THE SECRET AGENT. A Simple Tale.
by CONRAD, Joseph
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
YORK, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Methuen & Co., 1907. . First edition, first impression (adverts dated 1907; misprint at p.117 reads ‘be be’ for ‘to be’), pp.(iii),442,40(publisher’s adverts), uncut, red cloth, gilt, decorative gilt motifs to spine; pictorial ownership bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, foxing to prelims and to fore-edges (occasionally affecting margins), some rubbing to extremities, a very good, rather bright copy. (No dust-jacket).
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Details
- Bookseller
- MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34054
- Title
- THE SECRET AGENT. A Simple Tale.
- Author
- CONRAD, Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Methuen & Co., 1907.
Terms of Sale
MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP
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About the Seller
MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP
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YORK, North Yorkshire
About MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP
Our extensive stock of antiquarian and second-hand books is housed over five floors of a Georgian town house and covers most subject areas. We are situated opposite York Minster and open 7 days. We have particularly strong holdings of Children's and Illustrated books, English Literature and History.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...