Theatre 1937 William Heinemann

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Record Number	MMC_N_T1937WH
Title	Theatre. A Novel
Creator	W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)
Format	Print Book
Genre / Form	Novel
Publisher	London : William Heinemann
Date	22 March 1937
Language	English (and some Latin and French phrases)
Physical Description	p. [iv] By W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM (45 titles), p. [vii] disclaimer that this is fiction, 293 pages | 20 cm | Hardback
Identifier - Edition	First edition, second issue
Identifier - Cover Colour (Approximate)	#15262E (Gable Green)
Identifier - Dust Jacket	None (for this copy)
Identifier - Other Catalogues	Stott A52b
Notes	Stott identifies two issues, this copy belongs to the second with a cancel leaf on p. 7 correcting line 12: "I don't not eat bread..." For first issue it should read "I do not eat bread..." A noted difference is that in the second paragraph in chapter XXII, the UK edition uses "travel agency" instead of "Cook's" as in the US edition.
Subject	Actresses -- Fiction. Middle-aged women -- Fiction. Married women -- Fiction.
Provenance	Once owned by a R. Greening[?]
Cost	US$17 in 2009 7s. 6d. in 1937 | 20,000 copies
Links	Read Theatre Review of editions Analysis