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One of 750 SIGNED numbered copies (#303) in special binding. Bound in maroon cloth binding with beveled edges. Mild soiling to the binding and spine about a Very Good Copy. No names, writing or bookplates. Strong, clean, tight text block. A MASTERPIECE!

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

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 91 of 750 numbered copies SIGNED on the limitation page by the author of this modern classic. Made into a film in 1946 starring Tyrone Power and in 1984 starring Bill Murray. Issued without a dustwrapper but with a slipcase, lacking here.

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

Very Scarce First Printing (with "first edition after the limited edition of the signed limited of 750 copies on CP) BOLDLY INSCRIBED "To Saul Collins, thanking him for liking the book, W. Somerset Maugham, May 9, 1944, New York" in Dust jacket. A true rarity of the first printing signed by the author the year of publication. A Classic!

First trade edition, first printing after a limited edition of 750 copies. Signed by W. Somerset Maugham and inscribed to a former owner in the year of publication on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Very Good with wear and soiling to cloth, spine lettering rubbed and spine rolled. Remnants of a formerly adhered postcard to front pastedown, pages toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with a large chip at the head and some fraying the tail, thin stain visible from the blindside at tail. While copies of the signed limited edition on the market are more than abundant, inscribed first trade editions are rather uncommon.

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.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran & Company, 1944. First American edition, which precedes the British edition of Maugham's 20th-century manifesto for human fulfillment. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Mary, from her funny old party, the author, W. S. M., May 5 1944." Additionally signed by Somerset Maugham in full on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Signed trade editions are rare. "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.

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 89 of 750 numbered copies SIGNED on the limitation page by the author of this modern classic. Issued without a dustwrapper but with a slipcase, lacking here.

A beautiful SIGNED LIMTED edition #479/750. The glassine wrapper is intact though it does show some aging and some light wrinkling. The slip case is intact though the rear spine edge paper has parted and there is upside down L shape sun fading to the edges. Shrinkwrapped for protection