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The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows
by Conrad, Joseph
- Used
- Fine
- Condition
- fine
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1920. Undetermined. fine. 1st US Edition. 404pp. 12mo with blue cloth boards and gilt lettering and decoration on front and lettering on spine. Boards have a bit of wear to corners and spine edges, otherwise bright and clean. Dust jacket has some chips and tears to edges, and two approximately 1" pieces missing from spine. Jacket also has a bit of wear and creasing to it (with a few pieces of tape on inside) fine The conclusion in "The Lingard Trilogy", preceeded by "Almayer's Folly" and "An Outcast of the Islands". The series was based on Conrad's experiences as a mate on the steamer Vidar. With the original, scarce dust jacket. 1920
Synopsis
Civil war rages between the native tribes of the Malay straits. Captain Tim Wingard sides with the Rajah Hassim. But as is the case with so much in the Far East, nothing is quite straightforward and events unfold by indirection.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 134877
- Title
- The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- Novel
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
Biblio member since 2010
Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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