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Lot 199
  • 199

Conrad, Joseph

Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
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Description

  • Conrad, Joseph
  • Bibliographical collection of later editions of Almayer's Folly, 1907-47, comprising:
  • paper
Almayer's Folly.
Thirteen volumes, comprising: i) London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1907, “second impression”, title-page printed in red and black, some staining to top edge; ii) New York: Macmillan, 1912 [First American edition, second impression]; iii) New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1914, extremities worn, upper and lower covers detached; iv) New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1915, extremities worn with some loss; v) London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1916, “fifth impression” [second English edition]; vi) Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, n.d. [Canadian edition]; vii) London: Eveleigh Nash and Grayson, 1921, dust-jacket, prices excised from dust-jacket; viii) London: Eveleigh Nash and Grayson, n.d., dust-jacket, some loss to dust-jacket; ix) London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1925, “twelfth impression”, frontispiece portrait; x) London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1927, “fourteenth impression”, dust-jacket, dust-jacket worn with some loss; xi) London: Ernest Benn, 1930, “sixteenth impression” [third English edition], dust-jacket; xii) New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1933, title-page printed in red and black; xiii) London: Penguin Books, 1936, [fourth English edition], extremities worn

Almayer’s Folly and Tales of Unrest.
One volume, comprising London: J.M. Dent, 1947



all 8vo, original bindings, occasional spotting and browning, occasional wear to bindings (14)

Condition

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