L14415

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Lot 382
  • 382

Conrad, Joseph

Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Conrad, Joseph
  • A collection of limited or fine editions, comprising:
  • paper
Lord Jim. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1959, large 8vo, 4to, number 1180 of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator, coloured illustrations by Lynd Ward, original morocco-backed boards and slipcase

Another copy, number 493 of 1500 copies



Nostromo. A Tale of the Seaboard. San Francisco: The Limited Editions Club, 1961, 4to, number 1476 of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator, illustrations by Lima de Freitas, original hessian-backed cloth and slipcase, some wear to slipcase



The Nigger of the Narcissus. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1965, 8vo, number 1362 of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator, illustrations by Millard Sheets, original morocco-backed pictorial cloth, original slipcase



Heart of Darkness. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1969, 8vo, number 682 of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator, illustrations by Robert Shore, original vellum-backed boards, original slipcase



Youth. Typhoon. The End of the Tether. Los Angeles: The Limited Editions Club, 1972, number 1337 of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator and designer, illustrations by Robert Shore, original morocco-backed cloth, original slipcase



An Outcast of the Islands. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1975, 4to, number 644 of 2000 copies signed by the illustrator, illustrations by Robert Shore, original decorative boards and slipcase



The Secret Sharer. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1985, large 8vo, number 644 of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator, 3 etchings by Bruce Chandler, original silk-covered boards with morocco gilt label ion upper cover, original clamshell case



Typhoon, The Nigger of the “Narcissus”, and other Stories. London: The Folio Society, 2000, 8vo, original pictorial boards and slipcase



Heart of Darkness [Translated into Greek by Alexandra Papathanasopoulou]. Athens: Ideogramma, 2010, small folio, number 12 of 85 copies, one of 65 printed on Amalfi paper, signed by the artist beneath the justification, illustrated by Manolis Charos, original boards, letter from the illustrator to Stanley Seeger loosely inserted

Condition

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