Joseph Conrad. The secret agent : a simple tale. — London: Methuen & Co., [1907]

Title page: THE | SECRET AGENT | A SIMPLE TALE | BY | JOSEPH CONRAD | METHUEN & CO. | 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. | LONDON ||

Imprint on t.p. verso: First Published in 1907

Dedication: To H. G. Wells.

Pagination: [2] – blank, [6] – h.t., t.p., dedication; 1-442, [2] colophon: THE RIVERSIDE PRESS LIMITED, EDINBURGH / blank; [1-2] 3-40 – Catalogue of books published by Methuen and company, September 1907; total 492 pages.

Collation: 8vo; π⁴, A-Z⁸ 2A-2D⁸, 2E⁶, + 20 leaves of advertisement: signed A2 on leaf 5 and A3 on leaf 9, other unsigned, 2E₂ signed; total 246 leaves.

Binding: Publisher’s burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and elements to spine, lower margin untrimmed, 19.5 x 13.5 cm.

Edition: 1st edition, 1st printing ("be be" on the last line of page 117) of 2,500 copied printed.

Contributors:

Conrad, Joseph (Polish-British, 1857 – 1924) – author.

Methuen & Co. (London) – publisher.

The Riverside Press Limited (Edinburgh) – printer.

Herbert George Wells (British, 1866 – 1946) – dedicatee.