OF HUMAN BONDAGE With an introduction by Theodore Drieser

Two volumes. LIMITED EDITION, one of only 1500 hand-numbered copies SIGNED by illustrator John Sloan. With sixteen original illustrations from etchings by John Sloan. There are also attractive five, six, or seven line large engraved initials throughout. Tall 8vo, publisher's original colour-speckled gray cloth, with leather spine labels lettered and tooled in gilt, page edges speckled, and in the original slipcase of gray paper-covered boards with printed label in black. xiv, 406; 407-805, [1] pp. A pristine set, essentially flawless and as mint, even the slipcase is in very fine condition.

Edizione: somerset maugham’s best known novel and one of the most desirable and appealing books of the limited editions club. these volumes were printed for the club at the yale university press under the supervision carl purington rollins. john sloan’s etched illustrations are a striking addition to maugham’s thinly disguised autobiography. of human bondage describes philip carey’s lonely boyhood in whitstable (which becomes blackstable, as canterbury becomes tercanbury) and his subsequent adventures. carey is handicapped by a club foot, much as maugham was handicapped by a severe stammer.