Cruise of Conrad: A Journal of a Voyage Round the World, Undetaken 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.
by Villiers, Alan
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Thick Octavo. Thick 8vo. xv (iii), 387 (1) pp, illus. Throughout with Charts, Plans and Photographs by the Author. First Edition with Scribner "A" and colophon on the copyright page, 1937. Owner's ex libris plate on front pastedown. Minor edge wear to corner tips with lightly age toned bottom and fore- text block, and a dust line to top text block edge, else, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean and white. 6.75" x 9.25". Green boards with off-white Conrad figurehead on front board, off-white lettering to front board and spine, and map on endpapers..
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- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Cruise of Conrad: A Journal of a Voyage Round the World, Undetaken 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.
- Author
- Villiers, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- HISTORY SEA VOYAGES THE SHIP JOSEPH CONRAD ROUND THE WORLD JOURNALS
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY;
- Size
- Thick Octavo
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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