Search Results: ashenden by maugham

Avon, 1943. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Ed. First paperback ed. Good condition, moderate over all wear, spine faded, initial on front cover. Avon #24..

ASHENDEN, Doubleday, Doran, 1928, first American edition, f.e.p. excised, else a vg copy. Both a Queen's Quorum and Haycraft-Queen title.

NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.. Good with no dust jacket. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Original blue cloth titled in orange, orange topstain. Stated first edition. Spine sunned, bumping, rubbing/edgewear, minor soil, foxing, hinges starting. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Doubleday Doran & Company, 1941. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. An early, reset edition of this classic of espionage, issued when Maugham's career's took off after the publication of OF HUMAN BONDAGE, in a beautifully illustrated jacket showing the Egyptian Sphinx and Maugham's phot on the back panel. Book is fine and unmarked. Jacket is bright, has mild edgewear to the flap edges, and a 1/2"" V chip to bottom edge and tip of spine not affecting text or art. Still an attractive copy protected by an archival Mylar jacket cover.

ASHENDEN, Doubleday, Doran, 1928, first American edition, just about a vg copy. Both a Queen's Quorum and Haycraft-Queen title.

Doubleday Doran. DJ in archival cover tears chip wear. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1941.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1928. First Edition - American. A lightly handled copy with some darkening to the cloth at the spine and outer edges and some tiny edge tears to the cloth at the top and bottom of the spine in an excellent bright facsimile dust jacket.

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.. 1941. First Edition; Early Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Few small open tears. Light foxing on front/rear pastedowns. .

Paris, Les Editions de France,, 1930. First edition in French. Small 8vo. Translated into French by Madame. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.. 1941. First Edition; Early Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. All 4 flap corners clipped. Owner name on front pastedown. Rubbing, open tearing along panel edges. .

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Full Leather. Accented in 22kt gold gilt decoration. All edge gilt, hubbed spines. Part of The Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces. Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces. Some wear to gilt. Bump to top front panel. ; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.. 1941. First Edition; Early Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Tears to edges and front face of jacket. .

London:: William Heinemann,, 1928.. First edition.. publisher's blue cloth (lacking dust jacket).. Cloth rubbed at extremities; bottom of spine frayed; slight bubbling to the cloth; corners a little bumped. Tight and sound.. 8vo,. Stott A37a. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in Full Leather. Accented in 22kt gold gilt decoration. All edge gilt, hubbed spines. Faint foxing on top text block edge. Part of The Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces. ; Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces, First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Heinemann, 1928. First Edition. Two previous owner’s bookplates on front pastedown. A little rubbing and some slight fraying at extremities, a very good copy in an excellent facsimile dust jacket. "This narrative of some experiences during The Great War of a very insignificant member of the Intelligence Department.” Queen's Quorum, Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone, both of these lists notes how Ashenden was as an important landmark leap forward in spy fiction and an important influence on the writings of Ambler, Deighton, and especially Le Carre.

London: William Heinemann, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-. Second Impression of this archetype of the espionage novel, a precursor to the works of Ian Fleming, Len Deighton, John le Carre, and Robert Ludlum. Publisher's dark blue linen-grain cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Without the scarce just jacket. Inscribed twice by Maughan: upside down on the rear end paper (presumably, his first attempt) and on the front end paper, "For Jack From WM." Very slight bubbling of cloth (as often), pages lightly toned, else about Fine. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Stott A37a. Hubin (IV), p.198. Barzun & Taylor 2461. Pronzini & Muller, pp. 567-68 (a "nostalgic glimpse into an intrigue-filled world"). Originally published as short stories, then in this single volume in the guise of a novel, based on Maugham's espionage experiences in the Great War. Alfred Hitchcock adapted two of the stories for his film The Secret Agent. "What is new here is the flat dull tone that later writers so… Read More

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1928. First American Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. 304pp., bound in original blue cloth stamped in orange, spine lettering orange, top edge orange, A very good copy in very good, price clipped pictorial dust jacket with small chips at spine ends and corners. The story of the most dramatic and terrifying aspect of the war and an exciting story of the British secret service.

HEINEMANN, 1928. Book. Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). FIRST. A good minus first edition second printing with spine replaced. INSCRIBED BY MAUGHAM fine Facsimile dust jacket..

London, England: William Heinemann, 1928. First Edition, First Printing. . Combound. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo in blue cloth w/gold titles. Near Fine/No DJ (mylar cover). Edgewear and scuffs front panel, owner note front endpaper, else Fine and unmarked. JOHN GIELGUD'S BOOK w/handwritten home address and bookplate front pastedown. He starred in the 1936 movie of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock. Talk about cachet. 304pp.

London: William Heinemann, 1928. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. One corner a little bumped, very slight rubbing at the extremities, very near fine in just about fine dustwrapper with some tiny nicks, mostly at the crown. Basis for the Alfred Hitchcock film *The Secret Agent* with Madeleine Carroll, John Gielgud, and Peter Lorre. A lovely copy of this title listed in both *Queen's Quorum* and as a *Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone*.