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Conrad, Joseph
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
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Description
- The Nigger of the "Narcissus" Preface. Hythe: Privately Printed for the Author by J. Lovick, 1902
- paper, ink
8vo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.; 210 x 140 mm). 8pp. stapled pamphlet (as issued). Chemise, black label to cover with gilt title and text.
Provenance
Barton W. Currie (bookplate to interior of chemise)
Literature
Cagle A3f; Wise 12
Catalogue Note
Conrad's famous artistic statement, perhaps his most important piece of non-fiction writing, and sometimes regarded as a manifesto of literary impressionism, was first published as "The Art of Fiction" in The New Review in 1897. This separate publication was privately printed for the author in an edition of 100 copies. Wise notes that "about forty of these were accidentally destroyed."