Lot Details
Lot 163
MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET Ah King. Six Stories
London: William Heinemann, (1933). First English edition. This copy is signed by Maugham on the endpaper with the annotation "These stories are the result of the author's final visit to Malaya & the islands of the Archipelago. Publisher's dark blue cloth, in chemise and morocco-backed slipcase. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.5 x 12.25 cm); [vi], 339 pp., [1] pp. Light wear, generally a rather bright copy. Name of a former owner erased on the endpaper.
Contains "Footprints in the Jungle," "The Door of Opportunity," "The Vessel of Wrath," "The Book-Bag," "Back of Beyond," and "Neil MacAdam." This first (trade) edition was likely printed before the signed limited first edition. Stott A46a.
C The Library of Duncan Cranford
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