Twixt Land and Sea (A Smile of Fortune, The Secret Sharer, Freya of the Seven Isles)
by Conrad, Joseph
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: J. M. Dent, 1912. Green cloth hardcover without dust jacket, Third (January 1913) Printing (third issue binding with corrected title on front cover), 264 pages; well worn ex-library copy with heavy shelf wear to spine and cover edges, gilt spine lettering bright and clear, embossed black lettering to front cover bold and clear, library tape reinforcements to both inside hinges holding covers to spine, label inside front cover, card pocket inside back cover, several library markings, page edges age darkened but all pages clean and unmarked, but the book is still intact and complete, tight in binding (except for the covers which remain attached but loose), overall a decent reading copy of an early printing thus. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair.
Synopsis
Ever since the sun rose I had been looking ahead. The ship glided gently in smooth water. After a sixty days' passage I was anxious to make my landfall, a fertile and beautiful island of the tropics. The more enthusiastic of its inhabitants delight in describing it as the Pearl of the Ocean. Well, let us call it the Pearl. It's a good name. A pearl distilling much sweetness upon the world.
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- Seller
- Eric James
(CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 040247
- Title
- Twixt Land and Sea (A Smile of Fortune, The Secret Sharer, Freya of the Seven Isles)
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- GREAT BRITAIN UNITED KINGDOM ENGLAND Fiction Literature ENGLISH BRITISH Tales Short Stories Sea Ocean Marine Merchant Navy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories; Literature;
Terms of Sale
Eric James
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