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19201281441920. Signed. CONRAD Joseph. The Works. Twenty-two volumes. WITH: JEAN-AUBRY G. Life and Letters. Two volumes. Garden City: Doubleday Page; Doubleday Doran 1920-28. Altogether twenty-four volumes. Octavo contemporary three-quarter dark brown morocco gilt raised bands top edges gilt uncut. $12800.Signed limited ""Sun-Dial Edition"" of Conrad's works number 651 of 735 sets including the two-volume Life and Letters signed in the first volume by Conrad handsomely bound by Stikeman.""Conrad's work at its best achieved a synthesis of theme treatment and language of a kind without precedent in English literature To a degree beyond the ordinary he owed his fame to the good fortune of a remarkable life-story which enabled him to use as material for fiction many strange and picturesque experiences"" DNB. With photographic frontispiece portraits of Conrad in Almayer's Folly and each of the volumes of Life and Letters. Interior fine spines evenly sunned to light brown; expert repairs to bindings of several volumes primarily joints and spine ends. A near-fine set. hardcover
19191091631919. First Edition. CONRAD Joseph. The Arrow of Gold. A Story between Two Notes. London: T. Fisher Unwin 1919. Octavo original green cloth original dust jacket. $3500.First English edition the first edition complete with Conrad's corrections in scarce unrestored dust jacket.Written from 1917-18 Conrad's Arrow of Gold earned high praise on publication as richly poetic and ""tense dramatic vibrant with the thrill of a great passion written in that intensely individual flexible style which renders this man of Polish birth one of the most distinguished among the living writers of English"" New York Times Book Review. Critics have since noted that ""in no other book does Conrad work quite so steadily as a painter in prose"" Wiley Conrad's Measure of Man 163 achieving a narrative complexity that fully embodies ""the use of self-consciously aesthetic ways of seeing"" Stape 147. Conrad would himself write that Arrow of Gold arose from subjects first considered in his youth. ""I was conscious of it through all the years of my writing life but I was reluctant to take it up It was only in 1917 that I brought myself to consider it seriously"" Wise 40. Conrad strongly objected to the novel's ""early publication in America"" but failure to negotiate serial rights there led to the publisher's insistence on an April 1919 printing before Conrad's corrections could be incorporated into the text. First English edition complete with Conrad's corrections not present in the American edition issued four months prior. With Cagle's ""a"" binding ""c"" endpapers ""b"" dust jacket with gold arrow on front panel and spine: no clear priority established. Serially printed in England's Lloyd's Magazine December 1918-February 1920. Cagle A38b. Wise 41. Book clean and very nearly fine. Unrestored dust jacket often not present toned at spine and edges with light edge-wear to spine ends tiny snag to rear panel extremely good. hardcover
19171091641917. First Edition. CONRAD Joseph. The Shadow Line: A Confession. London: J.M. Dent & Sons 1917. Octavo original gray-green cloth decorated in red original dust jacket. $1900.First edition of this autobiographical novel based on Conrads 1888 first command. A lovely copy in the scarce original dust jacket.Of this book Conrad has written: ""This story has been in my mind for some years. Originally I used to think of it under the name of First Command. When I managed in the second year of war to concentrate my mind sufficiently to begin working I turned to this subject as the easiest. But in consequence of my changed mental attitude to it it became The Shadow Line."" This novel tells the story of an extraordinary experience of Conrad's first command as Captain of the Otago while bound from Bangkok to Australia. It was on January 5 1888 while at Singapore that Conrad suddenly decided to throw up his berth on the Vidar and while preparing to return to Europe in search of a ship circumstances unexpectedly put him in the way of just what he wantedthe command of a sailing vessel Keating 263-64. First serialized in The English Review September 1916-March 1917. ""The English Review version was substantially revised Conrad continued polishing while reading proof Possibly by the time he returned these to Dent it was too late to forward the corrections to Doubleday Page. In any event these final changes are incorporated in the English but not the American edition"" Cagle. With 18 pages of publisher's advertisements bound in at rear. Cagle A21.a.1. Keating 119. Book fine scarce original dust jacket usually not present with shallow chipping to ends of mildly toned spine front and rear panels clean and bright very good. A very nice copy in unrestored original dust jacket. hardcover
192133436London: William Heinemann 1921. 20 volumes. The scarce and handsome Autograph Edition SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY JOSEPH CONRAD. Tall 8vo in the publisher's original tan buckram cloth over brown paper covered boards the spines lettered in black the upper covers with autograph of Conrad in black. A very good and handsome set some mellowing to the spine panels and other light evidence of age a few spots here or there still a pleasing and handsome set. A pleasing autographed set of Conrad's works. The tasteful presentation is fitting to this master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. His stories and novels many with nautical settings depict the trials of the human spirit in the midst of an impassive inscrutable universe. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced many authors including F. Scott Fitzgerald William Faulkner Ernest Hemingway André Malraux George Orwell Graham Greene Gabriel García Márquez John le Carré V. S. Naipaul Philip Roth J. M. Coetzee and Salman Rushdie. William Heinemann hardcover
