LAST ESSAYS
by JOSEPH CONRAD
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
-
West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
This is a stated first edition, and first US printing, of Last Essays, by Joseph Conrad. It was published in 1926 and includes 'Legends', the essay he was working on when he died (of a heart attack). It also includes a photo of the hand-written text of 'Legends'; these are the last words he wrote.
As you can see, this book originally belonged to the B'Nai Brith Hill Foundation of Toronto, which stamped the front and back endpapers and put a memorial bookplate on the inside front cover.
171 pages, mostly unadorned.
The binding has been split in the center but is otherwise nice and tight.
Dark blue boards with gold on the cover; there was gold on the spine but it has worn away.
There are the expected little spots here and there but, overall, it's in excellent condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Louise Aird (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1573
- Title
- LAST ESSAYS
- Author
- JOSEPH CONRAD
- Format/Binding
- Perfect
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday Page
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- 1926
- Pages
- 171
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Legends, B'Nai Brith
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essays; British Fiction; Maritime, Ships, Boats; Biography, Autobiography, True Stories; Adventure, Travel & Exploration;
Terms of Sale
Louise Aird
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...