MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.
Strictly Personal.
"The Riviera isn't only a sunny place for shady people": Limited Edition of Strictly Personal; Signed by W. Somerset Maugham
New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1941.
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Limited edition of this memoir about W. Somerset Maugham's experiences fleeing the French Riviera and England during the early days of World War II. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, frontispiece. One of 515 numbered copies, this is number 225. Boldly signed by W. Somerset Maugham on the limitations page. In fine condition with light sunning to the spine. Ownership plate to the rear pastedown of Craig V. Showalter. Housed in the original board slipcase in very good condition.
W. Somerset Maugham’s Strictly Personal is an autobiographical wartime memoir that captures a tense, concentrated period at the start of World War II, from his life at the Villa Mauresque on the French Riviera to his eventual escape to the United States. Rather than a full life story, it offers a vivid firsthand account of France’s collapse, an anxious journey on an overcrowded, worn-down ship, and his time observing wartime Britain firsthand. Blending personal anecdote with sharp social commentary, Maugham records shifting morale, daily hardships, and the unsettling realities of conflict with his trademark clarity and insight into human behavior. Published in 1942, the book also served as a timely report for American readers, aiming to convey what life felt like inside a Europe being reshaped by war.
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