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Price: US$12.83 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Suspense, by Joseph Conrad. With an Introduction by Richard Curle. Conrad's unfinished novel, published posthumously. Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London & Toronto. Printed in Great Britain. First edition, 1925. A good burgundy cloth hardback with titles to spine. With some give in the binding. Mild bumping and wear. Significant spotting to edge of text block and pages at the beginning and end of book. Otherwise a good reading copy. Top edge toned. Text in English. ix + 303pp + 4pp advertisements. Approximately 195mm high x 138mm wide x 35mm deep. Weight approximately 468g (unpacked).
Seller: Lanna Antique, Perth, United Kingdom
Conrad Joseph. Suspense. J M Dent & Sons Ltd, London & Toronto, 1925.
Price: US$19.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Burgandy bds. Sine slightly faded. Foxing to pages.
Seller: Harry Righton, evesham, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. Suspense. J.M. Dent & Sons, London & Toronto, 1925.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In grey cloth with black titling, 8vo, ix, [1], 303, [1], 4 pages + plate. First issue of Conrad's unfinished historical novel, set during the Napoleonic wars; notable for the frontispiece illustration of Conrad and Captain David Bone on the "Tuscania" by Muirhead Bone, as well as the introduction by Richard Curle. (slight toning to extremities, edges and endpapers, sm. sticker to endpaper corner). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$22.04 + shipping
Description: IX, 303, 4 pp. Original cloth. First english edition. - Some foxing to fore-edge and to the edges of paper. Gewicht (Gramm): 450
Seller: Müller & Gräff e.K., Stuttgart, Germany
Conrad Joseph,. Suspense.. J. M. Dent, London, Toronto, 1925.
Price: US$22.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: OLn., 8°, IX, 303 S., 4 Bll., Titelbild, Einführung von Richard Curle, EA, Erstausgabe, Schnitt etwas stockfleckig
Seller: Antiquariat Seibold, Schorndorf, WN, Germany
CONRAD, Joseph. Suspense. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London & Toronto, 1925.
Price: US$25.67 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION, ix + 303pp, frontispiece, red cloth with embossed shield on front board, slightly foxed (first 12 pages or so) o/w very good, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London, 1925.
Seller: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, United Kingdom
Joseph Conrad. SUSPENSE. London & Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1925.
Price: US$29.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. VG. Light wear to spine ends. Boards are clean. Binding is strong. Text block is clean and tight. Light foxing to front matter. Text is clean. Contemporary NYT review laid in. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box.
Seller: Lost Time Books, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph. Suspense. J.M. Dent & Sons, London & Toronto, 1925.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, Octavo, original maroon cloth over boards, blind stamping on front cover, gilt stamped lettering on spine. Novelist Joseph Conrad's last, unfinished novel, a Napoleonic novel set in early 1815 Genoa. Very good, light shelf wear, bookplate on front pastedown.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This was Conrad's last novel. Posthumously published and unfinished it was issued only a few months after the great, Polish author's death at 66 years of age, August 1966. Conrad can be likened to writers such as Samuel Beckett and Vladimir Nabokov. if only for their choice of language. Nabokov was a Russian author who for the 2nd half of his writing career began writing in English instead of his native language. In similar fashion Beckett quite early in his career ceased writing in his native English, and began to write all his literary works in the language of his adopted home of France. Conrad chose to write his literary works in English despite the fact he did not speak English well. Nabokov, never a fan of the famous Polish novelist once wrote, and I paraphrase, that he differed from Joseph Conradically. This is the first British Trade edition of Suspense. Burgundy cloth with stamped and color washed black letterng on spine and blind stamped emblem centered on front panel. The spine is leaning. Mild wear. Tanning and previous owner's name inked front free end page. Foxing & dust staining to textblock edges, as well as black topstain. (303 pages plus four pages of advertisements for available titles from J.M. Dent & Sons by W.H. Hudson.)
Seller: A Cappella Books, Inc., Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$48.76 + shipping
Description: [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. ix; 303; 4 [advertisements]. Bound in publisher's purple textured cloth, with blind ruling to front board, publisher's logo blind stamped to front board, title in gilt to spine, top edge coloured dark green. Contents clean, single ink name to flyleaf, covers lightly handled, gilt to spine dulled. A near fine copy without jacket.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph.. Suspense.. J. M. Dent & Sons, London & Toronto, 1925.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition 303 pp Blue-grey binding variant. Light Foxing throughout; gift inscription on front endpaper; else v.g. no dj.
