Conrad, Joseph.:. Tales Of Hearsay.. Fisher Unwin, London, 1925 (1st edition)., 1925.

Price: US$78.51 + shipping

Description: 288pp. Preface by Cunninghame Graham. Cloth boards, corners slightly bumped, spine little rubbed. Edges of dust jacket little chipped, frayed, creased and soiled, spine little snagged. Page edges heavily foxed. A few pages foxed. Name and inscription on front free end paper. 20x14cms.

Seller: Jane & John Kinnaird, Carlisle, United Kingdom

CONRAD, Joseph. TALES OF HEARSAY. London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., 1925.

Price: US$228.98 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Jessie Conrad. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to the upper board and spine. Lacking the dustwrapper. A near very good copy, the binding square and firm with some bumping to the spine tips, the gilt on the spine dulled, the cloth on the upper board somewhat mottled at the edges. The contents, with the bookplate of Sir Robert Jones to the front pastedown, and light spotting to the prelims, are otherwise clean throughout. Inscribed in black ink on the front endpaper "To / Sir Robert Jones, a dear / and valued friend, from / the author's wife / Affectionately, Jessie Conrad / 1925". A posthumously published collection of four short stories with a preface by R. B. Cunninghame Graham, comprising 'The Warrior's Soul'; 'Prince Roman'; 'The Tale'; 'The Black Mate'. The eminent surgeon and pioneer of orthopaedics Sir Robert Jones had, since 1917, 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.

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