A Conrad Argosy
by Conrad, Joseph
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good Only
- Seller
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Long Beach, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1942 Offering the matchless prose of Conrad and the sensitive, perceptive woodcuts of Mueller. Condition notes: 709 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, green topstain, sm frontis; a.e. sunned, PO bookplate to ffep. Cover: cloth-backed decorative paper over boards, gilt titles to green spineblock; modest shelfwear, extrems moderately worn, joints darkened. DJ: unclipped cream in Brodart, black artwork and brown/navy titles front/spine, photo back; moderate edge/shelfwear w/chips, tanning, old tape repairs, red pencil swipe front. Heavy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Independent Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036660
- Title
- A Conrad Argosy
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Illustrator
- Hans Alexander Mueller
- Format/Binding
- Half-Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Only
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Apparent First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1942
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- fiction, classic literature
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About the Seller
Independent Books
Biblio member since 2005
Long Beach, Washington
About Independent Books
Independent Books deals in used, antiquarian, and rare collectible volumes. Our books are in great condition -- we provide value to you by offering the book in the best condition for the best price, and we frequently have one-of-a-kind collectibles in extraordinary shape. A tremendous resource for the discriminating collector/connoisseur. Service and client satisfaction are our hallmarks. We are glad to conduct research or locate a difficult-to-find title. Our book rating standards are as follows; nearly all of our stock is VG or better: As New (AN)-just as states, clean, bright, tight, no defects. Fine-AN, but not as bright, minor marks or other minor defects. Very Good (VG)-small to modest tears, chips, marks, cocked etc. Good (G)-not so much, with larger tears or chips, possibly soiled, cocked, etc. Fair-ugly, with pages or large areas of DJ missing or other major defects. Poor(P)-truly ugly, disbound or requiring other major rehabilitation. We stabilize most minor defects with archival quality materials, and with few exceptions, these stabilizations are reversible
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...