Theatre

Somerset Maugham's novel of the stage

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First edition. Hardback, bound in the original blue cloth boards with gilt titling to spine & upper board. 19.5 × 13cm, 293pp.

Julia Lambert is in her prime, the greatest actress in England. Off stage, however, she is bored with her handsome husband, coquettish and undisciplined. She is at first flattered and amused by the attentions of a shy and eager young fan, but before long Julia is amazed to find herself falling wildly, dangerously, in love.

Condition

A good copy. There is light spotted foxing throughout but the boards are clean. Bookseller's ticket from Gravenhage in the Netherlands to front pastedown.

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