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Suspense
by Joseph Conrad
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
J.M. Dent, London, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. JOSEPH CONRAD. Suspense, London and Toronto: J.M. Dent, 1925. Octavo, first edition, pp. ix, 303, 4 (ads), maroon cloth boards with gilt-stamped lettering to spine, blind-stamped logo on front, top edge tinted green. Conrad's last novel, set in the Napoleonic era and left unfinished. Condition of this book: Very good with light soiling at edges, a bit of wear at bottom edges of boards, touch of foxing to the title page. The jacket is good but no better, misfolded at the front flap, with creases and chips; rear panel is dust darkened. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Britain/UK; 1920s; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54970. .
Synopsis
Suspense: A Napoleonic Novel is set in Genoa in early 1815. It was published posthumously in 1925.
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54970
- Title
- Suspense
- Author
- Joseph Conrad
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Literature & Literary; Britain/UK; 1920s; Antiquarian & Rare. Joseph Conrad Suspense
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- 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
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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