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[Literature] [Benchley, Robert] Maugham, W. Somerset,

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[Literature] [Benchley, Robert], Group of 10 Volumes: [Literature] [Benchley, Robert] Group of 10 Volumes from the Library of Robert Benchley 1. Bennett, Sir Ernest Apparitions and Haunted Houses London: Faber and Faber Limited, (1939). First edition. 8v

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Somerset Maugham Miss Sadie Thompson script 1953: Heading: (Maugham, W. Somerset) Author: Kleiner, Harry Title: Miss Sadie Thompson Place Published: [Hollywood, CA] Publisher:Columbia Pictures Corp Date Published: 1953 Description:

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Autographed W Somerset Maugham Letter ALS 1940: This is an autographed hand written letter from author William Somerset Maugham (British, 1874-1965). The novelist and playwright is best know for "Of Human Bondage", "The Moon and Sixpence", "The Raz

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CATALINA W. Somerset Maugham Publ. Doubleday, NY 1948 HC 1st Edition: CATALINA by W. Somerset Maugham, published by Doubleday & Co., New York, 1948. Hardcover, used, no dust jacket. Black cloth boards with gilt title on spine, design blind stamped front cover. Condition

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Cakes and Ale. W. Somerset Maugham: Cakes and Ale. W. Somerset Maugham. Modern Library. 1950. 273 pages Please note that this lot has a confidential reserve. When you leave a bid in advance of the auction, submit your maximum. Jasper52

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Complete Short Stories W. Somerset Maugham 2 Vols: The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham. Two volumes. NY: 1932. Fiction Volume I: East and West; volume II: The World Over. Shipping: Domestic: Flat-rate of $10.00 to anywhere within the con

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W. Somerset Maugham - Two Titles: Publishers red cloth with gilt titles. BOOK I: A. H. King. 1938. 'The Works of Somerset Maugham'. Six stories. BOOK II: W. Somerset Maugham. 1959. 'The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham'.

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2 Books Of Stories And History From 1931-1939. Tellers Of Tales: 2 Books Of Stories And History From 1931-1939. Tellers Of Tales, 100 Short Stories From The United States, England, France, Russia, And Germany, Stories Selected By W Somerset Maugham, Published By Do

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Somerset Maugham, Gentleman in the Parlour, 1st US Edition 1933: "The Gentleman in the Parlour: Record of a Journey from Rangoon to Haiphong" by W. Somerset Maugham, published by Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc., Garden City, New York, First American Edition, late

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Mixed Grouping Vintage Books: Including "Blithe Spirit" by Noel Coward, "The Constant Wife" by W. Somerset Maugham, "The Muses Are Heard" by Truman Capote, "Spring Fever" by P.G. Wodehouse and "Antigone" adapted by Lewis Galantier

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Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, Paul Gauguin ill. 1941: "The Moon and Sixpence", by W. Somerset Maugham, illustrated by Frederic Dorr Steele and Paul Gauguin, Heritage Reprints, New York, 1941. According to publisher's Note, this Heritage Reprints Edition

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Antique & Vintage Novels, Poems, Reference Titles: Anna Karenina (Tolstoy) Literary Guild Edition 1944. Don Fernando (W.Somerset Maugham) 1935. Lolita (Nabokov) 1955. The Complete Works of George Eliot Vol. VIII Edition De Luxe. Our Favorites Illustra

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Somerset Maugham, Cakes and Ale, ML Ed. 1950: "Cakes and Ale". by W.Somerset Maugham. With a Special Introduction for this Edition by Mr. Maugham, published by Modern Library in 1950. Original dust jacket with clipped price corner on the front fl

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[Literature] [Benchley, Robert] Maugham, W. Somerset,

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[Literature] [Benchley, Robert] Maugham, W. Somerset

Group of 3 First Editions from the Library of Robert Benchley

Liza of Lambeth

New York: George H. Doran Company, (1921). First American edition. 8vo. 221 pp. Inscribed: "Robert C. Benchley/1425 B'way" in pencil on rear free endpaper. Original green cloth stamped in black, rear joint split, cocked; top and bottom edges trimmed, fore-edge untrimmed; front free endpaper excised, front hinge starting, rear hinge split; some light scattered foxing; dust-jacket wanting. Stott A1b

1425 Broadway was the home of Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker's shared office, on the 3rd floor of the Metropolitan Opera House Studios.

Together with:

The Letter: A Play in Three Acts

New York: George H. Doran Company, (1925 but 1927). First American edition. 8vo. 177 pp. Inscribed: "Benchley" in pencil on front free endpaper in Robert's wife Gertrude's hand. Original stiff mustard wrappers, spine a little darkened; top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed; "A souvenir of the New York premiere/with the compliments of the/producer and the publisher" printed on upper wrapper. Stott A36b

This special edition of The Letter would have been presented to Robert Benchley at the September 26, 1927 premiere at New York's Morosco Theatre. Benchley reviewed the play in the October 13, 1927 issue of Life magazine.

Benchley reviewed a large number of Maugham's plays in both Life and The New Yorker.

Together with:

The Mixture As Before

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1940. First American edition. 8vo. 310 pp. Signed by Benchley on front free endpaper. Original black cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt, faded; top edge stained red, other edges untrimmed; cream endpapers; dust-jacket wanting. Stott A58b

A collection of Maugham's short stories. Benchley has written: "Don't bother with this one. RB" at the top of the first story, "The Three Fat Women of Antibes."

Three books from the library of famed

Algonquin Round Table charter member Robert Benchley.

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[Literature] [Benchley, Robert] Maugham, W. Somerset,

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