THE EXPLORER

New York: Baker & Taylor Co., 1909. Olive green cloth, stamped in gilt, with gilt enameled lettering panel on upper board. Frontis and plates. Two small straight pin holes in front free endpaper, portion of lower corner of front pastedown torn away, otherwise a very good, bright copy, with the pencil ownership signature of Ingalls Kimball. First U.S. edition, and first illustrated edition, with plates by J. Graham Coates. A decent association copy, although none of Maugham's books appeared in the U.S. under the Stone & Kimball imprint. STOTT A10c. ROTHSCHILD 43. (Inventory #: WRCLIT61905)