Seller: Book Stage, Stratford, ON, Canada
CONRAD, Joseph, Richard Curle (Intro).. SUSPENSE.. J. M. Dent, London & Toronto, 1925.
Price: US$57.75 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp ix, 303, [1] leaf of plates. Original publisher's burgundy cloth lettered gilt at spine. From the library of collector and Conrad expert Stanley J. Seeger whose completeist Conrad collection was dispersed by Sotheby's in 2013. They made a small discreet oval book-label for his books using a monogram based on his initials "SJS" - which is present in this book. VG+ in VG+ green cloth slip-case. Excellent condition.
Seller: Any Amount of Books, London, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. SUSPENSE. J. M. Dent & Sons, London and Toronto, 1925.
Price: US$69.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Conrad's last and unfinished novel. Introduction by Richard Curle. 303 pages plus 4 pages of advertising at the back Pages are in very good condition; foxing on the outer edges, endpapers and few first and last pages. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Spine is faded, light wear at head/tail. Corners lightly bumped. Light stains on the spine and lower cover. VG-
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Conrad, Joseph. Suspense. J.M. Dent & Sons, London & Toronto, 1925.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 303pp. Maroon cloth with decorative blindstamp. Bright gilt lettering on the spine. Prev. owner bookplate on the front pastedown. except for glue residue on the bookplate this is an exceptionally bright copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket has a 1" price sticker on the front panel, rubbing to the spine edges. in mylar sleeve. A well preserved copy overall. "Suspense is Conrad's last novel and, tragically, was left unfinished when he died. But nearly 90,000 words of his work are extant, and this "huge fragment" forms interest and magnificent quality. It is not a sea story, but centres round the character of Napoleon Bonaparte" Size: Octavo
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$83.41 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 303pp + 2pp ads, b/w frontispiece by Muirhead Bone, orig. maroon cloth gilt. A near fine bright copy in a chipped dustwrapper designed by Thomas Derrick, (within a protective sleeve), with some loss. This was Conrad's last novel, and, tragically, was left unfinished when he died. It centres round the character of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Seller: Geoffrey Jackson, Royal Wootton Bassett, WILTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$84.56 + shipping
Description: 19cm, first English edition, v,303,4p., rear publisher's ads, frontis, original burgundy cloth, blind stamp publisher's device on the upper cover, gilt spine titles (faded but readable), some slight edge wear, a very good copy (lt). ~ Smith p98. Conrad's last, and unfinished, novel. The frontis is titled "Joseph Conrad and Captain David Bone on the 'Tuscana' in the Atlantic, April 1923" from a drawing by Muirhead Bone. The English edition was preceded by the American edition which lacked the Curle introduction.
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
CONRAD, Joseph. Suspense. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London & Toronto, 1925.
Price: US$96.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Mild foxing to page edging, otherwise a tight, clean copu. This edition was the first to have the 3 page introduction by Richard Curle, and has textual revisions not included in the American edition.
Seller: Broadhursts of Southport Ltd ABA ILAB BA, Southport, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. Suspense. J.M. Dent, London, 1925.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: JOSEPH CONRAD. Suspense, London and Toronto: J.M. Dent, 1925.Octavo, first edition, pp. ix, 303, 4 (ads), maroon cloth boards with gilt-stamped lettering to spine, blind-stamped logo on front, top edge tinted green. Conrad's last novel, set in the Napoleonic era and left unfinished.Condition of this book:Very good with light soiling at edges, a bit of wear at bottom edges of boards, touch of foxing to the title page. The jacket is good but no better, misfolded at the front flap, with creases and chips; rear panel is dust darkened. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Britain/UK; 1920s; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54970.
Seller: Rarities etc., Warwick, NY, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. Suspense. J M Dent, London & Toronto, 1925.
