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

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Lot 40
  • 40

Conrad, Joseph

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Conrad, Joseph
  • Typhoon and other stories. London: William Heinemann, 1903
  • PAPER
8vo, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author on front endpaper to his close friend John Galsworthy ("To | J Galsworthy | most affectionately | from Jph. Conrad | 1903."), 2pp. publisher's advertisements at front, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original slate grey smooth cloth lettered and with design in gilt on spine and upper cover (Cagle's "a" binding), some light spotting, binding worn and soiled, head and foot of spine bumped

Provenance

John Galsworthy (bookplates and authorial inscription); Sotheby's (Hodgson's Rooms), 26 April 1979, lot 106

Literature

Cagle A8b(1)

Catalogue Note

For Galsworthy's central importance in Conrad's life and literary career, see lot 9. Although Typhoon had first been published in book form in the United States, this was the first book appearance together with "Amy Foster", "Falk" and "To-Morrow".

"A wrestle with wind and weather has a moral value like the primitive acts of faith on which may be built a doctrine of salvation and a rule of life. At any rate men engaged in such contests have been my spiritual fathers too long for me to change my convictions" (Conrad, letter to William Blackwood, August, 1901, Collected Letters, II, p.354).