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The First and Last of Conrad ; Almayer's Folly, an Outcast of the Islands, the Arrow of Gold and the Rover
by CONRAD Joseph
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Ernest Benn, 1929 first edition thus as a collected omnibus, green cloth, due to large size binding has loosened somewhat, pencil name to fep, front hinge weakening at half title, closed edges dusty, dust jacket is unclipped but dust soiled, has a bookseller label to middle of spine, short edge tears, a tear to bottom of upper joint, some considerable silverfish damamge to the rear panel along the fore edge and the joint with some loss of paper showing as holes,s. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Fortuna Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011368
- Title
- The First and Last of Conrad ; Almayer's Folly, an Outcast of the Islands, the Arrow of Gold and the Rover
- Author
- CONRAD Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ernest Benn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Twentieth Century Fiction Novel Joseph Conrad Omnibus Collected Edition First Edition Rare
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION LITERATURE & CRITICISM;
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