Lot 180
  • 180

Conrad, Joseph

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description

  • A Group of Four First Editions
  • paper, ink
Almayer's Folly. A Story of an Eastern River. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. 8vo. Titles in red and black; some foxing. Publisher's green cloth, spine gilt, top edge gilt; some splitting to joints, fading to spine. Cagle A1a(1) — Chance. A Tale in Two Parts. London: Methuen & Co., 1914. 8vo. Publisher's catalogue at end for "Methuen's Popular Novels." Original green linen finish cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on spine, publisher's name appears as "METHUEN"; front joint weak. Plate signed by Joseph Conrad to front pastedown. Bookplates of Charles Dexter Allen and Charles C. Auchincloss to front pastedown and front free endpaper respectively. Cagle A17a(10) — The Inheritors. An Extravagant Story. London: William Heinemann, 1901. 8vo. First English edition, first issue without dedication, publisher’s catalogue at end, original pictorial yellow cloth (Cagle’s “a” binding); corners bumped, soiling to covers, sunning to spine, minor splitting at head of rear joint. Cagle A6(3) — Tales of Unrest. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898. 8vo. Title in red and black, publisher's catalogue at end for "Books for Recreation and Study." Publisher's green cloth; hinges weak. Green cloth chemise and slipcase with green morocco spine, title and text in gilt. Bookplate of Charles C. Auchincloss to front pastedown. Cagle A4c