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The Mirror of the Sea
by Conrad, Joseph
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Green cloth, gilt-stamped spine, t.e.g. With the bookplate of Professor Herbert Faulkner West. In red cloth dropbox with red cal
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Methuen, 1906. First edition, first printing, with 40pp. publisher's catalogue dated August 1906 and top edge gilt. [viii], 306, [2] pp., + 40 pp. ads, dated August 1906. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth, gilt-stamped spine, t.e.g. With the bookplate of Professor Herbert Faulkner West. In red cloth dropbox with red calf spine. First edition, first printing, with 40pp. publisher's catalogue dated August 1906 and top edge gilt. [viii], 306, [2] pp., + 40 pp. ads, dated August 1906. 1 vols. 8vo. The Mirror of the Sea was a popular success though Conrad thought little of it; he wrote in a letter to H.G. Wells calling the book "that sort of bosh" which one can dictate "without effort at the rate of 3,000 words in four hours" Cagle A11a, binding a; Keating 67; Wise 16; Smith 12
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 303598
- Title
- The Mirror of the Sea
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- [viii], 306, [2] pp., + 40 pp. ads, dated August 1906. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Green cloth, gilt-stamped spine, t.e.g. With the bookplate of Professor Herbert Faulkner West. In red cloth dropbox with red cal
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing, with 40pp. publisher's catalogue
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- British | British
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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James Cummins Bookseller
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Bookplate
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Calf
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