Cakes and Ale or The Skeleton in the Cupboard. With and Original Lithograph and Decorations by Graham Sutherland. LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY BOTH MAUGHAM AND SUTHERLAND.
by MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Illustrated by Graham SUTHERLAND
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
William Heinemann Ltd. London. 1953. William Heinemann. 1953. LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000. SIGNED BY BOTH MAUGHAM AND SUTHERLAND, this being number 47. Bound in quarter vellum, blue cloth boards.Top edge gilt. Portrait frontis and decs by Sutherland. Four pages of facsimile pages from the original manuscript. Endpapers slightly browned. Slight marks to boards otherwise a clean and fresh copy in a slightly worn and spotted slipcase.
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- Bookseller
- Addyman Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 97903
- Title
- Cakes and Ale or The Skeleton in the Cupboard. With and Original Lithograph and Decorations by Graham Sutherland. LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY BOTH MAUGHAM AND SUTHERLAND.
- Author
- MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Illustrated by Graham SUTHERLAND
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- William Heinemann Ltd. London. 1
- Keywords
- FICTION, MODERN FIRSTS somerset maugham signed
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...