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Of Human Bondage First UK edition, first impression cover

Of Human Bondage

W. Somerset Maugham · William Heinemann, London, 1915 · First UK edition, first impression

Market value · Unsigned, near fine
$1,449

Valued from 2 recorded sales in the last 12 months.

What a copy is worth

ConditionUnsignedSignedInscribed
Fine$135——
Near fine$1,449$3,912$3,912
Very good$1,233$3,326$3,326
Good$102——
Fair$102——

How to identify this edition

These points tell this edition apart from other printings and editions of Of Human Bondage.

✓ Title page: LONDON / WILLIAM HEINEMANN at the foot, under the windmill device, with no date.

✓ Verso of the title page: London William Heinemann 1915.

✓ Page 257, line 4: the misprint help for "helped".

✓ Binding: blue-green cloth; on the front board the title in gilt and Maugham's gilt emblem in the lower right corner; Heinemann at the foot of the spine; the Heinemann windmill blind-stamped on the back board.

✗ Not a first: the verso adds Second impression September 1915 or a later impression / reprint line.

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