Home
/
Sale 278: Fine Modern Literature
/
Catalogue
/
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale

Back to Catalogue Auction info

Sale 278: Fine Modern Literature (#278) 01/29/2004 1:00 PM PST Closed
Starts Ending 01/29/2004 1:00 PM PST

Lot #50 The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale

Click image to enlarge

Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$150

Estimate: $200 - $300

Tell a friend Ask a question

Description

Title:

The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale

Author:

Conrad, Joseph

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

Harper & Bros.

Date Published:

1907

Description:

[4], 373 pp. 7¼x5, original pictorial light blue-green cloth, stamped in cream, red-orange and dark blue, lettered in red-orange (outlined in dark blue or black). First American Edition.

One of Conrad's best known works and later made into a 1936 film by Alfred Hitchcock, re-titled "Sabotage." Smith 13; Wise 17; Ehrsam 2256.

Condition:

Spine faded (affecting vignette and lettering), slight fading to cover margins, ends and corners a bit bumped, soiling and shelf wear; bookseller's tiny label; about very good.

Item#:

141367
Shipping info
Terms and conditions

CONTRACTS

All accepted bids are contracts and are considered final and non withdrawable.

BUYER'S PREMIUM

A buyer's premium of 20% will be applied to all purchases.

ONLINE BIDDING

The person posting the bids online has to be the person who has registered for the auction.