The Arrow Of Gold. A Story Between Two Notes (Benn's Essex Library)
by Conrad, Joseph
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good, brown clothbound boards (some shelfwear), black cover/spine design and titling; text block coming away from boards ot
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Ernest Benn, 1929. Essex library. h/b. Very good, brown clothbound boards (some shelfwear), black cover/spine design and titling; text block coming away from boards otherwise firm, pages crisp and unmarked.. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). Published in 1919 and originally titled ""The Laugh"" and published serially in Lloyd's Magazine from December 1918 to February 1920. Set in Marseille in the 1870s during the Third Carlist War. The characters of the novel are supporters of the Spanish Pretender Carlos, Duke of Madrid. Curiously, the novel features a person referred to as ""Lord X"", whose activities as arms smuggler resemble those of the Carlist politician Tirso de Olazbal y Lardizbal, Count of Arbelaiz.
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- Seller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- IYC133045
- Title
- The Arrow Of Gold. A Story Between Two Notes (Benn's Essex Library)
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, brown clothbound boards (some shelfwear), black cover/spine design and titling; text block coming away from boards ot
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Essex library
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ernest Benn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Pages
- 301
- Size
- 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4"")
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction, Conrad, pocket
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
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