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NOSTROMO. A TALE OF THE SEABOARD
by CONRAD, Joseph
- Used
- hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Mild sunning to the spine. About Fine in a Very Good silver-paper slipcase
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
Item Price:
$156.30
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About This Item
San Francisco: Limited Editions Club, 1961. Hardcover. Mild sunning to the spine. About Fine in a Very Good silver-paper slipcase. Lima de Freitas. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/8") bound in sea-green rough linen cloth stamped in aluminum foil on the front cover and backed with genuine brown marine burlap with a turquoise linen label also stamped in aluminum; 408 pages. Designed by Adrian Wilson with the text printed on Basingwerk Parchment imported from the Abbey Mills in North Wales. Introduction by Rupert Croft-Cooke. This is copy #887 of 1500 illustrated with 65 pen drawings by Lima de Freitas, 25 reproduced in full color, and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 018885
- Title
- NOSTROMO. A TALE OF THE SEABOARD
- Author
- CONRAD, Joseph
- Illustrator
- Lima de Freitas
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Mild sunning to the spine. About Fine in a Very Good silver-paper slipcase
- Quantity available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Signed; Illustrated Books; Modern Firsts; Joseph Conrad
- Bookseller catalogs
- Color Plates;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio.com member since: 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
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About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- fine
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- colophon
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- Cloth
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