Encore

London: William Heinemann, 1951.

Price: $65.00

Hardcover. First edition. Screen adaptation by T.E.B. Clarke, Arthur Macrae, and Eric Ambler. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Edges modestly bumped, near fine in about very good dustwrapper with extremities chipped and torn, small tape on spine tail and internal edges. A collection of three short stories: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", "Winter Cruise", "Gigolo and Gigolette"

Item #402986

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Item #402986 Encore. W. Somerset MAUGHAM.

W. Somerset Maugham
birth name: William Somerset Maugham
born: 1/25/1874
died: 12/16/1965
nationality: Great Britain

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Biography

English novelist, playwright, and short-story writer whose work is characterized by a clear, unadorned style, cosmopolitan settings, and a shrewd understanding of human nature. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore

Collecting tips:

Maugham was especially prolific. Among our favorites are The Razor's Edge (1944), the American edition preceding the U.K. edition, issued in the U.S. in both a limited and trade edition (the limited had an unprinted glassine jacket - usually missing - and a slipcase, the trade a jacket), The Moon and Sixpence (1919 - the jacket is very scarce), and his first book, Liza of Lambeth (1897 - reportedly issued with a jacket, we've never seen one but suspect that indeed it was). We are intrigued by his many plays, although it can take considerable effort to figure out the various editions and states, even with the good Stott bibliography.

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