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Flat signed on half title by author, also signed "R H Rodber" - believed to be Squadron Leader R.H. Rodber - ref Destiny Can Wait. Rodber was awarded "RODBER, Royston Harry, S/L (44146) - Cross of Merit, in Gold (Poland) - awarded as per London Gazette dated 12 June 1945". Also, maybe research "London Gazette dated 10 September 1943. Following text from Air Ministry Bulletin 11391.". Fair condition book, no jacket. Wear to boards, edges, spine - rubbing and bumping. Splitting at first page block partly revealing inside of spine. Pages sunned and dusty. Signed copies of this book are very scarce.

Good copy only in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and edges somewhat worn. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, clean and strong. ; 250 pages; Description: 2 p. L. , 250 p. 19 cm. Form/genre: Fiction. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author to Arthur Dubin. Dated; Hollywood, August 27 1945. 1 Kg.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran & Company, 1944. First American edition, which precedes the British edition of Maugham’s 20th-century manifesto for human fulfillment. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. "Written after much painstaking research into Eastern philosophy and mysticism, The Razor’s Edge is Maugham’s 20th-century manifesto for human fulfillment. In it he mercilessly satirizes American and European materialism, and holds up the figure of the spiritual seeker as a model for those searching for meaning in existence" (Stringer). It was twice adapted into film, first in 1946 starring Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney, and Herbert Marshall as Maugham and Anne Baxter as Sophie, and then a 1984 adaptation starring Bill Murray.

Brick red cloth titled in gilt, beveled board edge, TEG. True First and Limited Edition # 327/750 signed by Maugham to the limitation page. Near fine condition with slight fingerprints to boards and a small dampstain to top of textblock leading edge, just below gilt edge. Spine faintly toned, gilt slightly rubbed and spine is a bit concave. Housed in publisher's slipcase which is sunned and worn with cello tape to edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author

First Edition/Limited to 750 Signed Copies (this being #289); A Near Fine book in Slipcase as issued. SIGNED by the author to a limitation page. This is the true first edition, issued a few days before the first trade edition; originally issued in a glassine jacket and slipcase (this copy lacking the glassine jacket but retaining the slipcase). This copy is in near fine condition with a square, tight binding, clean white pages, and crisp gold lettering to the spine; the book shows just slight fading to the spine, a faint scratch to the back board, a small area of foxing to the top exterior text block, and a PO name and address to the front free paper. Housed in a good slipcase that shows sunning and rubbing to the edges and is detached at the bottom edge and spine, but still intact with book inside. Overall, a better than most copy of this classic piece of literature, by the author of "Of Human Bondage" among others; somewhat scarce in this condition and with the slipcase. Not remaindered, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.

The true First Edition published on 18 April 1944. The First American Trade Edition was published two days later, and the First English Edition was not published until July 1944. Number 158 of 750 numbered copies SIGNED on the limitation page by the author of this modern classic. Issued without a dustwrapper but with a slipcase, present here. Attractive bookplate on the front pastedown with slight offsetting to the front endpaper which has two small skimmed marks. A tight, clean copy, the spine evenly sunned with the black leather spine label intact with strong gilt lettering. Near Fine, without the glassine but with a Good slipcase, intact with splits

First trade edition, first printing after a limited edition of 750 copies. Signed by W. Somerset Maugham and inscribed to a former owner in the year of publication on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Very Good with wear and soiling to cloth, spine lettering rubbed and spine rolled. Remnants of a formerly adhered postcard to front pastedown, pages toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with a large chip at the head and some fraying the tail, thin stain visible from the blindside at tail. While copies of the signed limited edition on the market are more than abundant, inscribed first trade editions are rather uncommon.

The true First Edition published on 18 April 1944. The First American Trade Edition was published two days later, and the First English Edition was not published until July 1944. Number 89 of 750 numbered copies SIGNED on the limitation page by the author of this modern classic. Issued without a dustwrapper but with a slipcase, lacking here. Tight, clean copy with virtually none of the sunning and rubbing normally found to the spine. The black leather spine label is intact with strong gilt lettering. Near Fine, without the glassine or slipcase

First Edition, First Issue of this limited edition of 508 copies printed. This copy is authentically SIGNED by Maugham on the limitation page. The book is bound in the publisher's salmon cloth and is in great shape. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates. A wonderful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION in collector's condition.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran & Company, 1944. Rare W. Somerset Maugham’s original ink sketch showing his dust jacket design concept for his greatest novel, The Razor’s Edge, executed on a blank Western Union telegram form, which was followed by the publisher pretty much to the letter. A striking piece of literary history demonstrating that the author’s intentions for the book were honored from the text to the jacket itself, including his signature Moroccan symbol, used on nearly all his books, including reprints; and an interesting example of a major author’s notion of self-representation. In his autobiographical book, The Summing Up, Maugham wrote of the symbol: “[My father] took it into his head to build a house to live in during the summer… He ordered a great quantity of glass on which he had engraved a sign against the Evil Eye which he had found in Morocco and which the reader may see on the cover of this book." In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 8.25 inches by 6 inches. An exceptional piece of literary history. "Written after much painstaking research into Eastern philosophy and mysticism, The Razor’s Edge is Maugham’s 20th-century manifesto for human fulfillment. In it he mercilessly satirizes American and European materialism, and holds up the figure of the spiritual seeker as a model for those searching for meaning in existence" (Stringer). It was twice adapted into film, first in 1946 starring Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney, and Herbert Marshall as Maugham and Anne Baxter as Sophie, and then a 1984 adaptation starring Bill Murray.