Conrad, Joseph and Jessie Conrad

Conrad, Joseph. John Galsworthy. An appreciation. Canterbury: printed for private circulation by H.J. Goulden, 1922, 8vo, second printing, presentation copy inscribed by the author to Elbridge Adams ("Elbridge Adams | affectionately | from J. Conrad" on half-title, original pale turquoise wrappers printed in black on upper wrapper, collector's chemise and black morocco-backed slipcase, [Cagle A57b], very slightly frayed at extremities--

[Conrad, Jessie]. Joseph Conrad's Letters to his Wife. London: Privately Printed, 1927, 4to, number 6 of 220 copies signed by Jessie Conrad, presentation copy inscribed by Jessie Conrad to Elbridge Adams ("To a dear and valued friend | Elbridge Adams, affectionately | from Jessie Conrad. | October, 1927") on front free endpaper, together with autograph letter signed ("Jessie") to Adams mentioning unveiling of Conrad memorial in Bishopsbourne, troubles with Borys ("perhaps it is in his nature to show rather a bombastic front to hide his real feelings...") and concerns over John's wish to marry, (4 pages, 8vo, 31 October 1927, The Old Farmhouse, Elstead), original blue morocco, collector's chemise and green cloth slipcase, worn with loss to edges of binding with crude tape repair to head of spine (2)

[John Galsworthy:] Elbridge Adams, authorial inscription; H. Bradley Martin, his sale, Sotheby's New York, 30 April 1990, lot 2729

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Elbridge Adams (1866-1934), a New York lawyer, first met Conrad in 1916. During Conrad's visit to the United States in 1923 he spent two days at Adams' country retreat in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts. In 1929 Adams, together with James R. Wells, established a private press in New York called The Fountain Press.

As with The Dover Patrol, the printer H.J. Goulden produced a second printing of John Galsworthy with a half-title and title-page (which had been omitted from the first printing).