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W. Somerset Maugham and His 10 Best Novels of All Time
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(click on the image to see the full album)In this post I am going to talk about an interesting facet of collecting W. Somerset Maugham's books, which I suspect would be similar in other collecting activities. When I started to seriously build my collection, my aim was to get all of Maugham's first editions, following the criteria of "true first" as the edition that came out first, whether it is an English or …
Ten Novels and Their Authors - W. Somerset Maugham
Ten Novels and Their Authors (London: Heinemann, 1954)In this post, I will look at the first edition of this collection of essays that W. Somerset Maugham has written about ten authors of his choice. A most remarkable study by Maugham and a very enjoyable read.
Great Novelists and Their Novels (Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1948)
This is the title of the first American edition of the collection of the essays on the ten authors, later revised into a much better and extended version …