The Mirror of the Sea: Memories and Impressions
by CONRAD, Joseph
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Methuen & Co, 1906. First Edition. First Impression, one of 1,500 copies. Octavo (19.5cm); hunter green cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine; top edge gilt; viii,306,[40]pp publisher's catalog. Light wear to extremities, upper corners bumped, scattered foxing to text edges, endpapers, preliminary and terminal leaves, and previous owners circular embossed stamped on title page; Very Good and sound, with the gilt still quite bright. A series of autobiographical writings in which Conrad discusses his relationship to the sea. EHRSAM 2193.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55476
- Title
- The Mirror of the Sea: Memories and Impressions
- Author
- CONRAD, Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Leaves
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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