The Joseph Conrad Collection from the Library of the late Stanley J. Seeger - Part I

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Lot 26
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Conrad, Joseph

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1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Conrad, Joseph
  • "Lord Jim: A Sketch", original parts within Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. CLXVI - CLXVIII. New York: The Leonard Scott Publication Co., Jul 1899 - Dec 1900
  • PAPER
18 numbers (14 with Conrad's contribution) in three volumes, American edition, bound with publisher's title-page and index for each volume, later black cloth lettered in gilt on spine, marbled design on fore-edges and lower edges, slight browning, embossed library stamps

Literature

see Wise note, p. 15

Catalogue Note

Copies of the complete novel in the original serial publication are rare.

The serial publication of Lord Jim (October 1899 through to November 1900) pre-dates the appearance of the novel in book form and presents an earlier state of the text. Conrad, in this period, characteristically published his novels first in serial form in magazines, and only later revised them for their publication in book form. Consequently these serial publications are not only the first printing of the books in question, they contain the only authoritative indication of Conrad's first version of the book.

John Stape has noted that "for book publication Conrad edited in tear-sheets from Blackwood's... The tear-sheets provide a valuable glimpse into the revision process and establish the general procedures Conrad followed in preparing his text for book publication. His revision for the book edition in tear-sheets from Blackwood's effected a thorough polishing of the text, involving stylistic sophistications, tightening to avoid repetition, an emphasis on implication rather than direct statement, and small but effective changes that subtly alter character and scene."

The individual parts are as follows: Oct 1899, pp.441-59; Nov 1899, pp.644-57; Dec 1899, pp.807-828; Jan 1900, pp.60-73; Feb 1900, pp.234-46; Mar 1900, pp.406-419; Apr 1900, pp.511-26; May 1900, pp.666-87; Jun 1900, pp.803-817; Jul 1900, pp.88-106; Aug 1900, pp.251-63; Sep 1900, pp.358-83; Oct 1900, pp.547-72; and Nov 1900, pp.688-710.