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Lot 167
  • 167

Conrad, Joseph

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • A set of Six. London: Methuen & Co., 1908
  • paper, ink
8vo. Publisher's catalogue dated June 1908 at end. Publisher's red-stamped blue cloth, gilt spine title; corners bumped, worm holes affecting boards and spine, some splitting at interior joints. Green cloth covered board chemise, half-morocco slipcase, green cloth boards, gilt spine.

Provenance

Ernest Dawson (inscription) — Charles C. Auchincloss (bookplate to front pastedown; Parke-Bernet, 29 November 1961, lot 184)

Literature

Cagle A13a(2); Keating 80

Catalogue Note

FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed: “To Ernest Dawson affectionately from J. C. 1908.” The recipient was Major Ernest Dawson, with whom Conrad maintained a correspondence for some years.