Six stories written in the first person singular
MAUGHAM, W[illiam] Somerset
From B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since September 29, 1998
Quantity: 1From B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since September 29, 1998
Quantity: 1About this Item
Title page in turquoise and black. Original blue publisher's cloth; fore-edges foxed. Bookseller's label to rear paste-down. First English edition. A collection of short stories, titles include Virtue; The alien corn; and The alien impulse. The story The alien corn was purportedly first published in Florence by Gino Orioli, as apparently noted in writing by Maugham in the Zipkin copy of Six stories, which is located at the University of Texas (although no such copy has even been found). Rothschild & Whiteman, V, 175; Stott, A42b; NCBEL, 4, 663. Seller Inventory # 11844
Bibliographic Details
Title: Six stories written in the first person ...
Publisher: William Heineman, London
Publication Date: 1931
Edition: FIRST ENGLISH EDITION.
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