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Lot 329
  • 329

Conrad, Joseph

Estimate
700 - 900 GBP
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Description

  • Conrad, Joseph
  • A collection of dramatic works, comprising:
  • paper
One Day More. London: Beaumont Press, 1919, 8vo, one of 274 copies, original buckram-backed boards, some wear to paper spine label

The Secret Agent. Drama in Four Acts. Canterbury: Printed for the author by H.J. Gooden, 1921, 4to, first edition, original wrappers, later chemise and slipcase, [Cagle A54a]



The Secret Agent. A Drama in Three Acts. London: Privately printed for subscribers only by T. Werner Laurie, 1923, 8vo, one of 1000 copies signed by the author, original parchment-backed boards, dust-jacket; another copy, ink-stamped “Review Copy”, without the signed limitation leaf as issued, without dust-jacket



Laughing Anne. London: The Moorland Press, 1923, 8vo, one of 200 copies signed by the author, hand-printed on Kelmscott hand-made paper, printed in black and green (Cagle’s “a” binding), top edge gilt, original green cloth clamshell case, [Cagle A59]



Laughing Anne and One Day More. London: John Castle, 1924, 8vo, original cloth; another copy



Laughing Anne. One Day More. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925, 8vo, presentation copy inscribed by Jessie Conrad to Harold and Ada Goodburn, original cloth



For the Goodburn family, see Part I, lot 139.

Condition

266, 344, 376, 401, 402, 413, Add 42, Add 43,
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