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Lot 176
Sale 6426 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Nov 13, 2025
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$600 -
800
Lot Description
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset (1874-1965). Partly printed document signed twice ("W. Somerset Maugham"), Los Angeles, 29 September 1941.
Oblong 16mo, printed on both recto and verso, accomplished in manuscript, type, and rubberstamp.
MAUGHAM'S OPERATOR'S LICENSE APPLICATION. SIGNED TWICE AND WITH HIS THUMBPRINT. Maugham lists his address as: 732 So. Beverly Glen, Los Angeles; height: 5-7; weight: 154; eye color: brown; hair color: grey. Maugham was in California around this time for the filming of "The Moon and Sixpence."
Selections of W. Somerset Maugham from the Collection of Craig V. Showalter
This lot is located in Chicago.