The Library of an English Bibliophile, Part V

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Lot 18
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Conrad, Joseph

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Description

  • Conrad, Joseph
  • The Dover Patrol. A Tribute. Canterbury: printed for private circulation by H.J. Goulden, 1922
  • paper
8vo, SECOND PRINTING, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO [GEORGES] JEAN[-AUBRY] ("Au cher Jean | son ami | Joseph Conrad") on half-title, original pale turquoise wrappers printed in black on upper wrapper, collector's chemise and green morocco-backed slipcase, some fading to extremities

Literature

Cagle A56b

Catalogue Note

THE RECIPIENT IS PROBABLY CONRAD'S GOOD FRIEND, FIRST BIOGRAPHER, AND TRANSLATOR, the cultured and always impeccably attired Gérard Jean-Aubry (née Jean-Frédéric-Émile Aubry, 1882-1950), whom he first met in 1918. The character Jean Peyrol in The Rover (1923) is probably named after him. Jean-Aubry's Joseph Conrad: Life and Letters, appeared three years after Conrad's death in 1927, followed by numerous other works in later years. The printer H.J. Goulden originally printed The Dover Patrol without a title-page. Conrad objected and, consequently, a second printing was produced which included both a half-title and title-page. THIS COPY INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL TITLE-PAGE which appears to be an unknown variant.