19231240671923. First Edition. Signed. CONRAD Joseph. Laughing Anne. London: The Bookman's Journal 1923. Octavo original full vellum top edge gilt untrimmed original clamshell box. $1200.Signed limited edition of Conrad's play number 168 of only 200 copies signed by Conrad printed on Kelmscott handmade paper and bound in full vellum.""Laughing Anne is a dramatization of Conrad's story 'Because of the Dollars' from the collection Within the Tides 1915. The dramatized version of the story was completed in December 1921 but as John Galsworthy notes in his preface to the later publication of the play in Laughing Anne & One Day More it presents physical drawbacks which will not go down on the stage. The play was never represented"" Cagle. Cagle A59. Bookplate on box.Some mild toning to cloth box book fine. hardcover
199648890Folio Society 1996-2005. 17 vols. 8vo. with illustrations; decorative blue cloth blocked and lettered in silver grey endpapers a near fine set in publisher's original board slip-cases lettered in silver. The set comprises: Heart of Darkness Typhoon & Other Tales The Shadow Line The Arrow of Gold The Secret Agent Lord Jim The Rescue Almayer's Folly Chance Nostromo The Rover Victory The Mirror of the Sea The Secret Sharer Under Western Eyes The Duel & Other Tales An Outcast of the Islands. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE Folio Society, hardcover
19137563<p>Methuen & Co. Ltd. London.1913. Spurrious First edition. Actually the fourth impression with a cancel title page stating " First Published 1913" on verso on the title page stub. 8vo. 7.8 x 5.4 inches. 8 page publishers advert dated Autumn 1913 at the rear. Light foxing throughout the pages otherwise a very good copy in a contemporary fine leather binding by Broadbere of Southampton and with their small binders label on the front pastedown of full black morocco. Spine with raised bands each with multiple wavy lines. Compartments double ruled lettered and elaborately decorated all in gilt. Boards with decorative gilt tooled panel within a decorative border again all in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Gilt inner dentelles. A beautifully bound copy of this edition the less common 1913 Cancel title page issue. Copies with the true 1913 integral title are rare it is thought that only about fifty survived and most early copies were issued with cancel title pages dated 1914 - when the book was finally published.:</p> Methuen & Co. Ltd. London.,1913 hardcover
1907010779New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1907. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition / First Printing. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 373 pp previous owner's inked line ffep & inked initials fr pastedown. 5" x 7.5" gray cloth boards embossed fr cover design dimmed gilt spine titles. Binding tight with slight forward lean pages clean unmarked paper well-preserved. exterior cloth VG-Fine. in glassine mayler wrapper. Harper & Brothers Publishers Hardcover
1925098309London & Toronto : J. M. Dent 1925. Book measures 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. 303pp 4pp booklist. Bound in original publishers maroon cloth. Cloth lightly rubbed gilt fading from spine. Binding in good clean firm condition. Dust jackets chipped with loss in several places in 2 secition. Internally small previous owners stamp. Pages in good clean condition. A good clean copy in a worn but rare dust jacket. . First Edition. Publishers Cloth. Very Good/Good. J. M. Dent
1993HVD-69216-A-0Chicago IL: Lawrence Hill Books. Fair. 1993. Second Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 6 X 0.75 X 9 inches; 268 pages; moderate faint stains and foxing on the exterior edges of textblock. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. . Lawrence Hill Books paperback
19971-0026366789Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub Co 1997. Library Binding. New. student edition. 546 pages. 11.00x8.50x1.00 inches. Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub Co unknown
1923037597New York: Doubleday 1923. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Slight shelfwear - a nice copy in a lovely jacket with slight wear at the edges and a few tiny chips. The first U.S. edition published just before the UK trade edition. $2.00 price on jacket flap. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 037597. Doubleday hardcover
1991Q-0070568243McGraw-Hill 1991-10-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! McGraw-Hill paperback
1997DADAX0026366851McGraw-Hill Education 1997-05-02. 2. paperback. New. 8.50x0.50x10.90. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. McGraw-Hill Education paperback
1997Q-0026366789McGraw-Hill/Glencoe 1997-02-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! McGraw-Hill/Glencoe hardcover
19666947<p>Gehenna Press. Northampton. Massachusetts. U.S.A. 1966. LIMITED EDITION. 11.6 x 9.2 inches. One of 1100 numbered copies this copy out of series. Woodcut portrait of Conrad by Baskin. 79pp including 15pp facsimile reproduction of Conrad's manuscript. Original marbled paper covered boards. Some rubbing to the board edges otherwise very good in original grey board chemise and slip case.</p> Gehenna Press. Northampton. Massachusetts. U.S.A.,1966 hardcover
1995Q-0026460440Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub 1995-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub hardcover
1923037597New York: Doubleday 1923. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Slight shelfwear - a lovely copy in a lovely jacket with slight wear at the edges and a few tiny chips. This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 037597. <br/><br/> Doubleday unknown books
1994Q-082253004xLerner Pub Group 1994-11-01. Library Binding. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Lerner Pub Group unknown
1998Q-0026408694Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub 1998-06-01. Spiral-bound. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub unknown
1981Q-0070554048Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub 1981-06-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub hardcover
1999Q-0070527164McGraw-Hill 1999-10-28. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! McGraw-Hill paperback
1992Q-0962169447Penngrove Pubns 1992-02-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penngrove Pubns paperback
1994Q-0822530023Lerner Pub Group 1994-09-01. Library Binding. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Lerner Pub Group unknown
1994Q-0026365561Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub Co 1994-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub Co hardcover