The Moon and Sixpence
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good. 1st edition, original green cloth-bound with black titling on boards and spine. Pages browned but very little foxing, spin
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1919. 1st. hardback. Good. 1st edition, original green cloth-bound with black titling on boards and spine. Pages browned but very little foxing, spine a little loose but intact. 4pp catalogue at back. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Maugham's 1919 novel It is told in episodic form by a first-person narrator, in a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker, who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist. The story is in part based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin.
Synopsis
The Moon and Sixpence is a 1919 short novel by William Somerset Maugham based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. The story is told in episodic form by the first-person narrator as a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character, Charles Strickland, a middle aged English stock broker who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC17855
- Title
- The Moon and Sixpence
- Author
- Maugham, W. Somerset
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good. 1st edition, original green cloth-bound with black titling on boards and spine. Pages browned but very little foxing, spin
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1919
- Pages
- 263
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, Maugham
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_\"\" x 5\"\")
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