Cakes and Ale or the Skeleton in the Cupboard

by W. Somerset Maugham

$150 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, first state with 'won' instead of won't in line 14 of page 147. 6 , 270 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original publisher's blue cloth. Covers a bit spotted and faded. Good plus copy, without dust jacket. The flyleaf bears a dated ownership inscription: December 16, 1930 Calcutta . Stott A40a. Item #59143 After Of Human Bondage, Cakes and Ale is probably Maugham's finest

• Printing: first

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