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Cruise of the Conrad [inscribed]
by Villiers, Alan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; G+; green spine with gilt text; first Scribner's edition with 'A' to copyright page; full title: Cruise of the Conrad: A Journal of a Voyage Round the World, Undertaken and Carried Out in the Ship Joseph Conrad, 212 Tons, in the Years 1934, 1935 and 1936 by Way of Good Hope, the East Indies, the South Seas and Cape Horn; no jacket; green cloth exterior shows slight rubbing wear; more noticeable wear to edges and joints; ex-library sticker to spine; gilt illustration with title to front; good, intact binding; sturdy boards; text block exterior edges have some age toning; deckled fore edge; Geographical Society of America bookplate to verso to front endpapers; tape offsetting residue to verso to half title page and facing page; endpapers illustrated; frontispiece; few ex-library markings to first few pages; interior lightly toned; illustrated black and white photographs with charts, plans and photographs by the author; pp 387; inscribed by author
Shelved in Locked Annex Area Column B. 1361890. FP New Rockville Stock.
Shelved in Locked Annex Area Column B. 1361890. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Seller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1361890
- Title
- Cruise of the Conrad [inscribed]
- Author
- Villiers, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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