First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. London, William Heinemann, 1922.
First published edition. This copy is fine except for a slightly faded spine. This is an inscribed presentation copy signed by Maugham: on the front endpaper he has written “For / Karl Pfeiffer / His Friend / W. Somerset Maugham”. Pfeiffer, a friend of Maugham, wrote and published an informal biography of Maugham. In a stout, functional leatherbound case.
