Lot 36
  • 36

Conrad, Joseph

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Conrad, Joseph
  • Collection of 25 editions for private circulation
  • ink, paper
"Well Done!" London: 1918. Inscribed by the publisher to Ernest Maggs. Cagle A24. — Autocracy and the War. Inscribed by T.J. Wise to Ernest Maggs. London: 1919. Cagle A25. — Henry James. An Appreciation. London: 1919. Cagle A26. — The Shock of War through Germany to Cracow. London: 1919. — Tradition. London: 1919. Cagle A27. — Some Reflexions Seamanlike and Otherwise on the Loss of the Titanic. London: 1919. Conrad attacks the U.S. inquiry into the disaster. Cagle A28. — Some Aspects of the Admirable Inquiry into the Loss of the Titanic. London: 1919. Inscribed by Wise to Ernest Maggs. Cagle A29. — The Tale. London: 1919. Inscribed by Clement Shorter to Ernest Maggs. Cagle A31. — London's River. London: 1919. Signed by Shorter and inscribed by him to Ernest Maggs. Cagle A33. — My Return to Cracow. London: 1919. Cagle A34. — The North Sea on the Eve of War. London: 1919. Cagle A35. — The Lesson of the Collision A Monograph on the Loss of the "Empress of Ireland." London: 1919. Cagle A39. — Tales of the Sea. London: 1919.  Cagle A40. Alphonse Daudet. London: 1920. Cagle A42. — Guy de Maupassant. London: 1919. Signed by Conrad. Cagle A32. — To Poland in War-Time, A Journey into the East. London: 1919. Cagle A37. — Books. London: 1920. Cagle A44. — An Observer in Malay. London: 1920. Cagle A46. — Prince Roman. London: 1920. Cagle A47. — The Warrior's Soul. London: 1920. Cagle A48. — Travel A Preface to Into the East: Notes of Burma and Malay. Edinburgh: 1922. One of 20.  Signed by Conrad. Simple Cooking Precepts for a Little House. [N.p. circa 1921]. One of 100 signed by Conrad. Cagle A53. — The Secret Agent, Drama in Four Acts. Canterbury: 1921. One of 52 copies printed for friends in advance of the play, which closed shortly after opening. Cagle A54a. — The "Torrens." A Personal Tribute. One of 20 copies, numbered and signed by Conrad. Geography and Some Explorers. London: 1924. One of 30, numbered and signed by Conrad.  All in original printed wrappers. Each in custom slipcases, mostly brown half gilt morocco.  Some minor browning, but else very fine copies.

Provenance

Kenyon Starling (bookplates most slipcases).

Catalogue Note

Together 25 volumes, mostly 8vo. Each one of 25 copies only, except where noted. A fine selection of the limited edition pamphlets reprinting serial articles, introductions, etc., and usually printed by either  T.J. Wise or Clement Shorter.