Books

NY: George H. Doran Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Original red cloth titled in gilt. First US trade edition. Board edges rubbed/frayed, a few soft page creases, gilt rubbed/tarnished, some insect nibbles to rear board. The scarce DJ in mylar is soiled and rubbed, edgeworn, chipped, creased. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

'The Painted Veil' is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham set in the 1920s. It encompasses themes of love, betrayal, and redemption in the midst of a cholera epidemic in a Chinese mainland setting, focusing on the character Kitty Fane and her journey towards self-discovery and personal liberation.