Description
Very Good First Edition, Early Printing with no dust jacket. First Edition unstated, 1944 Doubleday Doran. Early Wartime Printing with 1944 on both title and copyright pages, no subsequent print date, green boards and the third variation of a wartime condition imprint. Good+ hardcover with bright boards, a few spots, a little bit of sheen, title gilt missing from spine, but the title is still legible up close. Also, lightly foxed top page block, moderate spine tilt, strong binding, rolled spine ends, and heavy edge and corner wear. Remains of previous owner’s name tag and resale prices on the first free end paper. No other marks or inscriptions inside. Pages clean and lightly toned. This is the full-size 343 p. edition, with the third variant Wartime Conditions on the copyright page: “This Book has not been condensed. Its bulk is less because government regulations prohibit use of heavier paper.”
No dust jacket.
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.
