Conrad, Joseph

8vo, first published state, presentation copy inscribed by the author to his friends Ted and Helen Sanderson ("To | Ted and Helen | with JC's dear | love | 1914") on front free endpaper, cancel title-page in Cagle's "A" state, 8pp. "Methuen's Popular Novels" advertisements (Cagle's second state with The Harrovians on page 6) together with 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated July 1913 at end, original green linen finish cloth lettered in gilt on spine (publisher's name appears as "METHVEN"), some spotting, upper hinge splitting, binding worn

E.C. and H.M. Sanderson, authorial inscription

Cagle A17a(10)

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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Marlow's final appearance and Conrad's first major commercial success. A binder's strike contributed to a complicated publication history and most copies, as here, include a cancel title dated 1914.

For Edward and Helen Sanderson, see lot 8.