The Arrow of Gold
by Conrad, Joseph
- Used
- Condition
- Original green cloth gilt lettered to spine and upper board, some very minor wear, endpapers a little toned. With the dustjacket
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Set in the 1870s, this tale concerns the love of an English sea captain for the Spanish beauty Dona Rita. He carries Carlist munitions to Peninsular ports, she finances the project. Conrad recounts all the adventures of gun-running and the ever-threatening sea, but never loses his theme, the beautiful and transitory nature of love. Conrad treasured this story, and explained it as a fragment from his "buried youth."
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 303706
- Title
- The Arrow of Gold
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- X, 336 pp. 1 vols. 12mo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original green cloth gilt lettered to spine and upper board, some very minor wear, endpapers a little toned. With the dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English edition, first state with running head intact on p
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1919
- Keywords
- British
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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 State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....