Joseph Conrad. Letters to William Blackwood and David S. Meldrum. Malcolm Elwin's Review Copy
by Joseph Conrad. Edited By William Blackburn
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Duke University Press. Cambridge University Press, 1958. First Edition, First Impression . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1958 First edition, first impression. Size octavo, 209 pages including index. Burgundy cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, photographic end-papers and paste-downs. Light blue titled dust jacket. Book condition very good, corners and spine ends rubbed, front end-paper rubbed, a few spots to page edges else contents very clean throughout. Dust jacket condition good, spotting to panels, spine and edges of panels sunned, not price clipped. This copy was Biographer and Critic Malcolm Elwin's (1903-1973) Review copy. tipped on to the half title is the slip from the publisher requesting the review. Loosely inserted is a 3 sheet carbon copy of Elwin's Review, the slip from The Telegraph asking Elwin for the Review, A newspaper cutting of Elwin's final printed review and another copy of his review from a magazine that I cannot see the name of.
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- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015054
- Title
- Joseph Conrad. Letters to William Blackwood and David S. Meldrum. Malcolm Elwin's Review Copy
- Author
- Joseph Conrad. Edited By William Blackburn
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Bound Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Duke University Press. Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- NON FICTION BIOGRAPHY CORRESPONDENCE LITERARY CRITICISM ENGLISH WRITERS AUTHORS
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Octavo
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