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1918 'Twixt Land & Sea Tales
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Description
Leather Binding
Later edition, originally published 1912. A collection of three short stories, including: "A Smile of Fortune" a longer story, almost a novella, written in mid-1910; "The Secret Sharer" written in first person from an unnamed captain recently commissioned to command his first ship, unfamiliar with both the vessel and its crew; and "Freya of the Seven Isles" a near-novella inspired by a story told to Conrad by a Malaya old hand Captain Carlos M. Marris. Written by Joseph Conrad, a Polish-British novelist and story writer regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language.
Condition
Bound in half calf with marbled boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark.
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