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Tales of Hearsay.
by CONRAD, Joseph
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
T. Fisher Unwin, London., 1925. First edition. Preface by R.B. Cunninghame Graham. Octavo. 288 pages. Four stories, posthumously published. From the library of noted Conrad collector Stanley J. Seeger with his small bookplate on front pastedown.Prelims and edges a little spotted. Free endpapers partially and lightly tanned. Very good indeed in very good pictorial dustwrapper with several short closed tears one of them at the head of the spine which is also creased. Preserved in a custom-made green buckram slipcase, lettered in gilt on the spine, and with an inner folding sleeve.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CONRADJO026181
- Title
- Tales of Hearsay.
- Author
- CONRAD, Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin, London.
- Date Published
- 1925
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Ellis bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
LONDON
About Peter Ellis bookseller
A shop in one of the last remaining bookselling enclaves of London, with a carefully selected stock of modern first editions, art and illustrated books, travel literature and other subjects. Known for books in fine condition.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
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