in VG slipcase. Illustrator.
Of Human Bondage (Two Volumes)
W. Somerset Maugham, (Illustrator) John Sloan, (Introduction) Theodore Dreiser
Published by Yale University Press / Limited Editions Club, New Haven 1938
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.Strand Book Store, ABAA
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Set Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as issued. NUMBERED. 8vo. LIMITED SIGNED AND NUMBERED EDITION, 1/1,500, SIGNED by the illustrator John Sloan. Signature and number on the last page of second volume. Toning to spines of volumes. Small spot of glue residue to fore-edge of volume one's front co…ver. Slight foxing to hinges. Bottom of slipcase missing. Edgewearand rubbing to slipcase. VG volumes not in dust jackets, as issued in G slipcase. Illustrator.
Published by Limited Editions Club 1938
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.Novel Ideas Books & Gifts
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Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Limited Edition. #940 of 1500 copies signed by John Sloan (artist). Spines darkened -- otherwise very good plus. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Illustrator.
More imagesPublished by The Limited Editions Club, New York 1938
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- Signed
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, AustraliaRare Collections
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Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Vol. 2; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 854 pages. Very Good+. 1083 of 1500 copies signed by John Sloan. 99th publication of LEC and the 4th of the 9th series. Both books are VG+ with the only issue being browning of the spines, otherwise without any issues and internally clean. Introduction by Theodore Dreis…er, illustrated with etchings by John Sloan, pulled at the shop of Charles Furth. Designed by Carl Purington Rollins and printed by The Printing-Office of the Yale University Library. Set in monotype Bembo on Worthy special paper and bound by Boston Bookbinding Company in full linen. Gold stamped green paper label. Two Volumes, 854 pages, 6 x 9 1/8 inches. Print info from 1985 Bibliography and Snyman - Grossman LEC Checklist #99. Signed.
Published by New York: The Limited Editions Club 1938
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Number 166 of an edition limited to 1500 copies. Two volumes. 8vo. 805 total pp. Introduction by Theodore Dreiser; sixteen etchings by John Sloan who signed the colophon. Matching textured cloth bindings with title labels on the spine; gilt titling. Previous owner's bo…okplate appears on the f.f.e.p. of each volume. The free end-papers, front and rear of each volume, show evidence of pieces of tape now removed. Weight is 3 ½ lbs. Signed by Illustrator(s).
More imagesPublished by The Limited Editions Club/Yale University Press, New Haven 1938
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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Limited Edition. Octavo, [two volumes], xiv, 406pp; 407-805pp. Textured cloth, title in gilt on spine. Speckled edges. Sunning to spines. Clean covers, text free of markings. In publisher's original cardboard slipcase, title on label affixed to spine. Light shelf wear, some cracking to seams on botto…m edge. From a limited edition of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator, John Sloan, this being number 592. (Stott A21e). From the Limited Editions Club, this is Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, with illustrations by John Sloan. (illustrator). Signed.
More imagesPublished by The Limited Editions Club 1938
- Hardcover
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Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First thus. Two volume set limited to 1500 numbered copies printed at The Printing-Office of the Yale University Press with etchings by John Sloan. Signed by Sloan on the limitation page as issued. Copy #516. Cloth-covered boards with leather spine lables with gilt titles. Cloth-coverd slipcase w…ith printed label. Both volumes' spines foxed with toning; slipcase has a small faint soil spot. Very Good condition in a Near Fine slipcase. John Sloan (illustrator). Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by Limited Editions Club, New Haven 1938
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Two octavo volumes (6" x 9") bound in full imported speckled linen with leather labels. Introduction by Theodore Dreiser. Copy #1152 of 1500 copies illustrated by John Sloan and SIGNED on the colophon page by the artist who contributes 16 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS. One of the more desirable books of the press. Mild soiling to… spines. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. John Sloan (illustrator).
