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ALMAYER'S FOLLY. A Story of an Eastern River.
by CONRAD, Joseph:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: T. Fisher Unwin. 1895. First edition, first printing, [first state] of Joseph Conrad's first book. First edition, first printing, [first state] of Joseph Conrad's first book. Publisher's original olive green cloth with titles in gilt to the spine. Top edge gilt, deckled fore and bottom edge. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some bumping to the spine tips and corners, the cloth lightly marked and darkened to the board edges and spine. The contents, with an ownership name at the top of the title page and spotting and the odd finger mark to the margins, are otherwise clean and without loose or torn pages. The text is in the first state with missing 'e' and 'of' from the last two lines of text on page 110 (here added by a previous owner in pencil). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25301
- Title
- ALMAYER'S FOLLY. A Story of an Eastern River.
- Author
- CONRAD, Joseph:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition, first printing, [first state] of Joseph Conrad
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: T. Fisher Unwin. 1895
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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York, North Yorkshire
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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