London: Eveleigh Nash, 1912. Very Good. London: Eveleigh Nash, 1912. First Edition. Octavo (20.6 cm); [1]-[237]pp + 2ads. Boards in navy blue cloth with gilt stamping on front and spine. Top edge of pages trimmed, fore-edge deckled. Board edges and corners on both covers bumped and corners slightly frayed. Spine head and tail bumped and cloth slightly faded. Endsheets significantly toned and foxed and ad pages include foxing, but all other pages pretty clean except one page with light pencil mark in margin. Gutter cracked between front endsheet and flyleaf, and between pages 128 and 129. Slightly cocked, but binding remains firm.

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Bookseller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 29477
Title: Some Reminiscences
Author: Joseph Conrad
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Eveleigh Nash
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1912

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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....
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...
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...
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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...
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Tail: The heel of the spine.
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...