THE MIRROR OF THE SEA
by Conrad, Joseph
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- first
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Yarmouth, Maine, United States
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About This Item
1906. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1906. Original blue cloth pictorially decorated in yellow, grey and brown.
First (American) Edition, published on the same day as the London one. This was Conrad's first volume of autobiographical non-fiction. This copy is in Supino's binding state "A" (Cagle's binding "a") with the smaller (17x10mm) anchor-and-rope device on the front cover -- the more-common and perhaps earlier binding state. This is a fine clean copy, with just the slightest of rubbing at the tips; atypically, the yellow pigment of the sky is not at all eroded. Supino A11.7.0 (this copy); Cagle A11b. Provenance: discreet bookplate of the Conrad bibliographer David J. Supino.
First (American) Edition, published on the same day as the London one. This was Conrad's first volume of autobiographical non-fiction. This copy is in Supino's binding state "A" (Cagle's binding "a") with the smaller (17x10mm) anchor-and-rope device on the front cover -- the more-common and perhaps earlier binding state. This is a fine clean copy, with just the slightest of rubbing at the tips; atypically, the yellow pigment of the sky is not at all eroded. Supino A11.7.0 (this copy); Cagle A11b. Provenance: discreet bookplate of the Conrad bibliographer David J. Supino.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sumner & Stillman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15328
- Title
- THE MIRROR OF THE SEA
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- Maritime; Autobiography; Nonfiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nonfiction; Maritime;
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Sumner & Stillman
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About Sumner & Stillman
Founded in 1980, Sumner & Stillman is a small family business providing personal service in the buying and selling of literary first editions of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) for over 30 years.
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