1. LIZA OF LAMBETH. Avon Books, No. 139. 1930 copyright, this copy (Avon edition) copyright 1947, first printing. Verynice condition, flat, clean, not creases, light wear at spine end. Color is very good, red edgestain, pages have slight tanning. VG+ condition.
2.MRS. CRADDOCK. "A Woman's Passion Lavished on a heartless lover."
Dell Book No. D106. 35 cent cover price. With the author's insignia at the bottom front corner, rear on one of his paperbacks. Classic vintage noir cover art has a few light creases, spine has light creasing, edges are straight, book is flat. clean with minor aging. VG.
3. THE AVON BOOK OF W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM, 22 Stories of Love and Adventure. Complete and Unabridged. Copyright 1943, this edition copyright 1946. First paperback edition and first printing. Stories were all published in Cosmopolitan and include "Raw Material," "German Harry," "The Happy Man," "The Dream," "In A Strange Land," "Salvatore," "French Joe," "The man With the Scar,"etc. VG copy, minor cover wear, interior is bright white with very minor aging at edges.
4. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM SELECTS THE WORLD'S TEN GREATEST NOVELS (Great Novelists and Their Novels). A Premier Book No. s30. 35 cent cover price. Maugham's publisher issued an edition of the ten novels he selected with introductions by maugham, and this book (I think) was the origin of those editions. In this book he names them all, and gives his reasons for recognizing each, as well as presenting numerous other ideas about literature and greatness. Good condition with bright clean pages, considerable creasing.
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