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Joseph Conrad. The mirror of the sea : memories and impressions. Methuen, London, 1906.
Price: US$25.24 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1906 Methuen second edition hardback; acceptable ex-library copy, usual plates and stamps, some part removed, wear to edges of green boards including part spine edge fraying; inside good reading copy; no dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch
Seller: Simply Read Books, Boat Of Garten, United Kingdom
CONRAD, Joseph.. THE MIRROR OF THE SEA. Memories and Impressions.. Methuen, London, 1906., 1906.
Price: US$113.61 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 306pp followed by publisher's catalogue. A good hardback copy in lightly flecked green cloth. Bookseller's stamp on prelims, front endpaper stuck to front paste-down. Intermittent foxing. Top of spine pulled. Early impression (October 1906 date on catalogue at rear).
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
Conrad, Joseph.. The Mirror of the Sea. Memories and Impressions.. London: Methuen & Co., 1906.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Green cloth with gilt-decorated spine. 8vo. 306pp. Title page in red and black. First edition, first issue with 40-page publisher's catalogue at rear dated "August 1906". A collection of autobiographical essays by Conrad originally published as a series of magazine articles. Each essay is a reflection of his experiences at sea. He describes the ocean's moods, her anger and charm, and how men deal with her and explores the moods and personalities of men at sea and the dangers they encounter daily. A worn copy with some rubbing and corner wear to the covers. There is some light spotting to both covers and the rear cover has a long vertical mark at the right side. The spine is chipped at the tips. The text is good with some light tanning and wear. The front pastedown and flyleaf have some spotting and there is a bookplate on the inside cover with an ink number above it.
Seller: Centerbridge Books, Old Saybrook, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$248.04 + shipping
Description: Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Lacks front free end-paper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. W.H Smith bookplate to front paste down. Physical description: vii, 306 pages; 20 cm. Contents: Landfalls and departures -- Emblems of hope -- Fine art -- Cobwebs and gossamer -- Weight of the burden -- Overdue and missing -- Grip of the land -- Character of the foe -- Rulers of east and west -- Faithful river -- In captivity -- Initiation -- Nursery of the craft -- Tremolino -- Heroic age. Subjects: Conrad, Joseph 1857-1924 Travel.Conrad, Joseph 1857-1924. English literature.Seafaring life. Novelists, English 20th century; Biography. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Conrad, Joseph. The Mirror of the Sea: Memories and Impressions. Methuen & Co., London, 1906.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Autobiographical essays. First British edition. Hardcover, full green cloth, gilt titling, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. General wear, short tears to spine ends, light staining to boards, endsheets foxed, hinges tender; light foxing to early & late pages. Text clean; vii, blank, 306 pages + colophon; 40 pages ads dated August 1906. Size: Octavo
Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph. The Mirror of the Sea: Memories and Impressions. Methuen & Co, London, 1906.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: First Impression, one of 1,500 copies. Octavo (19.5cm); hunter green cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine; top edge gilt; viii,306,[40]pp publisher's catalog. Light wear to extremities, upper corners bumped, scattered foxing to text edges, endpapers, preliminary and terminal leaves, and previous owners circular embossed stamped on title page; Very Good and sound, with the gilt still quite bright. A series of autobiographical writings in which Conrad discusses his relationship to the sea. EHRSAM 2193.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$280.00 + shipping
Description: Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Lacks front free end-paper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. W.H Smith bookplate to front paste down. Physical description: vii, 306 pages; 20 cm. Contents: Landfalls and departures -- Emblems of hope -- Fine art -- Cobwebs and gossamer -- Weight of the burden -- Overdue and missing -- Grip of the land -- Character of the foe -- Rulers of east and west -- Faithful river -- In captivity -- Initiation -- Nursery of the craft -- Tremolino -- Heroic age. Subjects: Conrad, Joseph 1857-1924 Travel.Conrad, Joseph 1857-1924. English literature.Seafaring life. Novelists, English 20th century; Biography. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph.. The Mirror Of The Sea: Memories and Impressions.. Methuen & Co., London., 1906.
Price: US$320.69 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: vii, 306pp, 40pp publisher's catalogue dated August 1906. Original green cloth, with gilt title & decoration to spine. Solid binding, faint rubbing, but clean & bright. Internally, pages untrimmed, top edge gilt, occasional light scattered foxing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: N. G. Lawrie Books, sheffield, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. The Mirror of the Sea. Methuen, London, United Kingdom, 1906.
Price: US$320.69 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Covers have a few light marks. Corners are bumped and light wear at head and foot of spine. First state with advertisment dated August 1906. Previous owner's name has been deleted. Name stamp on front paste down.
Seller: Beach Hut Books, Lingfield, United Kingdom
CONRAD, JOSEPH. THE MIRROR OF THE SEA MEMORIES AND IMPRESSIONS. LONDON: METHUEN & CO, 1906.
Price: US$333.52 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo, first edition, pp,306, gilt titled and decorated green cloth, the merest touch of wear to the head and tail of spine, t.e.g.,40pp publisher's catalogue to rear, some light foxing to fore-edge, a near fine copy Only 1500 copies printed [Wise]
Seller: Haddington Rare Books, North Berwick, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. The Mirror of the Sea: Memories and Impressions.. Methuen & Company, London, 1906.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First British edition of Conrad's first volume of autobiographical non-fiction. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In very good condition. First published in 1906, The Mirror of the Sea was the first of Joseph Conrad's two autobiographical memoirs. Discussing it, he called the book "a very intimate revelation. . . . I have attempted here to lay bare with the unreserve of a last hour's confession the terms of my relation with the sea, which beginning mysteriously, like any great passion the inscrutable Gods send to mortals, went on unreasoning and invincible, surviving the test of disillusion, defying the disenchantment that lurks in every day of a strenuous life; went on full of love's delight and love's anguish, facing them in open-eyed exultation without bitterness and without repining, from the first hour to the last."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. The mirror of the sea: Memories and impressions. Methuen, 1906.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: BLUE COVERS WITH SHIP AT TOP! PUBLISHED BY HARPERS!
