- 161
Conrad, Joseph
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- Tales of Unrest. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898
- paper, ink
8vo. Title in red and black, publisher's catalogue at end. Publisher's gilt-lettered green cloth, top edge gilt; hinges weak, corners bumped, some overall rubbing. Green morocco slipcase, gilt title and text to spine.
Provenance
V.E. Lucas (authorial inscription) — Barton W. Currie (bookplate to front pastedown; Parke-Burnet, 7 May 1963, lot 88)
Literature
Cagle A4c(1)
Catalogue Note
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed: "To V.E. Lucas with the author's friendly regards." E[dward] V[errall] Lucas was a a fellow author, essayist, and writer of verse. Below the author's inscription, Lucas then noted: "Inscribed for me by Joseph Conrad and by me passed on to Barton W. Currie, E.V. Lucas Dec 10 1926."