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Within The Tides
by Conrad, Joseph
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1915. Bound in the publishers olive green cloth boards with elaborate black title lettering and decoration blind stamped to the front board. Gilt and black titles to the spine. The 280 pages are in very good condition with no inscriptions and are squarely bound. Light fading to spine as is usual with this title otherwise the cloth binding in very presentable condition. Pages are dyed grey to top edges. There is the misspelling " litttle " to line 11 of page 213 which is the sign of the First Edition. The photograph supplied is a picture of the book and we are happy to send more images on request. An attractive example of this classic Conrad book.. First Edition. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. FIRST EDITION.
Synopsis
In the private editorial office of the principal newspaper in a great colonial city two men were talking. They were both young. The stouter of the two, fair, and with more of an urban look about him, was the editor and part-owner of the important newspaper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Rare Book Shelf
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000312
- Title
- Within The Tides
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1915
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
The Rare Book Shelf
Books and associated merchandise may be returned for refund within seven days of receipt as long as prior notice has been agreed and all books and associated merchandise are returned in the condition they were initially dispatched in.
About the Seller
The Rare Book Shelf
Biblio member since 2005
Herefordshire
About The Rare Book Shelf
The Rare Book Shelf are suppliers of fine, rare and desirable books specializing in out of print and modern First Editions. We cover most areas of fiction and non fiction including childrens books and are constantly updating and improving our current stock. We take time to fully study each book individually before grading them with as detailed a description as possible. All relevant history and information regarding each title is relayed to the customer where possible.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
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