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Suspense
by CONRAD, Joseph
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- first
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1925. First U.K. Edition. First trade edition. Octavo (19.5cm). Dark red cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, dark grey topstain, in original dust jacket; plain endpapers; [x],303,[1],4pp; 4-page publisher's catalogue at rear, publisher's ads to rear and rear flap of jacket; frontispiece. Straight and tight, though rubbed, endpapers discolored, minor foxing: Very Good. Jacket unclipped (priced 7/6), sunned at spine, rubbed at edges with small loss and chips at head and tail, tapestains from previous repair attempts visible at verso: Good or better.
First trade edition of Conrad's last, unfinished novel about Napoleon. Preceded by a deluxe limited edition of 377 copies, issued by Doubleday, Page. EHRSAM 2277.
First trade edition of Conrad's last, unfinished novel about Napoleon. Preceded by a deluxe limited edition of 377 copies, issued by Doubleday, Page. EHRSAM 2277.
Synopsis
Suspense: A Napoleonic Novel is set in Genoa in early 1815. It was published posthumously in 1925.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56979
- Title
- Suspense
- Author
- CONRAD, Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1925
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Sunned
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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