Cakes and Ale and Twelve Short Stories
by Maugham, W. Somerset & Angus Wilson (edited and Introduction by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Silverdale, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, book has a mild bump on the bottom edge, else excellent condition, the jacket is sunned to a different shade on the spine and has a small amount of edge-wear, mainly at the spine-ends, the jacket is clean and presentable and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "The short novel and twelve stories in this volume represent the essence of Maugham's art," includes a color frontis bust of the author ; 512 pages .
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- Seller
- Mainly Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 053302
- Title
- Cakes and Ale and Twelve Short Stories
- Author
- Maugham, W. Somerset & Angus Wilson (edited and Introduction by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Fiction;
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Mainly Books
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Silverdale, Pennsylvania
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- New
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- Book Club Edition
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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