Description: Black and Tan Books offers ... Cakes and Ale: Or the Skeleton in the Cupboard Author:W. Somerset Maugham Publisher:Doubleday, Doran & Co. Pub. Date:1930 Format:Hardcover ISBN: Condition:Used: Very Good Notes: Collectible first US edition of W. Somerset Maugham's Cakes and Ale: Or the Skeleton in the Cupboard. Maugham drew his title from the remark of Sir Toby Belch to Malvolio in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: "Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?" Cakes and ale are also the emblems of the good life in the moral of the fable attributed to Aesop, "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse": "Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear." Per Doubleday's practice of designating First Editions, "First Edition" so stated on title page verso. Conforms to Stott A40. Includes new facsimile dust jacket in archival Brodart sleeve. Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear and age-tanning to text. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly. Domestic shipping: USPS Media Mail $4.99. USPS Priority Mail $13.99. International shipping: $24.99
Price: 61.59 USD
Location: Frederick, Maryland
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Special Attributes: Cakes and Ale: Or the Skeleton in the Cupboard, Collectible first US edition, W. Somerset Maugham collectible, Cakes and ale are Aesop's emblems of the good life, New facsimile dust jacket in archival Brodart sleeve
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Illustrator: Not applicable
Topic: Novels
Year Printed: 1930
Region: North America
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Binding: Hardcover
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co.
Signed: No
Personalized: No
Character Family: Not applicable
