Lot 148
Maugham, W. Somerset
Auction: 8 September 2010 at 12:00 BST
£925
Description
17 books by him, some presentation copies to Woods Gray ("For Woods, with affection & admiration, Willy.... " etc.), comprising: Of Human bondage. 1915, specially bound by Sotheran's; Cakes and ale. 1930; The world over. 1951, reprint; The partial view. 1954; Points of view. 1958, these five all inscribed by the author; Liza of Lambeth. 1897; The Moon and sixpence. 1919; another copy; The gentleman in the parlour. New York, 1930; A writer's notebook. 1949, one of 1000 copies signed by the author, slipcase; The razor's edge. 1944; Mrs Craddock. 1902; Cosmopolitans. 1936; The trembling of a leaf. 1921; Ashenden. 1928; and two others, some volumes in very pooor condition, with cloth torn (17)