The Rover
by Conrad, Joseph
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City/New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. This "Story of Napoleonic Times" was Conrad's last completed novel. This is a Near Fine copy of the First American Trade Edition (a limited issue came out one day prior) which precedes the English edition. First Printing, with misprint on page 219. Dark blue cloth binding, with titling in gilt on the spine and front cover. Very bright and fresh, with just some light hints of rub to the margins. Attractive bookplate on the front paste-down. The dustjacket is unclipped, VG Plus. Spine a bit darkened, some very faint spots, and light rub to the margins. A solid and attractive copy. In an archival plastic protector.. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005587
- Title
- The Rover
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City/New York
- Date Published
- 1923
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...