Conrad, Joseph

Estimate

1,000 - 2,000 USD

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Description

Conrad, Joseph
Almayer's Folly A Story of an Eastern River. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895.
ink, paper

8vo (195 x 130 mm). Some faint spotting to endleaves. Publisher's green cloth, spine gilt, top edge gilt; bottom corners exposed, some minor wear to spine ends. Blue half morocco slipcase.

Provenance

John Quinn (bookplate).

Literature

Cagle A1a(1)

Catalogue Note

first edition, first issue. Conrad began this novel after an arduous command of the bark Otago. He worked on the manuscript intermittently over five years, nearly losing it during his time in the Congo. It was Edward Garnett at T. Fisher Unwin that ultimately pushed through its publication.