Books

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good in boards. Rare author's name misprint on front panel and spine. Owner name inked on FEP. Owner nameplate on FEP. Spine cocked. Foxing on text block edges. First American Edition.

'The Moon and Sixpence' is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham, based loosely on the life of the artist Paul Gauguin. It tells the story of unremarkable, Charles Strickland, who suddenly gives up his job, family and familiar surroundings to concentrate on painting, giving up everything in the search for authenticity.