In between the rip-offs, and the reasonable 1st, 1st listings for sale, you'll occasionally find a really amazing deal. Here's one I found for "The Moon and Sixpence" (1919) true 1st, 1st. http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=11814150841&searchurl=fe%3Don%26pics%3Don%26sortby%3D0%26kn%3Dmaugham
It has the true mark of the 1st,1st which is the four pages of publisher's ads in the back.
I paid $400 for mine a couple of years ago!
Lately I've been finding some pretty good deals, as well as other Maugham items of interest, by going to the ABE books site, typing 'Maugham' in the search field, then narrowing it down by clicking on the small boxes for '1st edition,' 'seller-supplied images' and 'not printed-on-demand' on the left of the page then arranging the list at the top right of the page to 'most recently listed.' There is a true 1st, 1st of "First Person Singular" (1931) for just $8.00! somewhere in there.
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