Published by New York:Garden City Publishing Co. Inc. 1939
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Seller: Parnassus Book Service, Inc, YarmouthPort, MA, U.S.A.Parnassus Book Service, Inc
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hard cover. Condition: Good. No jacket. New York:Garden City Publishing Co., Inc. (1939). x+684pp. Illustrated by Randolph Schwabe. Inscribed by Author on 1st free end-page. Hardcover. Black boards with title in green on spine lightly soiled and shelfworn, with some sun-fading to spine strip, and wear to top spine edge, with so…me fraying. Edge points just slightly worn. Internally, end-pages are age-toned, with the inscription to 1st free end-page, otherwise pages slightly darkened with age, but clean. The binding is tight with hinges intact, but starting at title page. A good solid copy. *Inscribed to William Barbour, who worked at the American Foundation for the Blind, lining up Authors to read all or chapters of their books for the Talking Books program. Inscribed by author.
More imagesPublished by New Haven: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at The Printing-Office of the Yale University Press 1938
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- First Edition
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Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
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Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. Two volumes. With an Introduction by Theodore Dreiser. Illustrated with sixteen etchings by John Sloan. First edition thus. One of 1,500 numbered copies signed by Sloan on the limitation page at the back of Vol. II, this being number 629. Publisher's coarse tan linen, flecked with… green and brown spots, with dark blue labels to spines lettered in gilt; in publisher's gray slipcase. Fine books; about fine slipcase, with some wear to top edge. Volume II with part of the original glassine wrapper, Volume I lacking wrapper. Overall, a handsome set. Stott A21. Of Human Bondage is a bildungsroman featuring the protagonist Philip Carey, a club-footed orphan who is raised by his religious aunt and uncle. From a young age, Carey yearns for adventure and moves to Paris to pursue a career in art. Subsequently, he moves to London to study medicine, where he meets the androgynous Mildred, with whom he begins a torturous love affair that will forever alter the course of his life. A strongly autobiographical novel (Maugham's formative source of shame was a stammer rather than a club foot), Of Human Bondage is considered Maugham's masterpiece. The book was adapted into three films in 1934, 1946, and 1964. The films starred Leslie Howard and Bette Davis, Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker, and Laurence Harvey and Kim Novak as Philip and Mildred, respectively. John Sloan (1871 - 1951) was a painter and printmaker who was one of "The Eight" - a group of American painters who created raw and realistic scenes of America, and who exhibited together in February of 1908 - and the similarly minded Ashcan School. In his career, Sloan tended towards painting urban scenes, nudes, and landscapes. Sloan, John (illustrator). Signed by Artist.
Published by Yale University Press for the Li 1938
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Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.Visible Voice Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Yale University Press for the Limited Editions Club. January 1938 Binding: Hardcover 651 OF 1500 LIMITED COPIES SIGNED BY JOHN SLOAN, VG IN VG ORIGINAL SLIPCASE $NRP.
Published by (Library of Congress), (Washington) 1946
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Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. First Edition. Gray boards printed in black; 16, [1] pages. Of a total of 800 copies printed, this is one of 500 SIGNED by the author. Near Fine with minor sunning and soiling.
Published by Limited Editions Club, New Haven 1938
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Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Two octavo volumes (6" x 9") bound in the original imported speckled linen with leather labels. Introduction by Theodore Dreiser. Illustrated with 16 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS by John Sloan. Copy #696 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Some sunning and spotting to the spines. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase…with closed splits. John Sloan (illustrator).
Published by Limited Editions Club, New Haven 1938
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Two octavo volumes (6" x 9") bound in the original imported speckled linen with leather labels. Introduction by Theodore Dreiser. Illustrated with 16 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS by John Sloan. Copy #716 of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Spines a little sunned, as usual. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase…with a closed split. John Sloan (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by New Haven Yale University Press for the Limited Editions Club 1938 1938
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Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.Buddenbrooks, Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerTwo volumes. Limited Edition and the First Sloan illustrated Edition. With an introduction by Theodore Drieser and with sixteen original etchings by John Sloan. Limited to 1500 copies signed by John Sloan. Tall 8vo, original speckled cloth with leather spine labels. Fine copy, without the box. SOMERSET MAUGHAM'S BEST KNOWN NOVEL… AND ONE OF THE MOST DESIRABLE AND APPEALING BOOKS OF THE LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. These volumes were printed for the Club at the Yale University Press under the supervision Carl Purington Rollins. John Sloan's etched illustrations are a striking addition to Maugham's thinly disguised autobiography. OF HUMAN BONDAGE describes Philip Carey's lonely boyhood in Whitstable (which becomes Blackstable, as Canterbury becomes Tercanbury) and his subsequent adventures. Carey is handicapped by a club foot, much as Maugham was handicapped by a severe stammer.
