The Moon and Sixpence.
by Maugham, W. Somerset. (Text) Steele, Frederic Dorr & Gauguin, Paul. (Illustrations)
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- Hardcover
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- Fine with no dust jacket
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About This Item
New York: The HERITAGE PRESS.. Fine with no dust jacket. 1941. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by W. Somerset Maugham to his American editor Malcolm Johnson on the title page. "For Malcolm, his friend the author." Then SIGNED in full above his printed name on the title page. Fine in tan buckram cloth with rust-tinted top edge in publisher's plain dark grey card slipcase. (The slipcase shows signs of wear at edges) Most unusual to find such gift editions in presentation, specially a significant association. (B) ; 6 1/2" x 10" tall; 282 pages; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
The Moon and Sixpence is a 1919 short novel by William Somerset Maugham based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. The story is told in episodic form by the first-person narrator as a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character, Charles Strickland, a middle aged English stock broker who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist.
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- Waverley Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3112107
- Title
- The Moon and Sixpence.
- Author
- Maugham, W. Somerset. (Text) Steele, Frederic Dorr & Gauguin, Paul. (Illustrations)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- The HERITAGE PRESS.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
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