Within the Tides. Tales
by Conrad, Joseph
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City/New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. Four exceptional stories (or "Tales" as Conrad prefered). First published in America in 1916; this is a Very Good copy of a Later Printing, part of the the "Concord Edition" of 24 uniform volumes. Dark blue cloth binding with a gilt label and sailing ship on the front cover; titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; xi, 211 pages; exceptionally bright and fresh. Author's Note (1920). Laid-in is a publisher's advert/order form. Mild corner bumps; gilt a bit dulled. The dustjacket has been clipped, a bit darkened on the spine and margins. In an archival plastic protector. An attractive and solid copy.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005640
- Title
- Within the Tides. Tales
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Later Printing
- 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
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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.
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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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...