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Price: US$5.50 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Green cloth hardcover without dust jacket, Third (January 1913) Printing (third issue binding with corrected title on front cover), 264 pages; well worn ex-library copy with heavy shelf wear to spine and cover edges, gilt spine lettering bright and clear, embossed black lettering to front cover bold and clear, library tape reinforcements to both inside hinges holding covers to spine, label inside front cover, card pocket inside back cover, several library markings, page edges age darkened but all pages clean and unmarked, but the book is still intact and complete, tight in binding (except for the covers which remain attached but loose), overall a decent reading copy of an early printing thus.
Seller: Eric James, Lewisporte, NL, Canada
Price: US$20.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1912. Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition; 264 pgs. First edition, later binding as "Seven" correctly stamped on front cover. Bound in original olive green cloth, spine gilt, front cover titled in black, spine rolled, tear at head, minor shelf wear to tail, rear board shows three small punctures as from a tack. One puncture has left an impression in final thirty or so pages; the punctures appear to have been from a mount. No ownership marks present, save light pencil marks of prior seller. Foxing present in front matter and opposite rear board, but text is generally clean, though tanned. First book publication of this collection of short stories including A Smile of Fortune, The Secret Sharer, and Freya of the Seven Isles.
Seller: Douglas Park Media, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. Twixt Land and Sea Tales. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, 1912.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Contains the significant story "The Secret Sharer" and two other stories; bound in olive green cloth with black and gilt lettering; binding is later state with all lettering on front cover correct; moderate wear to tips and spine ends; boards somewhat soiled; binding tight.
Seller: Highfield Books Online, Westbrook, ME, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph. Twixt Land & Sea Tales. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London, 1912.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, Third State of Binding. Octavo. Original green cloth over boards, dark green ink lettering at decorations at front cover, gilt lettering at decorations at spine. 'A smile of fortune the secret sharer Freya of the Seven Isles. Very good, spine creased in center, spine slightly darkened, spine ends and corners lightly worn, hinges starting, pages slightly agetoned with some spotting.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, third issue of binding. 264 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contains one of Conrad'ws most popular stories, 'The Secret Sharer'. Smith 17 Olive green cloth. Spine rubbed. Good and split. Bookplate of Charles Shipman Payson and James Clowser
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: olive green cloth, stamped in gilt and dark green, top edge stained red; gilt spine titles, shelf rubbing, slightly bent tips; lite toning of end papers; 264 clean, unmarked pages Size: 12 vo
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph. Twixt Land and Sea. J.M. Dent and Sons, London, 1912.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, third issue. Good with a faded spine, wear at the spine ends and corners, soiling, a little foxing on the pages, lacking a dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph. Twixt Land & Sea Tales. J.M. Dent & Sons, 1912.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, third issue. 8vo. Title page printed in red and black. Original olive green cloth, stamped in gilt and dark green, top edge stained red (slight darkening to spine and light wear to ends). Good. 264 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by The Temple Press, Letchworth.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph. Twixt Land " Sea Tales. J. M. Dent Sons Ltd, London, 1912.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Octavo. Original moss green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and black lettering to front cover. Three novellas by Polish-British author, including "The Secret Sharer" (1910). Very good, hinge split at center; yellowed pages.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. Twixt Land & Sea. J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1912.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Third issue binding. Slight lean, general signs of use and age. Good copy.
Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller , Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$165.73 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: viii, 264 S.; Namenseintrag mit Bleistift auf Spiegel, Vorsatz etwas leimschattig. Kopfschnitt angestaubt, Seitenschnitt etwas braunfleckig. Guter Zustand. /literatur c ld Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 600 8°; gebunden, Orig.-Leinen; green cloth, gilt lettered spine;
Seller: Altstadt-Antiquariat Nowicki-Hecht UG, Leer, NDS, Germany
Conrad, Joseph. TWIXT LAND & SEA. Tales. , 1912.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: A Smile of Fortune | The Secret Sharer | Freya of the Seven Isles. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1912. Original olive-green cloth. First Edition. This collection of three tales is sought primarily for the middle one, "The Secret Sharer" -- Conrad's best-known short story excepting "Heart of Darkness." This copy's binding is in the third and usual state, with "Freya of the Seven Isles" printed correctly on the front cover (the grain of the cloth is also more muted). The rare first binding state reads "Freya of the Secret Isles"; the none-too-common second state has "Secret" buffed" out and "Seven" over-stamped.) This volume is in good-to-very good condition (endpapers cracked, minor edge-wear, rear paste-down scraped, spine slightly ridged in center). Supino A16.1.0, binding state C; Cagle A16a.1, binding c. Provenance: small ticket of Foyle's of Charing Cross Road; bookplate of The Edwards Library; discreet bookplate of the Conrad bibliographer David J. Supino.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. viii, 264 pp. 8vo. An error was made when this book was bound, substituting the word "secert" for "seven." This mistake was noticed as the book was being issued, and the majority of the copies were retrieved and corrected by erasing the offending word and restamping as here. Cagle A16(1) binding b; Not in Keating but cf 98-9 for other bindings; Smith 17 binding 2; Wise 21 Green cloth, gilt lettered spine creased, date stamp on rear pastedown
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. TWIXT LAND & SEA. Tales. , 1912.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: A Smile of Fortune | The Secret Sharer | Freya of the Seven Isles. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1912. Original olive green cloth. First Edition, third and final (correct) binding state. This collection of three tales is known primarily for the middle one, "The Secret Sharer" -- Conrad's best-known short story excepting "Heart of Darkness." The binder made an error on the binding of 'TWIXT LAND & SEA: on the front cover he listed the third tale as "Freya of the Secret Isles." The error was discovered after only about twenty copies had been issued (the rare first binding state); on the other copies that had already been bound up, the word "Secret" was buffed out and the word "Seven" printed over it -- though the erroneous word remains evident underneath (the second binding state). Finally, those copies not yet bound up (the majority) were done so in this smoother cloth, with the error corrected. Never mind the error, Conrad did not like this binding anyway, as he wrote to his agent Pinker: I have had my free copies from Dent. Can't say the appearance of the spinach-coloured volume fascinates me. The paper and the type are fairly ugly too. [quoted in Supino] This copy is in near-fine condition (just a trace of wear at the spine ends). Supino A16.1.0, binding C; Cagle A16a.1, binding c. Provenance: bookplate of George Heron Milne (1887-1948), who for decades was a librarian at the Library of Congress, and for his last dozen years was Chief of the Congressional Reading Room; unfortunately he penned numerous notes within the text of this copy.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$206.12 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 264. Original publisher's olive green cloth, lettered gilt at the spine and black on the front cover. First edition, third states with 'Seven' overprinted on the front cover. Slight tanning to endpapers and very faint bump at spine, otherwise very good indeed. Excellent condition.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. Twixt Land and Sea. J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1912.
Price: US$354.27 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Hardback, no dust wrapper. 1912 first edition having second issue binding with "Seven" overprinted showing evidence of incorrect title beneath. Olive cloth with bright gilt lettering and decorations to spine and dark green lettering and decorations to the upper board. A few short splits to ends of spine (longest is 5mm). Spine has a slight ridge along the length. Light rubbing and turning to corners. Binding slightly cocked. Some tanning and spotting to edge of text block. Neat name on reverse of front fep. Free eps browning and some foxing internally, chiefly affecting the prelims. A fair copy of a scarce edition. Pics available on request.
