Details
- Dimensions
- 5.5ʺW × 0.1ʺD × 8ʺH
- Styles
- French
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Paper
- Color
- Black
- Condition Notes
- Excellent - Minor wear consistent with age and history Excellent - Minor wear consistent with age and history less
- Description
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This is a first edition "Then and Now" 1946 cloth covered book by Somerset Maughan. It is in excellent, un-scuffed …
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This is a first edition "Then and Now" 1946 cloth covered book by Somerset Maughan. It is in excellent, un-scuffed condition. It is 278 pages. William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He spoke French even before he spoke a word of English, a fact to which some critics attribute the purity of his style. His parents died early and, after an unhappy boyhood, which he recorded poignantly in 'Of Human Bondage' , Maugham became a qualified physician. But writing was his true vocation. For ten years before his first success, he almost literally starved while pouring out novels and plays. During World War I, Maugham worked for the British Secret Service . He travelled all over the world, and made many visits to America. After World War II, Maugham made his home in south of France and continued to move between England and Nice till his death in 1965.
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