Christmas Holiday

London: Heinemann, (1939).

Price: $300.00

Hardcover. First edition. Pages a little toned, else fine in very near fine dust jacket with very subtle toning on the spine letters, a few tiny tears at the crown, and a very small stain on rear panel. Basis for the fine film with Deanna Durbin as a downtrodden nightclub singer and Gene Kelly, cast even further against type, as her murdering, convict husband. A sharp, fresh copy.

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Item #565533 Christmas Holiday. 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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