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New York: Atheneum, 1966. 1st/1st. VG/VG. Stated First Edition. First printing. Book is tight and square with solid hinges and clean boards. Light bumps to top front corners. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Page corner creases to pages 108-110. Dust jacket is unclipped ($5.95) with light wear to corners (see photos). Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.Garson Kanin was a copious note-taker — much to Maugham's delight — of conversations, impressions, and ideas imparted when the two were together. Although his junior by about 40 years, Kanin became Maugham's perfect audience, recognizing his creative genius yet also aware of Maugham's peculiar quirks and habits. Written as a non-linear journal, the book becomes "…a treasury of Somerset Maugham's candid opinions, attitudes, and tastes, this book abounds in off-the-cuff recollections of the past and the circumstances under which he wrote his best-known stories and novels. His… Read More