The Gentleman in the Parlour: A Record of a Journey from Rangoon to Haiphong - SIGNED by the Author

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset

Verlag: London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1930

Beschreibung

First edition. Octavo, pp 276. Black cloth covered hard boards with gilt lettering to spine and upper board, gilt decoration of a Chinese pagoda to the spine and a dragon and the author's device to the upper board. In the original cream coloured jacket with the same titling and decoration as the book to the front panel and spine, unclipped (8s. 6d. net). SIGNED dedication to the front end paper: "For Gerald Kelly | W. Somerset Maugham". Sir Gerald Kelly (1879-1972, President of the Royal Academy 1949-1954) was a painter, best known for his portraits, and a long time and close friend of Maugham, both being of Irish descent. Maugham and Kelly both lived in Paris in the early 1900's where they enjoyed the bohemian lifestyle together. Maugham was able to fund Kelly's first extensive overseas trip, to Burma in 1908. Maugham sat for Kelly several times, including in 1911 for an oil painting titled The Jester which is in the collection of the Tate Museum in London. Maugham in turn based characters in several of his books on Kelly, including the painter Frederick Lawson in Of Human Bondage, and Lionel Hillier in Cakes and Ale. He also dedicated his 1928 novel, Ashenden, to Kelly. Maugham had originally intended to dedicate his 1909 novel, The Magician, to Kelly, but changed his mind as the book was largely based on a rather negative portrayal of Aleister Crowley and his then wife Rose Kelly, who was Gerald Kelly's sister. Book is in Near Fine condition, jacket is rubbed and worn, Good only. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers B3440

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Gentleman in the Parlour: A Record of a ...

Verlag: London: William Heinemann, Ltd.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1930

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good

Signiert: Inscribed by Author(s)