On a Chinese Screen

New York: George H. Doran, (1922).

Price: $50.00

Hardcover. First edition, preceding the English by about a month. Original orange paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped title, yellow cloth spine with black lettering. Owner's name penned on front fly, gutter broken, extremities worn and chipped, a good only copy lacking the dustwrapper. A series of short sketches Maugham made during a trip along the Yangtze River in 1919-1920.

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Item #425907 On a Chinese Screen. 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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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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