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Sixty-Five Short Stories (Complete and Unabridged)
by W. Somerset Maugham
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0905712692
- ISBN 13
- 9780905712697
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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CA$20.69CA$14.49
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About This Item
London, UK / New York : Octopus/Heinemann/Doubleday , 1985 Octopus/Heinemann/Doubleday, London, UK / New York. 1985. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Impression. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light peripheral toning to pages. DJ: Very Good +; light rubbing to panels; light bumping to ED edges. Maroon leatherette boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Cream colored endpapers. 937 pp 8vo. The author is a master of the short story. Professional and entertaining, his stories show a range of humor, period detail, and foreign color that will satisfy every taste. Superbly constructed, deceptively simple, these stories reveal his brilliant observation of human nature and his ability to pinpoint the ridiculous in society. Written intermittently between 1899 and 1947, the stories have been grouped by the author himself according to their locale so that "the reader can take his bearings in whatever distant land i choose to lead him to". A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016253
- Title
- Sixty-Five Short Stories (Complete and Unabridged)
- Author
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0905712692
- ISBN 13
- 9780905712697
- Publisher
- Octopus/Heinemann/Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- London, UK / New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- short stories, literature, famous authors, W. Somerset Maugham, novels, writers, journalists,
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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