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Tales of Hearsay
by Conrad, Joseph
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket. Preface by R. B. Cunninghame Graham. Dark pink coloured cloth covered boards with gilt embossed titles to the front panel and back strip. Four short stories from this seminal author. This book is an ex-library book, from the "Stratford Mechanics' Institute and Free Library". Library stamps to the front paste-down along with sticker from the library. Library number to the lower edge of the back strip. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges; bumping, rubbing and some fraying of the book corners with the underlying board visible to the top corner of the front panel. Cocking of the spine with rubbing, marks and stains to the book panels. Light tanning and foxing of the text block edges with age toning and foxing of the pages. Offset tanning to the end pages and there is a brown coloured staining to the lower edge of the front end pages to page 27. Cracking of the front and rear hinges – the underlying webbing is visible. A previous owner has placed Joseph Conrad's complete name to the half title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], 7 - 287, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Short Stores; Inventory No: 0287447. .
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Details
- Seller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 0287447
- Title
- Tales of Hearsay
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition (ex-library)
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Literature, Joseph Conrad, novellas Literature & Literary; Short Stores; Unbranded Conrad, Joseph Tales of Hearsay
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
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