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The Moon and Sixpence

by Maugham, W. Somerset

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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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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
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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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