Description
For sale is a rare and exceptional VG/VG First Edition, Early Wartime Printing in a new archival wrap. 1945 Blakiston. Book Club Edition unstated with 1945 on copyright page, in the smaller 250 page format and the Wartime Conditions imprint on the flap of the dust jacket.
The hardcover is in Near Fine with clean, bright boards with a strong sheen, very strong title gilt on a tilted spine, a tight binding, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear and moderately rounded corners. No marks or inscriptions inside, but both end papers are unevenly toned with a few spots. The pages are clean and lightly toned.
The un-clipped dust jacket is in Very Good condition with mild surface wear, heavy edge wear with chips, gaps and tears, and light toning and no stains to the inner surface. The dust jacket has the same design as the second state jacket with no price and the Wartime Conditions imprint on the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham’s most brillant characters – his fiancee Isabel, whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliot Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
