Item #900913 The Gentleman in the Parlour: A Record of a Journey from Rangoon to Haiphong. W. Somerset Maugham.
The Gentleman in the Parlour: A Record of a Journey from Rangoon to Haiphong

The Gentleman in the Parlour: A Record of a Journey from Rangoon to Haiphong

London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.
First Edition. Hardcover.

First Edition.

The author records in this book a journey from Rangoon to Haiphong which he made (this is its outstanding feature) without any reason. He went by river to Mandalay; on horse through the mountains and forests of the Shan States to Bangkok; by sea to Haiphong. What gives the greatest charm to this account is the fact that he made the whole journey in the mood of which Hazlitt said: “It is great to shake off the trammels of the world and public opinion…and become the creature of the moment…and to be known by no other title than ‘The Gentleman in the Parlour.’”

Item #900913

Octavo, 6 x 8-1/8", gilt decorated and titled black cloth, 276pp.

Foxing, most notably to prelims and final leaves, a few leaves carelessly cut at bottom edge, no owner’s marks, gilt bright, tight, square, very good in worn dust wrapper and protective mylar. Wrapper is darkened at edges and spine, has chipping and tape repairs to spine ends, and price has been excised from front flap. 

Price: $425.00