The Painted Veil -
William Somerset Maugham
1924 - George H. Doran Company, New York - First Edition
A fine first edition in a fine and elusive dust jacket.
Adultery and betrayal set in Hong Kong and then against a backdrop of a cholera epidemic in 1920s China. She was a fool and he knew it and because he loved her it had made no difference'. The basis for the 2004 film starring Edward Norton, Naomi Watts and Toby Jones. The first edition, published in New York, with all the references to Hong Kong, which were quickly removed or edited by the London publisher due to numerous threats of legal lawsuits.  More Details
Price: HK$ 80,000 |
