The Best Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham (Modern Library 14) by Maugham, W. Somerset - 1957

Modern Library, January 1957. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Solid boards lightly scuffed, front hinge cracked, a clean solid vintage book. No jacket.

New York: Modern Library, 1957. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. ML 14.2. 1960s reprint. Burgundy boards with torchbearer blind stamped on front, gold lettering in gold outline on spine. Price $1.95 on jacket flap with a light stamp 10F5 under price. Slight edgewear at bottom of jacket spine, and some light dustiness to white finish.

The Modern Library, 1957. Hardcover. Good. 1957. No Edition Remarks. 489 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Binding remains firm. Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning.

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. [c.1960]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition presenting a collection of 17 of the author's best short stories. W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was a prolific playwright, novelist and short story writer. Stories selected, and with an introduction by John Beecroft. --- In Toledano spine 10 / rust cloth / ML hex logo blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling & torchbearer / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists ML titles, but no total number. Likely published c.1963 (though 1957 date appears in book). ML #14.2. --- An about-Near Fine copy: clean, tightly-bound and bright, but with tiny specks of soiling to textblock fore-edge. Unclipped ($2.45) dust jacket with sticker removal traces to front panel, small tears to extremities, otherwise bright and protected in removable archival mylar wrapper.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xi, 489, (9, ads) pages .

New York: The Modern Library. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, "Seventeen memorable tales complete and unabridged," Toledano #8 binding, red cloth, a few small, lightly faded areas on the top black outer edge of the pages is the only remarkable book flaw and it is too minor to affect our condition rating of "fine," the jacket which lists 388 titles on the reverse, is price-clipped, has some label-residue on the front flap that has obscured some of the text, and a few tiny edge-tears, the jacket is clean and presentable and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included .

New York: The Modern Library, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition thus. Selected and with an introduction by John Beercroft. Topstain with a touch of sunning, near fine in a lightly soiled very good dust jacket with red lettering on spine faded, two small spots on spine and modest edgewear. Seventeen short stories from Maugham, including "Rain", "The Letter" and "The Colonel's Lady

New York: Modern Library, 1957. Nice copy. Unmarked, tight and square. 17 tales with intro by John Beecroft. 388 titles listed on verso of jacket so 1960 printing. Price clipped jacket has light wear but no chips, tears or creasing. In mylar. . Early Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Modern Library, 1957. Nice copy. Unmarked, tight and square. 17 tales with intro by John Beecroft. 379 titles listed on verso of jacket so 1960 printing. Price intact jacket has moderate wear and red lettering on spine of author's name sunned a bit. In mylar. . Early Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Modern Library Edition, 1957 (confirmed by titles listed at rear of book). A collection of 17 of the author's best short stories. W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was a prolific playwright, novelist and short story writer. Stories selected, and with an introduction by John Beecroft. --- In Toledano spine 8 / red cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 379 titles in ML catalog. ML #14.2. --- With mild dulling to spine gilding, else a tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Unclipped dust jacket ($1.65) in great shape, though with slight chafing to edges and protected in new removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); ix, 489, [8, ads] pages .

Modern Library, 1957. First ML Edition-Early Impression. Hardcover. Fine. Duodecimo. Same format and quality as the first ML printing, with 393 titles on J verso and thus a very early printing.