"The Secret Agent" 1953 CONRAD, Joseph Architecture

"The Secret Agent" 1953 CONRAD, Joseph ArchitectureCONRAD Joseph [253] pp. Doubleday Anchor Books 1953 w Edward Gorey cover 7 1 4" x 4 1 4" VG The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is an anarchist spy fiction novel by Polish British author Joseph Conrad, first published in 1907. The story is set in London in 1886 and deals with Mr. Adolf Verloc and his work as a spy for an unnamed country (presumably Russia). The Secret Agent is one of Conrad's later political novels in which he moved away from his former

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The book is a collection of photographs of 1960s "birds" (period British slang for attractive young women)

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This book introduces this work to a new generation of design

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