Maugham, William Somerset

Ashenden. London: Heinemann, 1928



8vo (7 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.; 180 x 120 mm). Publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth in pictorial dust-jacket; some browning from old protector to edges of endpapers; spine panel faded with loss to title at spine head, chip from top right jacket panel.

8vo (7 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.; 180 x 120 mm). Publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth in pictorial dust-jacket; some browning from old protector to edges of endpapers; spine panel faded with loss to title at spine head, chip from top right jacket panel.
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First Edition. Maugham's modern spy thriller remains a cornerstone of the genre.