The Razor's Edge

A great 1944 hardcover edition of The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham, published by The Blakiston Company in Philadelphia. The book measures 8 inches tall by 5 3/4 inches wide. and has 250 pages. "The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard," taken from a verse in the Katha-Upanishad. The Razor's Edge tells the story of Larry Darrell, an American pilot traumatized by his experiences in World War I, who sets off in search of some transcendent meaning in his life.