Victory. An Island Tale
by CONRAD, JOSEPH
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Methuen, 1915. First Edition - British. First Issue title page. Ownership signature on the front free endpaper and bookplate on the front pastedown. 415 pages with 4 pages of ads dated Autumn, 1915 and 31 pages of ads dated 8/15/15 on the last ad page. With the comma after 36 Essex Street on the title page. Very good plus copy with a hint of foxing to the bottom edge, some minor darkening to the cloth, and a 1/2” faint stray pen mark to the cloth at the front board without dust jacket. The basis of two films; the first in 1919 directed by Maurice Tourneur, screenplay by Jules Furthman, starring Jack Holt, Seena Owen, Wallace Beery, and Lon Chaney. The second was released in 1940, directed by John Cromwell, screenplay by John L. Balderston, starring Fredric March, Betty Field, and Cedric Hardwick. Conrad’s classic tale of love and death on an island in the Dutch East Indies.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Pepper Rare Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20952E
- Title
- Victory. An Island Tale
- Author
- CONRAD, JOSEPH
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1915
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2005
Santa Barbara, California
About James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
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