Price: US$115.49 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The book has an introduction by Richard Curle, the Scottish author who was Conrad's assistant during the novelist's later years. Original dark maroon cloth boards with imprint and border on the cover plus lettering on the spine. White marks on the rear cover. bumped spine ends. Top edge is coloured. Clean end papers. Frontis illustration from a coloured drawing by Muirhead Bone 1923. Clean contents. Light spotting on the ends of the pages. 303 printed pages plus 4 pages of publishers advertisments.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$121.91 + shipping
Description: [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. ix; 303; 4 [advertisements]. Bound in publisher's purple textured cloth, with blind ruling to front board, publisher's logo blind stamped to front board, title in dull gilt to spine, top edge coloured dark green. In a pictorial dustjacket, with advertisements to rear cover. Boards in excellent condition with extremely limited signs of wear, endcaps pushed, corners a little rubbed, some light 'bubbling' at pastedown, tex tblock externally spotted, but bright and clean internally, frontispiece intact. Dust-jacket shows a noticeable loss at top edge of front cover, with several chips along edges, and a tear extending from loss to spine, which has been repaired to inside with tape. Dust-jacket is a little tired, but binding remains very smart indeed.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. Suspense. J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London & Toronto, 1925.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London & Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1925. Conrad's last novel, unfinished at his death. This is a Near Fine copy of the First English Edition, which was preceded by the American. Maroon cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; 303 pages, with four pages of publisher adverts in the rear. Introduction by Richard Curle. Gilt on the spine very slightly dulled, else a Fine copy. Laid-in is a Dent calalog from Autumn 1925. Lacking the dustwrapper; in an archival plastic protector. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Conrad Joseph. Suspense. J. M. Dent, London & Toronto, 1925.
Price: US$192.49 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book measures 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. 303pp, 4pp booklist. Bound in original publishers maroon cloth. Cloth lightly rubbed, gilt fading from spine. Binding in good clean firm condition. Dust jackets chipped with loss in several places, in 2 secition. Internally, small previous owners stamp. Pages in good clean condition. A good clean copy, in a worn but rare dust jacket.
Seller: George Jeffery Books, HERTFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: First English edition. With an Introduction by Richard Curle. Half-tone frontispiece. 1 vols. 8vo. The English was preceded by the Doubleday edition, with slight variations in the text, according to Keating. However, this is the first appearance of the Curle introduction. Smith 28 With an Introduction by Richard Curle. Half-tone frontispiece. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph.. Suspense.. London & Toronto J. M. Dents & Sons, 1925.
Price: US$296.45 + shipping
Description: First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, 4pp. advertisements, original cloth, dust-jacket, chipped and frayed at spine ends and corners, some other edge wear and occasional rubbing. Conrad's unfinished book, centred around the character of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Joseph Conrad. Suspense. J.M. Dent & Sons., London & Toronto, 1925.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Edition : First English Edition., Full blue-grey cloth boards, variant. Upper with publisher?s stamp in black. Spine lettered in black. No dust jacket. , Joseph Conrad (1857 ? 1924), author of the infamous Heart of Darkness, was a Polish-British novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language; though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he came to be regarded a master prose stylist. He wrote novels and stories, many in nautical settings, that depict crises of human individuality in the midst of what he saw as an indifferent, inscrutable and amoral world. , Size : 8vo.(195 x 135 mm), A very good example. W.H. Hudson?s ads at back., 303 pp. Ownership inked on half title. Spine lightly sunned, chip to headpiece. Occasional spotting, interior else clean and crisp.
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Conrad, Joseph. Suspense. J. M. Dent & Sons, London and Toronto, 1925.
Price: US$338.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First British Edition. 8vo. Maroon cloth boards with dulled gold spine lettering. Some crimping to pages 158-165 from a printing error, resulting in some irregularities in the printing quality, with some type not visible or darker or lighter. The fore-edges of the text block foxed, but rather fresh otherwise. The dust jacket is a bit foxed on the verso, with light wear to spine head and three long rips, one across the bottom of the front cover, one flap hinge, and at the spine head, all mended with paper tape to verso.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First English edition, published one day after the first American edition. With an Introduction by Richard Curle. Half-tone frontispiece. 1 vols. 8vo. Smith 28; Keating 189 Red cloth, spine gilt, in pictorial unclipped dustjacket With an Introduction by Richard Curle. Half-tone frontispiece. 1 vols. 8vo First English edition, published one day after the first American edition.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
CONRAD Joseph. Suspense. With an Introduction by Richard Curle. , 1925.
Price: US$606.35 + shipping
Description: Frontispiece by Muirhead Bone. First English edition. 8vo., original laterally-ribbed maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial dust jacket by Thomas Derrick. London & Toronto, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. Fore edges rather spotted, and some very short tears and bruises to the dust jacket, otherwise extremely clean.Published one day after the first, American, edition. Suspense is Conrad's last unfinished novel.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom