Conrad, Joseph

The Secret Agent
Six volumes comprising: i) London: Methuen & Co., 1907, first edition, 40pp. publisher’s catalogue dated September 1907 at end, upper hinge weak, light wear to binding; ii) London: Methuen & Co., 1907, first edition, second printing, 40pp. publisher’s catalogue dated September 1907 at end, bookplate of Walter Runciman to front pastedown, shaken, spine sunned; iii) New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1907, first American edition, first printing, Cagle’s ‘b’ binding, a few small stains to edges, spine faded, extremities rubbed; iv) New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1907, first American edition, first printing, Cagle’s ‘a’ binding, slight fading to spine, lower hinge a little weak; v) London: Methuen & Co., 1907, colonial issue, second state with the error in the second line of the imprint (“36 ESSEX STREET W C.”), 40pp. publisher’s catalogue dated November 1907 at end, endpapers printed with Methuen’s Colonial Library advertisements, library stamps, lacking first leaf, hinges cracked, foxed, cloth soiled and split at spine; vi) London: Methuen & Co., 1924, third English edition (styled “Twelfth and Cheaper Edition”), 4pp. publisher’s advertisements at end, a few small stains to binding, spine and part of lower cover faded

A Set of Six
Six volumes comprising: i) London: Methuen, 1908, first edition, corrected state, half title and title page cancelled and pasted to a stub, 40pp. publisher’s catalogue dated June 1908 at end, collector's chemise and slipcase, spine faded, corners bumped; ii) London: Methuen, 1908,  first edition, colonial issue, one of 350 copies in cloth, publisher’s catalogue at end, endpapers with printed Methuen Colonial Library advertisements, bookplate of Charles Murray to front pastedown, publisher’s catalogue lacking first leaf, cloth lightly rubbed and soiled, contents slightly shaken; iii) New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1915, first American edition, unrecorded variant printing with title of first printing and copyright details on page iv of third printing, dust-jacket (lower panel stamped “Several of these prices have changed...”), spine of dust-jacket browned and chipped; iv) London: Methuen, 1920,  “sixth edition”, presentation copy inscribed by the author to R.B. Cunninghame Graham (“To dear | Don Roberto | from his | J.C.”), 8pp. publisher’s catalogue (undated) at end, spine and upper portions of covers faded; v) London: Methuen, 1927, ninth edition, dust-jacket, bookplate of Jane Booth to front free endpaper, dust-jacket creased and chipped; vi) London: Methuen, 1920, apparently sixth issue, cheap form, dust-jacket, dust-jacket chipped and creased



Under Western Eyes
Six volumes comprising: i) London: Methuen, 1911, first edition, 32pp. publisher’s catalogue dated August 1911 at end, offsetting to endpapers, slight fading to spine; ii) London: Methuen, 1911, first edition, 32pp. publisher’s catalogue dated September 1911 at end, collector’s chemise and slipcase, some offsetting to endpapers, binding slightly rubbed and soiled; iii) London: Methuen, 1911, first edition, colonial issue, 32pp. publisher’s catalogue dated September 1911 at end, endpapers printed with Methuen’s Colonial Library advertisements, some spotting, spine faded, light wear to covers; iv) London: Methuen, 1920, “Sixth Edition” [fourth printing of the first edition], some spotting, soiling to spine; v) London: Methuen, 1922, implied sixth edition [third printing of the second edition of 1917], dust-jacket, dust-jacket chipped; vi) London: Methuen, 1928, “Thirteenth Edition”, presentation copy inscribed by Jessie Conrad (“To Harold & Ada Goodburn | Affectionately from | Jessie Conrad. | 1934”);



all 8vo, original bindings, occasional spotting and browning, occasional wear to bindings (18)

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