Description:
Maugham, W. Somerset (1874-1965) Cakes and Ale. London: Heinemann, [1954].
Octavo, limited edition number 135 of 1,000, signed by Maugham and illustrator Graham Sutherland (1903-1980) on the limitation page, in publisher's light colored leather spine and navy leather boards, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, illustrated; binding rubbed, protected in a Mylar dust jacket, some offsetting to endleaves, period London bookseller's ticket pasted inside back board, 9 1/4 x 6 in.
Estimate $150-250
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