Conrad, Joseph

'Twixt Land and Sea
Nine volumes comprising: i) 'Freya of the Seven Isles', extracted from The London Magazine, July 1912, first printing, contemporary wrappers; ii) London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1912, first edition, second issue binding with "secret" erased from cover and "seven" overprinted; iii) London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1912, first edition, second binding with "seven" printed correctly, short tear at head of spine; iv) London; J.M. Dent & Sons, 1912, "Australasian edition" [one of 250 copies for the colonial market]; v) New York: Hodder & Stoughton, George H. Doran and Company, 1912, first American edition, first issue; vi) Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1912, first American edition, second issue; vii) Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923, second American edition, dust-jacket, jacket chipped and price-clipped; viii) Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1923, some creases and wear to wrappers;  ix) London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1947, collected edition, dust-jacket, dampstained

Chance
Thirteen volumes comprising: i) London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1913, first edition, first issue with original title, publisher’s advertisements at end: 8pp. Methuen’s Popular Novels (dated Autumn 1913, Cagle’s second state with The Harrovians on p.6) and 32pp. publisher’s catalogue (dated July 1913), Cagle’s “a” binding with "METHVEN" at foot of spine, collector's case, slight spotting; ii) Toronto: Bell & Cockburn, [1913], first printing, Canadian issue, apparently one of 315 copies thus, 32pp. publisher's advertisements at end dated July 1913, collector's case; iii) London: Methuen & Co., 1913, first edition, variant issue, with 1913 title on a stub, preceded only by a few copies with integral 1913 title page, and prior to the genuine 1914 copies, original cloth, Cagle's "b" binding; iv) New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913, first American edition, first issue; v) New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914, first American edition, second issue, dust-jacket; vi)  London: Methuen & Co., 1914, first printing, Colonial issue, apparently not identified by Cagle, somewhat spotted, binding dampstained; vii) London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1914, first edition, second issue with cancel title, publisher’s advertisements at end: 8pp. Methuen’s Popular Novels (dated Autumn 1913, Cagle’s second state with The Harrovians on p.6) and 32pp. publisher’s catalogue (dated July 1913), Cagle's "a" binding, with "METHvEN" at foot of spine, collector's slipcase; viii) London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1914, first edition, second issue with cancel title, publisher’s advertisements at end: 8pp. Methuen’s Popular Novels (dated Autumn 1913, Cagle’s first state without The Harrovians on p.6) and 32pp. publisher’s catalogue (dated July 1913), Cagle's "b" binding, with "METHUEN" at foot of spine; ix) London: Methuen & Co., 1914, "fifth edition" (Methuen Colonial Library); x) London: Methuen & Co., 1914, "eighth edition" (Methuen Colonial Library), binding soiled; xi) London: Methuen & Co., 1916, "ninth edition" presentation copy from the author to Grace Willard ("To | Grace Willard | from her friend | Joseph Conrad. | 1916") on front free endpaper, soiled; xii) London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1924, eighteenth edition, rubbed; xiii) London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1924, eighteenth edition, rubbed



Within the Tides
Six volumes comprising: i) London: J.M. Dent, 1915, first edition; ii) London: J.M. Dent, 1915, first edition, home-made dust-jacket, collector’s chemise and slipcase, boards faded; iii) London & Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1915, possibly unrecorded colonial issue, bookseller’s description laid down on front pastedown, some fading to upper cover; iv) London: J.M. Dent, 1915, first edition, variant binding, later dust-jacket (not before early 1917 and unrecorded by Cagle), the price overprinted on the spine (“ALL PRICES ON THIS WRAPPER ARE CANCELLED”), bookplate of Paul Steinbrecher to front free endpaper, dust-jacket chipped and torn; v) New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1916, first American edition, presumed first printing, dust-jacket, ownership signature to front free endpaper, offsetting to endpapers, dust-jacket slightly nicked, spine browned; vi) London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1924, possible last printing from the plates of the first edition(?), dust-jacket, ownership signature to front free endpaper, offsetting to endpapers, spine faded, dust-jacket creased on spine and both panels;



all 8vo, original bindings, occasional spotting and browning, occasional wear to bindings (28)

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