Maugham, W. Somerset, The Art of Fiction: An Introduction to Ten Novels and Their Authors (Doubleday, 1st ed., 1955), LOC 55-7011. The master story-teller of the last century surveys a scintillating group of his peers through time: Fielding; Austen; Stendhal; Bronte and Balzac; Dickens, Flaubert and Melville; Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. Revised and greatly expanded version of the 1948 collection of essays. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket with mylar cover. Very good condition. HBB price: $59.95.
Strunk, William Jr. and White, E. B., The Elements of Style (Macmillan, 1st ed., stated 1st printing, 1959). LOC 59-9950. Fine hardcover, very good unclipped dust jacket. Blue cloth boards, 71 pp. Some foxing of the endpapers. Scarce and highly collectible. HBB price: $395.00.
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