W.somerset Maugham Complete Works

Maugham, W. Somerset: Complete Works of W Somerset Maugham (9 Volumes only) London Heron Books By Arrangement with William Heinemann ; fester Einband / hard cover
Very Good to Very Good + Harpley, Sydney; Acs, Laszlo; Brown, Ralph; Frith, Jeffery; Micklewright, Robert; Keeping, Charles; Snow, Peter;

Undated, but late 1960s. Nine volumes of Heron's series, "The Complete Works of W. Somerset Maugham", uniformly bound. Includes eight of Maugham's classic 1915 novel (in two volumes) and thinly veiled autobiography, "Of Human Bondage" . Also included are: "Cakes and Ale", "Ashenden: Or the British Agent", "Liza of Lambeth", "On a Chinese Screen", "The Moon and Sixpence", "The Painted Veil", and "Christmas Holiday", Maugham (1874 - 1965) spent the first ten years of his life in Paris. He had early in his adult life spent some time at a hospital toying with the idea of becoming a doctor, but his first novel, "Liza of Lambeth", published in 1897, was such a success he decided to become a full-time writer. "Of Human Bondage" was his first major work/success and four years later came publication of "The Moon and Sixpence" which solidified his reputation as a writer of novels and the success of his "The Trembling of a Leaf: Little Stories of the South Sea Islands" in 1921 expanded his fame into the world of short stories. In 1927 Somerset Maugham settled in the South of France and lived there until his death in 1965. (Information from the FantasticFiction UK website. The books are in virtually pristine condition. Covers (navy blue leatherette with Gilt tooling to front and spine with gilt titles to spine) are in VG to VG+ condition with immaculate textblocks and ribbon bookmarks bound in. A very heavy set - 4.2Kg packaged - which will incur additional postage fee. First Thus No Jacket Decorative Leatherette 5 x 8"; First Thus

[SW: W Somerset Maugham, Fiction, Literature, Novel, Cakes and Ale, Ashenden: or the British Agent, Liza of Lambeth, On a Chinese Screen, The Moon and Sixpence, Of Human Bondage, The Painted Veil, Christmas Holiday, Thriller Fiction Maugham, W. Somerset]

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Maugham, W. Somerset: THE MOON AND SIXPENCE, London Heron Books Date not stated
Ralph Brown b&w illust's

8vo, pp. xxii, 251. Part of the COMPLETE WORKS set. Light shelfwear; very good+. Gilt lettering and decoration to spine and front board. Decorated endpapers. Bevelled boards. Hb navy "leather". General Introduction by John Raymond.

[SW: Bindings, Classics, Fiction, Novels, Complete Works]

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Maugham, W. Somerset: The W. Somerset Maugham Sampler, New York Garden City Publishing Co 1943 ; Schutzumschlag / dust cover
Fine

Type: Hard Back COLELCTABLE. Hardcover Book In Fine Condition. No jacket. Edited by Jerome Weidman. Navy cloth binding, with tan spine decorated with blue floral design, blue title panel with tan lettering. Clean, solid, tight, unmarked. Rough cut on fore edge and lower edge. Top edge evenly stained blue. Interior is pristine. A very nice volume in remarkable good condition. A complete novel--Cakes and Ale; a complete play-The Circle; four short stories; three travel sketches; four essays. A good sample of Maugham's works. No Jacket Cloth 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

[SW: 20th CENTURY LITERATURE.]

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Maugham, W. Somerset: Ashenden: Or the British Agent, London Heron Books By Arrangement with William Heinemann ; fester Einband / hard cover
Very Good + Micklewright, Robert

xii, 247pp including author's preface - Undated, but late 1960s. One volume of Heron's series, "The Complete Works of W. Somerset Maugham". Maugham (1874 - 1965) spent the first ten years of his life in Paris. He had early in his adult life spent some time at a hospital toying with the idea of becoming a doctor, but his first novel, "Liza of Lambeth", published in 1897, was such a success he decided to become a full-time writer. "Of Human Bondage" was his first major work/success and four years later came publication of "The Moon and Sixpence" which solidified his reputation as a writer of novels and the success of his "The Trembling of a Leaf: Little Stories of the South Sea Islands" in 1921 expanded his fame into the world of short stories. In 1927 Somerset Maugham settled in the South of France and lived there until his death in 1965. (Information from the FantasticFiction UK website. Covers (navy blue leatherette with Gilt tooling to front and spine with gilt titles to spine) are in VG+ condition with immaculate textblock and ribbon bookmark bound in. First Thus No Jacket Decorative Leatherette 5 x 8"; First Thus

[SW: W Somerset Maugham, Fiction, Literature, Novel, Ashenden: Or the British Agent, Robert Micklewright, Thriller Fiction Maugham, W. Somerset]

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