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Lot 226
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Conrad, Joseph

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  • Conrad, Joseph
  • Bibliographical collection of editions of Lord Jim, The Inheritors, Youth and Typhoon and other stories, 1900-78, comprising:
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Lord Jim
Six volumes comprising: i) 'Lord Jim... Chapters X and XI', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. New York: Leonard Scott, February 1900, library stamps, wrappers worn with numerous tears; ii) New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909, later edition (first Doubleday, Page printing), adhesive tape repairs at gutter, binding worn with some loss; iii) Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1948, later edition ("sixteenth impression"), dust-jacket, ownership signature; iv) London: Dent, 1970, later edition, dust-jacket, price-clipped dust-jacket; v) London: Guild Publishing, 1978, later edition, marks to edges; vi) [New York:] Oxford University Press, [1984], later edition ("prepared for subscribers..."), gilt edges

The Inheritors
Two volumes comprising: i) London: William Heinemann, 1901, first English edition, Cagle's 'a' binding, collector's folding box, bookplate; ii) London: William Heinemann, 1901, English edition, remainder issue, some spotting and browning



Youth
Three volumes comprising: i) Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1902, first edition, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end dated 10/02, head and spine slightly bumped; ii) New York: Grosset and Dunlap, [c.1915], stamp to front free endpaper, chip to lower joint; iii) London: J.M. Dent, 1961, later reprint, dust-jacket, slight waterstaining



Typhoon and other stories
Six volumes comprising: i) New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1902, first American edition, six plates, 4pp. publisher's advertisements, collector's chemise and slipcase; ii) London: Heinemann, 1903, first English edition, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end, ownership signature to half-title; iii) London: Heinemann, 1903, 32pp. publisher's catalogue, Cagle's 'b' binding, collector's chemise and slipcase, bookplate, slight browning; iv) London: Heinemann, 1903, colonial edition, 15pp. publisher's catalogue, Cagle's 'b' binding (not located by Cagle), upper hinge split, binding worn; v) London: Readers Library, [n.d.], dust-jacket; vi) London: Daily Express Fiction Library, [n.d.], dust-jacket, final leaves incorrectly trimmed, tears to dust-jacket;



all 8vo, original bindings, occasional spotting and browning, occasional wear to bindings (17)