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Flat signed on half title by author, also signed "R H Rodber" - believed to be Squadron Leader R.H. Rodber - ref Destiny Can Wait. Rodber was awarded "RODBER, Royston Harry, S/L (44146) - Cross of Merit, in Gold (Poland) - awarded as per London Gazette dated 12 June 1945". Also, maybe research "London Gazette dated 10 September 1943. Following text from Air Ministry Bulletin 11391.". Fair condition book, no jacket. Wear to boards, edges, spine - rubbing and bumping. Splitting at first page block partly revealing inside of spine. Pages sunned and dusty. Signed copies of this book are very scarce.

Good copy only in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and edges somewhat worn. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, clean and strong. ; 250 pages; Description: 2 p. L. , 250 p. 19 cm. Form/genre: Fiction. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author to Arthur Dubin. Dated; Hollywood, August 27 1945. 1 Kg.

Limited Edition, one of 750 hand numbered copies (this being No. 739) SIGNED by the author. Good only, lacking the slipcase, with moderate offsetting on the endpapers, crown dampstained, and a partial ring stain on the front board.

Good copy only in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and edges somewhat worn. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, clean and strong. ; 250 pages; Description: 2 p. L. , 250 p. 19 cm. Form/genre: Fiction. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author to Arthur Dubin. Dated; Hollywood, August 27 1945. 1 Kg.

First American edition, which precedes the British edition of Maughamâs 20th-century manifesto for human fulfillment. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. "Written after much painstaking research into Eastern philosophy and mysticism, The Razor's Edge is Maugham's 20th-century manifesto for human fulfillment. In it he mercilessly satirizes American and European materialism, and holds up the figure of the spiritual seeker as a model for those searching for meaning in existence" (Stringer). It was twice adapted into film, first in 1946 starring Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney, and Herbert Marshall as Maugham and Anne Baxter as Sophie, and then a 1984 adaptation starring Bill Murray.

Brick red cloth titled in gilt, beveled board edge, TEG. True First and Limited Edition # 327/750 signed by Maugham to the limitation page. Near fine condition with slight fingerprints to boards and a small dampstain to top of textblock leading edge, just below gilt edge. Spine faintly toned, gilt slightly rubbed and spine is a bit concave. Housed in publisher's slipcase which is sunned and worn with cello tape to edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author

Octavo, 343pp. Red cloth, title in gilt over black morocco label. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Top edge gilt. Lacking the scarce glassine dust jacket. Light sunning to spine, otherwise a fine example, free of any marks or notations. In the publisher's cardboard slipcase, sunning to side panels, solid binding, a very good example. This work is one of 750 signed by the author, being number 420, as stated on the limitation page. An attractive example.

The true First Edition published on 18 April 1944. The First American Trade Edition was published two days later, and the First English Edition was not published until July 1944. Number 158 of 750 numbered copies SIGNED on the limitation page by the author of this modern classic. Issued without a dustwrapper but with a slipcase, present here. Attractive bookplate on the front pastedown with slight offsetting to the front endpaper which has two small skimmed marks. A tight, clean copy, the spine evenly sunned with the black leather spine label intact with strong gilt lettering. Near Fine, without the glassine but with a Good slipcase, intact with splits

Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran & Company, 1944. "Written after much painstaking research into Eastern philosophy and mysticism, The Razor’s Edge is Maugham’s 20th-century manifesto for human fulfillment. In it he mercilessly satirizes American and European materialism, and holds up the figure of the spiritual seeker as a model for those searching for meaning in existence" (Stringer). It was twice adapted into film, first in 1946 starring Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney, and Herbert Marshall as Maugham and Anne Baxter as Sophie, and then a 1984 adaptation starring Bill Murray.