Joseph Conrad: The Three Lives : A Biography by Karl, Frederick Robert
by Frederick Robert Karl
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- Hardcover
- first
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Austin, Texas, United States
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About This Item
1. 1979 Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover. Blue cloth with bright gilt letters on spine. Stated 1st edition. 1008 pages including Index and more than 50 pages of illustrations. Dustjacket with lightly sunned spine, light spotting and a 1/8"" edgetear. Publisher $25.00 on inside flap. Pages are clean, bright and tight. Top edge blue, others lightly spotted. Bookplate on fep and english professor's pencil underlining throughout.
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- Title
- Joseph Conrad: The Three Lives : A Biography by Karl, Frederick Robert
- Author
- Frederick Robert Karl
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- Gilt
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.