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Lot 155

MAUGHAM, William Somerset (1874?1965). The Narrow Corner. L...

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MAUGHAM, William Somerset (1874?1965). The Narrow Corner. London: William Heinemann, [1932]. 8vo. Original publisher?s gilt?lettered blue cloth; original unclipped dust jacket (light chipping near head, extremes gently rubbed with some creasing). Provenance: Harpo (1888?1964) and Susan Marx, bookplate of the American comedian and the second?oldest of the Marx Brothers trio (Groucho and Chico). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY MAUGHAM TO THE COMEDIAN HARPO MARX: ?For / Harpo Marx /& and his golden locks / W. Somerset Maugham?. Toole Stott A44a.