NOTES ON MY BOOKS.
by Conrad, Joseph
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good +
- Seller
-
Deerfield, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, N.Y. and Toronto: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921. limited edition. hardcover. Very good +. Octavo, 178 pages. Number 158 of a limited editon of 250 copies. Signed by Joseph Conrad on the limitation page. Bound in cream parchment boards with gilt ship design and titles on top cover and spine; gilt rules, and blue stripe on front and rear and blue tips on corners. Corners lightly worn and some darkening at head of spine and foot of spine. Bookplate of prominent Chicago book collectors of the early 20th century on the front paste-down endpaper. Studio
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000015793
- Title
- NOTES ON MY BOOKS.
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- limited edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, N.Y. and Toronto
- Date Published
- 1921
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Alkahest Books
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Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...