Description: Good. B0007EPSIS Paperback as pictured, OLDER Used Condition with cover discoloration, though book is holding together well for it's age, and has tons of age tan. No writing or Highlighting, some spine creases, sold for content. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday & Co
Date Published: 1941-01-01
Description: Good. Presentation inscription on FFEP. Binding is tight and square. Text is clean, bright and unmarked. Dark blue/black clothcover is good withlight corner bumping and some spotting. Spine lightly faded. No DJ. Page ends tanned. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Avon
Date Published: 1951
Description: Good- ASHENDEN or The British Agent by W. Somerset Maugham. Avon, 1951. Binding: Mass Market Paperback Dust Jacket: No jacket. NOTES: Showing some exterior wear/creasing, contents are overall clean and tight with no owner markings. Avon # T420, 35 cent cover price. read more
Edition: Book Club
Binding: Black Cloth 5 1/4" x 8 1/4"
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, NY
Date Published: late 1960s
Description: VG-, corners/spine ends a little worn, edges a little grazed, DJ Good 304 pp. DJ corners/spine ends worn some, spine browned, few 1/4" tears & one 1/4" chip gone on top edge. name on half-title page, read more
Description: Good. Good condition. DJ missing. Clean cover. Top and bottom of spine is lightly creased. Inside cover and first 6 pages have a very small stain right by the top edge. Clean pages otherwise. Prompt shipping & FREE delivery confirmation. dw. read more
Edition: No Edition Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. Garden City, New York, 1943, Garden City, NY
Date Published: 1941
Description: Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library Ex-Library book. Corners have slight wear. Novel. Hard cover. Shelf E-1. read more
Description: Good. Soft cover paperback novel. Copyright 1943 from the New Avon Library. Great wrap around art work on the cover. Covers are lightly creased and bumped. No writing or stamps. Pages clean and tight but beginning to age. Non smoking / pet storage. read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co
Date Published: 1928
Description: Good. First American Edition. Clean pages. Worn cover. Spine faded. No DJ. Bumped corners. Boards well-faded and sunned; spine lettering now illegible. read more
Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Avon Red and Gold Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Avon
Date Published: 1943
Description: Used: Good. Ashenden or The British Agent by W. Somerset Maugham, Published by Avon 1943, Paperback Avon Red and Gold Edition-Avon, T-119, $.35. Showing some exterior wear/creasing, contents are overall clean with no owner markings. read more
"Interesting novel/personal history. It is a fact that W.Somerset Maugham worked for the British in World War I, the question is, "How much of this collection of stories is true?"
No matter what, the tales in this collection are well turned."
"ALLEGEDLY THIS BOOK HAD A "SLIGHTLY WORN DUST JACKET IN GOOD CONDITION". IT WAS FALLING APART. LITERALLY. I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED BY THE CONDITION. BROKER SHOULD HAVE BEEN HONEST. I WOULD HAVE PAID MORE FOR A DUST JACKET THAT WAS ACTUALLY IN GOOD CONDITION. THE CONTENT OF THE BOOK IS EXCELLENT--ANOTHER GREAT MAUGHAM TALE. VERY MIFFED ABOUT THE BROKER."
"Wonderfully British collection of espionage tales from a former spy; one of the classics of the genre and ostensibly required reading of newbies in teh secret service. This was originally written in the '20s, I believe and reissued around the start of WWII. Terrific, wry British style and humor."
"So far the least enjoyable of all Maugham's books, Ashenden doesn't even begin to approach the sheer brilliance of The Razor's Edge.
That said, I love Maugham - so I just changed the rating from two to three stars. This book reads better as an interconnected series of short stories, each independently a quirky or insightful commentary on human nature. Some are more successful than others, but all are artfully and comically written (even the tragic tales)."
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