Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River
by Joseph Conrad
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good -
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. Very Good -. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. First Edition, First Issue with missing "e" in "generosity" and "of" from bottom two lines of p. 110. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt; 272pp. Binding rather inexpertly recased, spine cocked with cloth toned to tan and gilt rather dulled, corners bumped, some bubbling to front cover cloth; stock a bit toned at margins, else Good to Very Good, internally clean and sound.
Serviceable copy of Conrad's first work, centering around a penurious Dutch trader living in the Borneo jungle with his Malaysian wife and their daughter Nina. Though today not considered among the author's greatest novels, a contemporary reviewer did note "a certain power in the pen of Joseph Conrad" (San Francisco "Examiner," June 9, 1895).
Serviceable copy of Conrad's first work, centering around a penurious Dutch trader living in the Borneo jungle with his Malaysian wife and their daughter Nina. Though today not considered among the author's greatest novels, a contemporary reviewer did note "a certain power in the pen of Joseph Conrad" (San Francisco "Examiner," June 9, 1895).
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11876
- Title
- Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River
- Author
- Joseph Conrad
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1895
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
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