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A Set of Six
by CONRAD, Joseph
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- first
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Methuen, 1908. First Edition. Second issue, with ads dated February 1908 and with Hueffer's name between "The Secret Agent" and "The Inheritors" in list of Conrad titles. Octavo (19.5cm). Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt and purple; plain endpapers; [viii],310,[2],40pp; 40-page publisher's catalogue at rear, dated February 1908. A straight copy, rubbed, cloth worn, spine faded, rear hinge cracked and neatly repaired, erasures to f.f.e.p., paper toned: just Very Good.
Half-title and title page are cancels. EHRSAM 2260.
Half-title and title page are cancels. EHRSAM 2260.
Synopsis
The six stories in this volume are the result of some three or four years of occasional work. The dates of their writing are far apart, their origins are various. None of them are connected directly with personal experiences. In all of them the facts are inherently true, by which I mean that they are not only possible but that they have actually happened. For instance, the last story in the volume, the one I call Pathetic, whose first title is Il Conde (misspelt by-the-by) is an almost verbatim transcript of the tale told me by a very charming old gentleman whom I met in Italy. I don't mean to say it is only that. Anybody can see that it is something more than a verbatim report, but where he left off and where I began must be left to the acute discrimination of the reader who may be interested in the problem.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56977
- Title
- A Set of Six
- Author
- CONRAD, Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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- Title Page
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