Moon Sixpence: Signed (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "The Moon and Sixpence" by W. Somerset Maugham. London: Heinemann, 1919. First edition, first issue, a presentation copy by Maugham inscribed at Christmas 1944, the first issue with four pages of ads and with six titles listed by Eden Phillpotts. Publisher's cloth decorated in blind. 263, [4] pp. Without the front blank and some wear to the cracked front hinge, toned as usual, some old staining at gutter, lightly rubbed. Maugham's novel of the life of Paul Gauguin, rare inscribed, and here with the superb inscription on the half-title: "For Lawrence R. Thomsen/The novel written in 1918 while the author was recovering from T.B. contracted during World War I. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition, second issue with four pages of ads, including one ad for seven, rather than six titles by Eden Philpotts. Cheap paper browned as always, corners a little bumped, a very good copy lacking the dust jacket. This copy Inscribed on the front fly, in what looks like an earlier hand: "E. Ordine, W. Somerset Maugham." A nice copy of one of Maugham's masterpieces. Scarce signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Somerset Maugham on a typed letter laid into the book. This ORIGINAL dustjacket has some chips to the spine and seldom seen in any condition. The book is bound in the publisher's green cloth with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy with the scarce dustjacket SIGNED by the author. Signed by Author(s).…