More imagesPublished by New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company 1936
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Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
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Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Illustrated Edition. With 24 collotype illustrations by Randolph Schwabe including a frontispiece captioned "she yielded quite silently." First illustrated edition, first printing. One of 751 copies signed by W. Somerset Maugham and Randolph Schwabe on the limitation page,… this being number 205. Publisher's maize buckram cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in gilt, beveled edges, top edge gilt, and rag paper; with the original cream-colored dust jacket split in two parts, with most of the spine missing except for a fragment of it; in the publisher's brick-red slipcase, with paper label featuring frontispiece illustration affixed to front panel. Fine book; very good slipcase, with wear to edges (some separation to edges near mouth of slipcase), and some soiling to titles label. Overall, a remarkably well-preserved copy of the book. Stott A21d. Of Human Bondage is a bildungsroman featuring the protagonist Philip Carey, a club-footed orphan who is raised by his religious aunt and uncle. From a young age, Carey yearns for adventure and moves to Paris to pursue a career in art. Subsequently, he moves to London to study medicine, where he meets the androgynous Mildred, with whom he begins a torturous love affair that will forever alter the course of his life. A strongly autobiographical novel (Maugham's formative insecurity was a stammer rather than a clubfoot), Of Human Bondage is considered Maugham's masterpiece. The book was adapted into three films in 1934, 1946, and 1964, starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis, Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker, and Laurence Harvey and Kim Novak as Philip and Mildred, respectively. Schwabe, Randolph (illustrator). Signed.
More imagesOf Human Bondage (Publisher's Limited Edition, one of 751 copies signed by the author and the illustrator)
W. Somerset Maugham (author); Randolph Schwabe (illustrator)
Published by Doubleday Doran, New York 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerdj. First Edition. Publisher's Limited Edition, and First Illustrated Edition, issued simultaneously with the First Edition. One of 751 hand-numbered copies (this being No. 438) SIGNED by author W. Somerset Maugham and illustrator Randolph Schwabe. Basis for the 1934 John Cromwell film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis. Own…er bookplate on the front pastedown, backstrip lightly toned, else Near Fine in a Very Good, moderately toned dust jacket with splitting along the rear hinge (see image). In a Good to Very Good example of the publisher's card slipcase, split along the bottom edge. Signed.
More imagesPublished by Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc., New York 1936
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- First Edition
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Seller: Haymes Bookdealers, Kingscliff, NSW, AustraliaHaymes Bookdealers
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Prelims and edges foxed. Spine panel slightly tanned. Corners lightly bruised; Original tan cloth, bevelled edges, gilt device, top edge gilt.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; (xii,684) pages; The first illustrated edition of Maugham's masterpiece, limited to 751 copies of which this in number 298. Sig…ned by the author and the illustrator; Signed by Author.
Published by Doubleday, doran & Co 1915
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- First Edition
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Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Book Alley
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hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. First Edition. SIGNED; card signed by Somerset Maugham laid in. First Printing without the Doran monogram on the copyright page and misprint of line 4 of page 257. Good- gilt stamped green cloth; softening and heavy fraying to spine ends and corners; some rubbing and soiling to boards; lean to… spine; binding cracked at title page; binding somewhat shaken; text clean.
