Three Tales of the Sea (Youth; Typhoon; The End of the Tether)
by Conrad, Joseph / Gurko, Leo - Introduction
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket as issued
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1996. Book. Illus. by Shore, Robert - color illustrations. Fine. Full-Leather. Collector's Edition. Small Quarto. xvi + 251 pp, Introduction and Three Tales. 7.25" x 10.25" black leather boards, gilt design fr and rear covers, gilt text block, gilt spine letters. raised bands on spine. with replica library catalogue cards and archival notes laid in. .
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008774
- Title
- Three Tales of the Sea (Youth; Typhoon; The End of the Tether)
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph / Gurko, Leo - Introduction
- Illustrator
- Shore, Robert - color illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as issued
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- Small Quarto
- Keywords
- joseph conrad - Polish-English novelist
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Quarto
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- Fine
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Gilt
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