Cakes Ale by William Somerset, First Edition (11 results)

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 3 preliminary leaves, 1-270 pages ; 19cm. Subjects: Married people ; Fiction. 1 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published In 2000 : 1st. New Paperback Edition : Vintage Books : Overall , A Very Nice Book :

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 3 preliminary leaves, 1-270 pages ; 19cm. Subjects: Married people ; Fiction. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 3-827p 24cm. Subjects: English fiction. Fiction in English. Fiction in English, 1900 Texts. Genre: Fiction. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first state of one of Maugham's most popular and by acclaim finest works, with all three uncorrected errors (missing "t" on page 147, line 14; dropped letter "l" on page 63, line 22; and "in" instead of "it" on page 181, line 4). Original navy blue cloth boards with gilt and black lettering. 270 pages, 8vo, with dust jacket. Chipping to toned cloth spine. Minor bowing to boards. Bookplate to front pastedown, stamp to rear pastedown, both diminutive. Chipping and scratching to toned paper spine, with minor loss just above the title. Light rubbing and chipping to dj overall.

First Edition. Limited edition signed by Maugham anfd Suterland. Original slipcase and glassine dust jacket. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description : 255pages. Subjects : English fiction. Fiction in English. Literature, English novel 20th century. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Limited edition signed by Maugham anfd Suterland. Original slipcase and glassine dust jacket. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description : 255pages. Subjects : English fiction. Fiction in English. Literature, English novel 20th century. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. "Cakes and Ale" by William Somerset Maugham. William Heinemann, London. 1930 first UK edition first printing. Signed presentation inscription from the author to C. W. Dawes (collector of erotica, bibliographer and writer) to endpaper, scattered spotting, original cloth, light fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and bumped, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, light browning to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, very short closed tear to foot of upper panel, some light spotting and slight surface soiling but an excellent example overall. Cakes and Ale, or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard (1930) is a novel by the British author W. Somerset Maugham. Maugham exposes the misguided social snobbery levelled at the character Rosie Driffield, whose frankness, honesty, and sexual freedom make her a target of conservative propriety. Her character is treated favourably by the book's narrator, Ashenden, who understands that she was a muse to the many artists who surrounded her, and who himself enjoyed her sexual favours. In his introduction to a Modern Library edition, published in 1950, Maugham wrote, "I am willing enough to agree with common opinion that Of Human Bondage is my best work . But the book I like best is Cakes and Ale . because in its pages lives for me again the woman with the lovely smile who was the model for Rosie Driffield. Signed by Author.

First Edition. CAKES AND ALE OR THE SKELETON IN THE CUPBOARD, Heinemann, 1930, first edition, a bright vg+ copy in a near vg dust-wrapper with soiling to the tissue backed dust-wrapper and chips missing from the head of the dust-wrapper spine.

First Edition. CAKES AND ALE OR THE SKELETON IN THE CUPBOARD, Doubleday, Doran, 1930, first American edition, vg+ in attractive dust-wrapper with some light chipping, dust-soil and tears. Still a very nice copy.