THE SECRET AGENT. A Simple Tale
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.Sumner & Stillman [ABAA]
AbeBooks seller since June 23, 1999
Condition: Used
£ 526.80
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London: Methuen & Co., (1907). 40 pp ads dated Sept 1907. Original deep red cloth with gilt-decorated spine. First Edition of this tale of espionage sited in Russia. The idea for the story came from an actual 1890s revolutionary attempt to blow up the Observatory at Greenwich. Conrad initially planned this to be a short story (titled "Verloc"); however, as he "got into" it, he lengthened it into a full-blown novel. He then strove to make it a popular novel, one that would provide him with the cash he needed to get out from under pressing debts; however, after an initial flourish, sales dropped off and the book was not reprinted until 1914, after the success of CHANCE reawakened interest in Conrad. The initial printing consisted of 2,500 copies, including 500 for the colonies and 500 for Canada. However, the good initial reception of the book prompted the publisher to use the colonial copies for the domestic market instead, replacing the colonial half-title and title with the standard domestic one -- "there is no visible evidence of cancellation and for all practical purposes we must regard these copies as indistinguishable from the regular domestic issue" [Cagle]. This is a very good copy (spine slightly faded and wrinkled, some rubbing and very slight wear at the extremities, ghost of a bookplate on the front paste-down); the original endpapers show only a bit of cracking, and there is scarcely any of the often-pervasive foxing. In our experience LORD JIM, YOUTH and THE SECRET AGENT are the toughest of Conrad's first published editions to find in collectible condition. Supino A12.1.0 (this copy); Cagle A12a(1); a "Modern Library 100" selection. Provenance: discreet bookplate of the Conrad bibliographer David J. Supino, with his brief notation on the free endpaper.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- THE SECRET AGENT. A Simple Tale
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Publication year
- 1907
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Fiction (Early 20th Century)
Sumner & Stillman [ABAA]
Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
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