01518cam a2200253 4500 56992534 TxAuBib 20040218120000.0 040218s1936||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u (OCoLC)8794573 TxAuBib Maugham, W. Somerset, 1874-1965, (William Somerset.) Of human bondage / W. Somerset Maugham ; illustrated by Randolph Schwabe. 1st ill. ed. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran, 1936. [6], v-x, [2], 684 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. No. 253 of a limited printing of the first illustrated ed., in 751 copies, signed by author and illustrator. Philip Carey, a sensitive orphan born with a clubfoot, finds himself in desperate need of passion and inspiration. He abandons his studies to travel, first to Heidelberg, and then to Paris, where he nurses ambitions of becoming a great artist. Philip’s youthful idealism erodes, however, as he comes face-to-face with his own mediocrity and lack of impact on the world. After returning to London to study medicine, he becomes wildly infatuated with Mildred, a vulgar, tawdry waitress, and begins a doomed love affair that will change the course of his life... (B&N.) 20040218. Wesenberg Collection. Assoc.: Sparks, Don W. Schwabe, Randolph, 1885- , ill. TXLIV