227; 18pp. Octavo [19 cm] Light green cloth with gilt and brown ink stamped titles, decorative borders and nautical designs on the spine and front cover. Very good. The spine is rolled and heavily darkened. The gilt stamped title on the spine has faded. The underlying front board is exposed along the fore edge, and there is a thin, 1" tall loss from the fore edge of the front board as well. The cloth at the head of the spine is frayed, and there are numerous short tears in the cloth at the foot of the spine. The front hinge is weak, and there is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Tanned pages. Joseph Conrad was a Polish-born English author and master mariner, famous for writing Heart of Darkness in 1902.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Shadow-Line: A Confession

Publisher

J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London and Toronto

Publication Date

1917

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First edition.

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Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full-service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We are a nearly 5,000 square foot bookshop and have approximately 125,000 books. We carry fine and used books in all fields.

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Dream Garden Press dba Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
209 E 500 S, Salt Lake City, UT, 84111, U.S.A.

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Ken Sanders Rare Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of
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Ken Sanders Rare Books - Corporation
268 South 200 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
books@dreamgarden.com 801-521-3819
Ken Sanders, owner

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