MAUGHAM, William Somerset. The Razor's Edge. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1944. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, number 589 of 750 copies SIGNED BY MAUGHAM.
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MAUGHAM, William Somerset (1874-1965). The Razor's Edge. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1944.
8vo. Original red cloth gilt, gilt label on spine, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine slightly sunned, minor chipping to spine label); original board slipcase (slightly worn). Provenance: Gordon C. Coombs (signatures on paste-down and slipcase).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, number 589 of 750 copies SIGNED BY MAUGHAM. The novel, which follows protagonist Larry Darrell after his return from World War I, takes its name from the epigraph: "The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard."
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