Of Human Bondage

Maugham (W. Somerset).    William Heinemann,  1915 First English Edition (without the advertisements, no priority)     Cloth with some soiling and gilt lettering to spine dulled, but a very good copy. Inscribed by the author on the half-title: “14th October 1946 by W. Somerset Maugham for J.J. Hawksford”, with, loosely inserted, a Typed Note signed by the author, Dorchester Hotel, 12 October 1946, with envelope, to Hawksford, agreeing to sign the book if he leaves it at the hotel   

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