Conrad, Joseph

8vo, first edition, title page in red and black, 18pp. of publisher's advertisements at the end, original vertically ribbed grey-green cloth stamped and lettered in brown and gold, top edge stained dark green, dust-jacket in red and olive green with portrait of Conrad, publisher's prospectus for the Wayfarer's Library loosely inserted, some tiny tears and very slight browning to jacket, otherwise an exceptionally fine copy

Cagle A21a(1)

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A fine copy in jacket of the novel first serialized in the Metropolitan Magazine in September and October 1916 and then in the English Review between September 1916 and March 1917. Cagle records that "the texts vary. The English Review version was substantially revised for the copy text provided for both the English and American editions. As was his habit, Conrad continued polishing while reading proof..." (Cagle, p.239)