The Nigger of the "Narcissus".
by CONRAD, Joseph
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- Hardcover
- first
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, William Heinemann, 1898 . First edition, first issue; 8vo (196 x 142 mm, 7¾ x 5½ in); 20pp. publisher's advertisements bound in at end, ink ownership inscriptions to front pastedown and front free endpaper; publisher's dark grey cloth, spine and upper cover gilt-lettered with gilt life buoy design to upper cover, blindstamp to lower cover, leaves uncut, hinges starting to split, extremities slightly rubbed.
Dated 1898, the novel was actually issued December 2, 1897, in an edition of 1,500 copies; the advertisements at the rear are dated 1897.
Wise 3.
Dated 1898, the novel was actually issued December 2, 1897, in an edition of 1,500 copies; the advertisements at the rear are dated 1897.
Wise 3.
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- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 106465
- Title
- The Nigger of the "Narcissus".
- Author
- CONRAD, Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, William Heinemann, 1898
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