Seller: Sally Smith Books, Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. TWIXT LAND & SEA. Tales. , 1912.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Description: A Smile of Fortune / The Secret Sharer / Freya of the Seven Isles. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1912. Original olive green cloth. First Edition, in the first-obtainable binding state (the second of three). This collection of three tales is known primarily for the middle one, "The Secret Sharer" -- Conrad's best-known short story excepting "Heart of Darkness." Conrad disliked this volume's design: in an October 1912 letter to his agent he wrote, "Can't say the appearance of the spinach-coloured volume fascinates me. The paper and the type are fairly ugly too" [quoted by Supino]. The binder made an error on the binding of 'TWIXT LAND & SEA, revealed by this copy: on the front cover he listed the third tale as "Freya of the Secret Isles." The error was discovered after only about twenty copies had been issued (the rare first binding state); on the other copies that had already been bound up, the word "Secret" was buffed out and the word "Seven" printed over it -- though the erroneous word remains evident underneath (the second binding state, as here). Finally, those copies not yet bound up (the majority) were done so in a smoother cloth, with the error completely corrected. This copy is in very good-plus condition (minor wear at the extremities, spine slightly sunned as usual); atypically, there is no foxing within. Supino A16.1.0, binding state B (this copy); Cagle A16a.1, binding b. Provenance: illegible 1912 signature; discreet bookplate of the Conrad bibliographer David J. Supino (also, loosely inserted is a former description of this copy bearing Supino's penciled collation notes).
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo. First edition, in third issue binding with corrected title on front cover. A so near fine copy, bound in original green cloth with gilt lettering spine, black lettering front cover. Only a hint of age-toning at spine (see photo); end papers toned; light foxing on first few leaves - quite a lovely copy. vii, 264 pp.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$2898.59 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed presentation copy. Publisher's original green cloth with black titles to the upper board and titles in gilt to the spine. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the spine tips, the cloth bright with a light mark to the upper panel. The contents are spotted to the text block edge and margins. Small Bentanto's, Paris paper label to the rear pastedown. The binding is in the third state with 'Freya of the Seven Isles' corrected in type. Inscribed by the author in black ink on the front endpaper "To Mr. and Mrs. Watson / with great regard / Joseph Conrad [underlined] / Dec. 1921". Tipped in at the front pastedown is a note from the author's wife Jessie "Dear Mrs Watson, I send you one of the books I promised which I received by this afternoon's post. It was found in Paris. It brings you my love and very sincere good wishes to you all. Forgive haste. May I sign myself affectionately yours, Jessie Conrad". A collection of three stories including the first book appearance of 'The Secret Sharer', Conrad's most famous and most anthologised short story. The recipient Mrs Watson, was the daughter of the eminent surgeon and pioneer of orthopaedics Sir Robert Jones, who since 1917 had been treating Jessie Conrad's knee injury. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Joseph Conrad. Twixt Land and Sea. J M Dent, London, 1912.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A very good copy, green cloth, black to front cover, gilt to spine, bookplates Matilde Hirsch and Ralph Smith, digital photos available. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: ballinilara investments, brisbane, QLD, Australia
Joseph Conrad. Twixt Land and Sea. J M Dent, London, 1912.
Price: US$3200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A very good copy, green cloth, black to front cover, gilt to spine, bookplates Matilde Hirsch and Ralph Smith, digital photos available. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall please view photos before buying
Seller: ballinilara investments, brisbane, QLD, Australia
CONRAD, Joseph.. Twixt Land and Sea.. J. M. Dent, London, 1912.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: 264 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition, third issue binding stamping (with "Seven" corrected in type) Some foxing; top of spine of cloth just a little chipped; nearly a fine copy in the rare dust jacket, which has some small marginal chips and a waterstain (barely darker than the brown jacket) on the bottom third of the spine, just extending onto the bottom of the front and rear panels; tissue strengthening inside the front fold; overall, despite these imperfections, an excellent copy.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. Twixt Land and Sea. J. M. Dent, London, 1912.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. This copy is SIGNED by Joseph Conrad on a laid in signature. This First Edition has the second issue point with "Seven" corrected by hand. An attractive First Issue dustjacket that has the 6/- printed price present on the spine of the dustjacket. This ORIGINAL dustjacket has slight wear to the edges. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a wonderful copy SIGNED by the author. We buy Joseph Conrad First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.