Maugham, W. Somerset
THE RAZOR’S EDGE
Doubleday & Co.,, Garden City,: 1944
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The true First Edition published on 18 April 1944. An unnumbered copy of 750 copies SIGNED on the limitation page by the author. The Razor's Edge, by British novelist W. Somerset Maugham, was published in London and New York in 1944. Maugham was seventy years old when the book was published, and it was to be the last of his major novels. The Razor's Edge was an immediate success on both sides of the Atlantic. More than one million copies were sold within a few years. A beautiful copy showing only some light rubbing to spine and leather spine label. Size: 8vo.
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