Conrad, Joseph

8vo, number 64 of 93 copies, facsimile of original manuscript as frontispiece, original blue paper wrappers printed in black on upper wrapper, collector's chemise and green morocco-backed slipcase

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During the First World War, Conrad was asked by the Admiralty to write wartime propaganda. The present piece was not released by the Admiralty and was posthumously published in The Times on 18 August 1925. The original manuscript was sold by Conrad to Quinn in 1920 (for $150) and then sold in John Quinn's auction in 1923 for $1750 to Jerome D. Kern. Having acquired the manuscript, Kern had 93 privately printed copies produced in Christmas 1925. (The manuscript was sold in Kern's auction, in 1929, for $1450 to Brick Row Book Shop, New York).