The playwright Somerset Maugham and his novel "Human Bondage".

William Somerset Maugham (1874.1965)

Autographed letter signed.

One octavo page on letterhead from the Villa Mauresque.

Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. May 1st ^[ no date]

We are including an original period photograph showing the writer in bust form.

"I don't own a single copy of Human Bondage, not one."

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"Sir, I regret to inform you that I do not have a single copy of Human Bondage, not one. I am returning the stamp you were kind enough to include with your letter. Yours sincerely, W. Somerset Maugham."

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The novel Human Bondage was published by Somerset Maugham in 1915. The original English version was titled Of Human Bondage .