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Almayer's Folly, a Story of an Eastern River
by Conrad, Joseph
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
London: T. Fisher Unwin. Good. 1895. 1st Edition, 1st State. Hardcover. Dark green cloth binding rubbed at extremities; slightly cocked; backstrip browned; spine head chipped 1/4"; corner tips a bit frayed; boards soiled; front board cloth starting to pucker along bottom edge; front hinge & one point in textblock cracked; bookplate on front paste-down; leaf edges, paste-downs & endpapers foxed, else a nice copy of Conrad's first book, now protected by mylar cover.; First edition, first state of author's first book; top edge gilt. ; 8vo; 272 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32821
- Title
- Almayer's Folly, a Story of an Eastern River
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition, 1st State
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- 19th Century Polish-born English Authors, Polish-born British Authors, Kaspar Almayer, Adventure Novels, English Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- GC: Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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Fort Wayne, Indiana
About Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- 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....
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