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London: William Heinemann. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth titled in gilt to spine and front. First edition, variant state; "t" not missing from page 147 line 14; misprint on page 181 line four with "in" insted of "it"; missing "I" on page 63, line 22. Stott page 100-101 says this variant state was issued simultaneously as the first state and is common in the first printing, and there is no bibliographical significance to either state. Cloth faintly stained, points rubbed. Trace foxing to endpages. Sound hinges. The DJ in mylar is slightly edgeworn/rubbed/toned with a 1cm closed edge tear to rear panel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Cakes and Ale is a satirical novel by W. Somerset Maugham, revolving around the lives, relationships, and social hypocrisies of the literary elite in England.