The Razor's Edge Maugham, W. Somerset [Very Good] [Hardcover]

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Small contemporary New Zealand bookseller's label on front endpaper. No signatures. Some spots of foxing to top page edges. Fading to the green spine and front panel of the dust-jacket, the green on the front panel fading to a patchy yellow in parts. A 10mm and a few 4mm tears at head of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; First UK edition. [iv], 284 pages. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board, small gilt razor illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 182 x 122mm. War economy standard. Copyright page has ""Printed in Great Britain at the Windmill Press / Kingswood, Surrey"". A novel. ""I have never begun a novel with more misgiving."" - the opening sentence. Page126 without an ""a"" before ""gossip"" in the phrase ""glad to have gossip."" Rear flap of dust-jacket with advertisement for ""The Voice of Britain "" broadcasts. Rear panel of dust-jacket with advertisements for ""Japan's Islands of Mystery"", ""Strange Vigour"" and ""Pipeline to Battle"". ""Social satire, philosophical novel, and saint's life, 'The Razor's Edge' describes the spiritual quest of an extraordinary young American."" - Diana Gobel, in Peter Boxall (editor) (2006) ""1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die,"" p. 426.