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A Writer's Notebook

A Writer's Notebook

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A Writer's Notebook

by Maugham, W. Somerset

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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1949. 367 pages; frontispiece a b&w portrait of the author. Maugham's reduction of 15 volumes of notes. "I jotted down all kinds of thoughts and emotions of a personal nature ... to be a storehouse of materials for future use and nothing else." A terrific and amusing mine of creativity. Small notes in red pencil on the back of a preliminary page. Otherwise clean and crisp, tight binding.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Synopsis

W. Somerset Maugham was one of the twentieth century's most popular novelists, as well as a celebrated playwright, critic, and short story writer. He was born in Paris but grew up in England and served as secret agent for the British during World War I. He wrote many novels, including the classics Of Human Bondage , The Razor's Edge , Cakes and Ale , Christmas Holiday , Moon and Sixpence , Theatre , and Up at the Villa .

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Bookseller
Ultramarine Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
A Writer's Notebook
Author
Maugham, W. Somerset
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Doubleday & Company
Place of Publication
Garden City, New York
Date Published
1949
Keywords
w. somerset maugham first edition
Size
8vo
Note
May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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