Catalina
by W. Somerset Maugham
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Southampton, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Doubleday, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($3.00 price intact). Published by Doubleday, 1948. Octavo. Black cloth boards stamped in gold. Book is very good. Sharp spine, pages crisp with no writing or names. Has light bumps to three corners. Dust jacket is very good with several tears along edges/corners. One-inch piece torn off of spine top. A very good copy of this classic Maugham historical novel set during the Spanish Inquisition. 275 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ships with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
Synopsis
W. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He began to study medicine in London but quit to focus exclusively on writing. In 1926 he bought a house in Cap Ferrat, France, which was to become a meeting place for a number of writers, artists and politicians. He died in 1965.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Southampton Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 89257
- Title
- Catalina
- Author
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
Southampton Books
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About the Seller
Southampton Books
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Southampton, New York
About Southampton Books
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...