Published by The Modern Library c. 1939, New York 1939
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- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.Raptis Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerModern Library edition of Maughamâs masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Vincent Starett in an economical mood Chicago 11 February, 1939." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. âMaughamâs longest and most ambitious novel, in which âfact and fiction are inext…ricably mixed,â draws heavily upon the authorâs own youth, with circumstances and names scarcely alteredâ (Parker, 63). âAs early as 1911 [Maugham] had retired temporarily from the theatre to work on his long novel, Of Human Bondage. He was to correct the proofs under the admiring eyes of Desmond MacCarthy in a small hotel at Malo, near Dunkirk; the two men were drivers in an ambulance unit for which they had volunteered at the outbreak of war in 1914⦠Of Human Bondage was published in 1915. It was less noticed in wartime London than in New York, where Theodore Dreiser reviewed it with enthusiasm. It remains Maughamâs most impressive literary work, and by the time of his death [1965] was said to have sold ten million copiesâ (DNB). It was the basis for the 1934 film directed by John Cromwell starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.Raptis Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerThe Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Maughamâs masterpiece and one of the most important novels of the 20th century. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt numbers to the spine, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and… inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, with sixteen black and white illustrations. Boldly signed by illustrator John Sloan on the colophon page to the rear of volume two. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 222. In fine condition. Introduction by Theodore Dreiser. Illustrated by John Sloan. âMaughamâs longest and most ambitious novel, in which âfact and fiction are inextricably mixed,â draws heavily upon the authorâs own youth, with circumstances and names scarcely alteredâ (Parker, 63). âAs early as 1911 [Maugham] had retired temporarily from the theatre to work on his long novel, Of Human Bondage. He was to correct the proofs under the admiring eyes of Desmond MacCarthy in a small hotel at Malo, near Dunkirk; the two men were drivers in an ambulance unit for which they had volunteered at the outbreak of war in 1914⦠Of Human Bondage was published in 1915. It was less noticed in wartime London than in New York, where Theodore Dreiser reviewed it with enthusiasm. It remains Maughamâs most impressive literary work, and by the time of his death [1965] was said to have sold ten million copiesâ (DNB). It was the basis for the 1934 film directed by John Cromwell starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis.
Published by William Heinemann, London 1915
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.Raptis Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition, first printing of Maughamâs masterpiece and one of the most important novels of the 20th century. First printing with the list of other âWorksâ by Maugham facing half-title, plus publisherâs ad page for works by other authors on half-title verso, with the misprint on page 257, line 4 ("help"). Octavo, original pub…lisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For James Spencer This by way of being an autobiographical novel, but it is a novel & fiction has as great a place in it as fact. W. Somerset Maugham." In very good condition with the first two preliminary hinges reinforced. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A unique example of the work Maugham considered his best. âMaughamâs longest and most ambitious novel, in which âfact and fiction are inextricably mixed,â draws heavily upon the authorâs own youth, with circumstances and names scarcely alteredâ (Parker, 63). âAs early as 1911 [Maugham] had retired temporarily from the theatre to work on his long novel, Of Human Bondage. He was to correct the proofs under the admiring eyes of Desmond MacCarthy in a small hotel at Malo, near Dunkirk; the two men were drivers in an ambulance unit for which they had volunteered at the outbreak of war in 1914⦠Of Human Bondage was published in 1915. It was less noticed in wartime London than in New York, where Theodore Dreiser reviewed it with enthusiasm. It remains Maughamâs most impressive literary work, and by the time of his death [1965] was said to have sold ten million copiesâ (DNB). It was the basis for the 1934 film directed by John Cromwell starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis.
More imagesPublished by Heinemann 1915
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United KingdomJonkers Rare Books
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First UK edition. Original blue cloth titled in gilt to spine and upper cover. Inscribed on the front endpaper "For Sydney Schiff from his friend W. Somerset Maugham" Violet Schiff's name and dated August 1915 in pencil to the half title, and occasional pencil annotations throughout. A very good copy with the gilt dulled to the…spine and a little wear to the spine ends. A significant presentation copy of the author's most notable work, and a classic of twentieth century literature. It is inscribed by Maugham for the modernist author and translator Sydney Schiff. Schiff would go on to complete Scott Moncrieff's translation of Proust, and publish an autobiographical novel sequence under the pseudonym Stephen Hudson. Maugham was a great supporter of his work, and his use of his actual name implies some degree of intimacy. "Here is a novel of the utmost importance. One feels as though one were sitting before a splendid Shiraz or Daghestan of priceless texture and intricate weave, admiring, feeling, responding sensually to its colors [sic.] and tones." (Theodore Dreiser in a review of the book in the Athenaeum 21 August 1915).