Seller: Lexington Books Inc, Idaho Falls, ID, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. THE MIRROR OF THE SEA. Methuen (1906), London, 1906.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Essays recounting memories and impressions from his time at sea. 8vo green cloth, gilt-stamped spine, top edge gilt, rest untrimmed; 40-page publisher's catalog dated August 1906, which Cagle calls the first issue. Minor wear on corners and spine ends and spine a bit darkened but still altogether very good.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph. THE MIRROR OF THE SEA. Methuen, 1906.
Price: US$529.78 + shipping
Description: First edition, first state with uncut pages and adverts dated August 1906. Original green cloth lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. A very good copy with a trace of wear to the corners and a couple of short tears to the spine ends. Endpapers foxed with an ownership name and slightly fragile hinges. One of a comparitively small number of the first printing (itself only 1500 copies) with uncut page edges. "A large proportion of the fifteen hundred copies printed were issued with the edges deeply ploughed, to meet the wishes of the circulating libraries." - Wise (A Conrad Library) Wise p.11
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. The Mirror of the Sea. Memories and Impressions. Methuen & Co. 1906, London, 1906.
Price: US$545.17 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. vii, 306, 40 pp. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt decoration & lettering to spine. Short tear to head of spine. One corner slightly bumped. Slight rubbing to joint. Top edge gilt. Other edges untrimmed. Book protected in a clear acetate wrapper. No ownership names. Title page in red & black. 40-page publisher's adverts at rear dated August 1906. Internally clean. A VG copy. 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. The Mirror of the Sea. Methuen, London, 1906.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, with 40pp. publisher's catalogue dated August 1906 and top edge gilt. [viii], 306, [2] pp., + 40 pp. ads, dated August 1906. 1 vols. 8vo. The Mirror of the Sea was a popular success though Conrad thought little of it; he wrote in a letter to H.G. Wells calling the book "that sort of bosh" which one can dictate "without effort at the rate of 3,000 words in four hours" Cagle A11a, binding a; Keating 67; Wise 16; Smith 12 Green cloth, gilt-stamped spine, t.e.g. With the bookplate of Professor Herbert Faulkner West. In red cloth dropbox with red calf spine [viii], 306, [2] pp., + 40 pp. ads, dated August 1906. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, first printing, with 40pp. publisher's catalogue dated August 1906 and top edge gilt.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. THE MIRROR OF THE SEA. Memories and Impressions. , 1906.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Description: London: Methuen & Co., (1906). 40 pp ads dated October 1906. Original green cloth with spine decorated in gilt. First Edition of Conrad's first volume of nonfiction, a rambling discourse about life on the sea. Though originally planned as a collection of sketches, during preparation for publication Conrad converted it into a continuous book. As he wrote to his agent: My idea is a sort of reminiscent discourse running on like this: I. II. III. IV. etc etc XX. XXI. and so on, with no titles or blank or half blank pages between; something, in short, like poor Gissing's Ryecroft papers; and only the headings at the top of pages being changed according to the matter created. "Conrad's method, which was mainly followed, was exceptionally shrewd as a way of getting around the unmarketability of short pieces or even short stories. A continuous book, even his, stood some chance of sales" [Karl]. This copy has October ads; some have ads dated July or August, but the book was not actually published until October. The fore-edge is untrimmed, which is the primary state (some copies, supposedly those headed for libraries, were issued trimmed). Condition is just about fine (one tiny nick at the head of the spine, small address-label on the front paste-down); the original endpapers are not cracked, and there is scarcely any of the usual foxing on the textual leaves within. Supino A11.1.0; Cagle A11a, binding a.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. THE MIRROR OF THE SEA. Methuen & Company, London, 1906.
Price: US$599.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in boards. Owner bookplate on front pastedown. Corners lightly bumped. Top text block edge gilded.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph. The Mirror of the Sea. Methuen, London, 1906.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, green,cloth, spine stamped in gilt; top edge gilt, other edges uncut, 40p. catalog, dated August 1906. London: Methuen. First Edition. Faint smudge on spine, otherwise a bright, unmarked copy with minimal shelf-wear.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. The Mirror of the Sea. Methuen, London, 1906.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. [viii], 306, [2] pp., + 40 pp. ads, dated August, 1906. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Fine [viii], 306, [2] pp., + 40 pp. ads, dated August, 1906. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. The Mirror of the Sea, Memories and Impressions.. Methuen & Co.,, London:, 1906.
Price: US$605.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, First Issue. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fore edges untrimmed, ads dated August 1906. This book is very rare in untrimmed state. Moderate wear, cover with some light spotting otherwise a lovely copy in this rare state and condition. Size: 8vo.
Seller: Quaker Hill Books, Redding, CT, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph.. The Mirror of the Sea.. Methuen, London, 1906.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: 306 pp. 8vo, publisher's green cloth stamped in gold in custom slipcase and chemise. First edition, first issue, with publisher's catalogue dated August, 1906. Bookplate of verso of front free endpaper; spine neatly internally reinforced; a sharp, tight copy. "Yours Cordially, J. Conrad" on slip mounted to front free endpaper.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph.. The Mirror of the Sea.. Methuen, London, 1906.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: 306 pp. plus pub. cat. dated August 1906. 8vo, publisher's cloth, t.e.g.; other edges untrimmed; preserved in a custom morocco-backed splicase. First edition. Bookplates to front pastedown and front free endpaper; hinges cracked but intact; otherwise a bright sharp copy.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.