Books

NY: George H. Doran Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth stamped in gilt. First edition, first issue with "help" uncorrected to p. 257 line 4. As required, no Doran monogram to CP; (the first Maugham book with this device was "The Trembling of a Leaf." ) Light rubbing to cloth edges, some scuffing to text block edge, PO name, mesh showing at gutter next to title page, but front hinge is still strong. Housed in a fine custom clamshell case. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Of Human Bondage is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It is a semi-autobiographical story about the life of a young man, Philip Carey, who struggles to find his identity and place in the world.