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..

World Pub. Co, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. First Printing. 304 pages. No dust jacket. Brown paper covered boards. Pages are heavily tanned, but text remains legible. Noticeable marking to some pages throughout; text is not obscured. Binding is firm. Pencil inscriptions to front endpapers. Boards have heavy shelf-wear, with visible corner bumping and noticeable scuffing to edges. Noticeable scuffing to spine ends. Heavy rubbing and scuffing overall, with visible marking also.

Soft Cover. .. Traducción de R. García Adamuz. Barcelona. Random House Mondadori. 2005. 1ª edic. 19x13 cm. 283 págs. 2 h. # literatura

Novel. (London: Heinemann: 1928) First Edition. Decorated cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. viii, 304. First Edition. An ownership signature on front free endpaper. Head and foot of spine and external hinges rubbed; spine a little (lightly) scuffed; top edge dusty; edges moderately foxed; several old tapestains to each fixed endpaper offset on to the free endpapers and the next leaf in each case; some scattered (mostly light) foxing internally; a good copy.

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.

Heinemann, London, 1928, first printing,. 1928. Hardcover. 1st ediiton, hardback, 8vo, 304pp, owner's bookplate of Ronald Lambert Tree, pages browning with scattered light foxing, text clean and sound, blue cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly frayed at corners and spine ends, Good condition / no dustwrapper .

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.

London : William Heinemann , 1928 . First edition. Cloth. Good Only. 7.5" by 5". None. A first edition copy of Ashenden or the British Agent by William Somerset Maugham. A first edition, first impression copy. William Somerset Maugham was an English writer known for his plays, novels and short stories. Ashenden or The British Agent is a collection of loosely linked stories party based on the author's experience as a member of the British Intelligence in Europe during the First World War.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, rather worn with fading to the joints, a small split to the head of the rear joint and bumping to the head and tail of the spine.Spine is pulled. Marks to the boards. Rear hinge is starting but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Good Only

London: William Heinemann, 1928. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". None . The first edition, first impression of this archetype espionage novel based on the author's own experiences. A collection of interlinked stories by W Somerset Maugham, forming a novel loosely based on the author's experiences as a member of the British Intelligence in Europe during the First World War. The first edition, first impression of this work matching all issue points noted in Stott's A Bibliography of the Works of W. Somerset Maugham A37a. The work was adapted into a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, titled Secret Agent.  From the library at Julian Park, Hertfordshire, belonging to Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Audrey was the youngest daughter of an Anglo-American lumber and steel millionaire, sister to Edward James, a key figure in the Surrealist movement, and the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. She was an English socialite known for her beauty and for charming various wealthy men, she was… Read More

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.

Heinemann, London., 1928. First edition. Octavo. pp [viii], 304. Queens Quorum. The ''...narrative of some experiences during the Great War of a very insignificant member of the Intelligence Department...'' (from the author's printed dedication). Sixteen short stories. Tail of spine messily scuffed. Just about very good. No dustwrapper.

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. Inc., 1928. 304 pages in very good, clean condition; slightly yellowed. Few small stains on the bottom edge and top edge. Endpapers yellowed. Inscription of former owner on the ffep. Blue cloth with orange titles and decorations. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Edges a little rubbed. Light wear at the head/tail of the spine. Beige DJ with illustrations and black titles. Spine and edges darkened and stained. Small chips on the corners, edges, head/tail of spine. Not price clipped. VG-/FAIR. First American Edition. Hard Cover. VG-/Fair.

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.