The true first is the UK edition published by Heinemann in 1907. For some reason the price is sky high for this lesser work.
The novel was based on the play in the same name, written in 1899 (Stott 50).
An interesting fact that I got from the seller…
This is the first book on the cover of which Maugham had his Moorish symbol against the evil eye printed. However, it was printed upside down. When Maugham pointed this out to Hutchinson, the symbol was corrected on some copies specially bound for…
Stott notes 3 binding variants.
It took Maugham 7 years before he found a publisher for this book, although by that time he was already dissatisfied of how Heinemann handled the promotion of his books.
Years later, Maugham commented on his puerile…
This must be the first book with which Maugham got himself into trouble. Aleister Crowley, the model of the infamous Oliver Haddo, was upset when he found himself portrayed so realistically in the novel. Though initially Maugham denied it, in a later…
In catalogues this is often put as first edition published in 1908, which is not true, as can be verified by the other books listed as by the same author, including Of Human Bondage (1915), The Moon and Sixpence (1919), and The Trembling of a…
Stott mentions 3 binding variants (with different advertisements at the end of book), of which this is the second, with title in gold letters and the rest in black.
"This Renaissance tale was Somerset Maugham's second novel. It was first published in 1898, when the author was twenty-three, and has been out of print and practically forgotten for years. Shortly after its publication, Maugham made every effort to…
Maugham mentions the novel in The Summing Up as one of his experiments:
I tried various experiments. One of them at that time had a certain novelty. The experience of life I was forever eagerly seeking suggested to me that the novelist's method of…
This is the programme that accompanied the presentation of the autograph manuscript of Of Human Bondage to the Library of Congress. It was acquired together with Of Human Bondage with a Digression on the Art of Fiction (1946).The programme contains…
