Christmas Holiday
by Maugham, W. Somerset
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Taylor, Texas, United States
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About This Item
P. F. Collier. Very Good with no Dust Jacket. circa 1930. Reprint. Hardcover. For Christmas, Charley Mason's father granted him a trip to Paris, all expenses paid. On his first night Charley meets a woman whose story will forever change his life. Navy blue boards, blue embossed decorations, gilt spine lettering. Endpapers lightly foxed. ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 314 pages; 13042 .
Synopsis
W. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He began to study medicine in London but quit to focus exclusively on writing. In 1926 he bought a house in Cap Ferrat, France, which was to become a meeting place for a number of writers, artists and politicians. He died in 1965.
Reviews
On Jul 10 2007, SDENNEY said:
A delightful novel about travel alone to Paris by a young man for the first time.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Novel Shoppe (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13042
- Title
- Christmas Holiday
- Author
- Maugham, W. Somerset
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier
- Date Published
- circa 1930
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...