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"Sleep after toyle, port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, death after life, does greatly please": First Edition of Joseph Conrad's The Rover; Finely Bound by Bayntun
CONRAD, JOSEPH.
The Rover.
London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd 1923.
First British edition of the last complete novel by Joseph Conrad. Octavo, finely bound in full morocco by Bayntun, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, double gilt ruled, inner dentelles, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 119454
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"I do not ask for saintly souls to help me on my way, or male and female devilkins to lead my steps astray": First edition of Reveille: Devoted to the Disabled Sailor & Soldier with contributions by Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad and John Galsworthy; with an autograph letter signed by the editor John Galsworthy tipped in
KIPLING, RUDYARD; JOSEPH CONRAD; JOHN GALSWORTHY; J. M. BARRIE ET AL. EDITED BY JOHN GALSWORTHY.
Reveille: Devoted to the Disabled Sailor & Soldier.
London: Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office [1918].
First edition of this scarce WWII periodical dedicated to wounded soldiers and sailors, containing appearances of Rudyard Kipling’s A Pilgrim’s Way, John Galsworthy’s The Gist of the Matter, Joseph Conrad’s The First News, and J. M. Barrie’s Barbara’s Wedding. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. With an autograph letter signed by Galsworthy tipped in. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 121473
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"I am sure that when I wake tomorrow all this will seem to me but a dream": First Edition of Joseph Conrad's Suspense
CONRAD, JOSEPH.
Suspense.
London: J. M. Dent & Sons 1925.
First English edition of Conrad’s final, unfinished novel. Octavo, original cloth. Introduction by Richard Curle. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the spine. Jacket art by Thomas Derrick. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 130717
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“faithful death that never forgets in the press of work the most insignificant of its children": First Edition of Joseph Conrad's Tales of Unrest
CONRAD, JOSEPH.
Tales of Unrest.
London: T. Fisher Unwin 1898.
First edition of Conrad’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, pictorial bookplate, ownership signature to half-title page. Housed in a contemporary clamshell and chemise box. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 139203
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“Never test another man by your own weakness": First Edition of Joseph Conrad’s Masterpiece Lord Jim
CONRAD, JOSEPH.
Lord Jim.
London: William Blackwood & Sons 1900.
First edition of one of Conrad’s finest novels. Octavo, original cloth. First printing with the first issue points including the misprints “anyrate” p. 77, l. 5, “cure” (instead of “cured”) p. 226, 7 lines from the bottom, the omission of “keep” after “can” p. 226, 7 lines from the bottom, and “his” p. 319, last line, being printed below the line. In near fine condition, bookplates to the front pastedown. A very sharp example.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 144315
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“Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality": First Edition of Joseph Conrad's Under Western Eyes; In Exceptional Condition
CONRAD, JOSEPH.
Under Western Eyes.
New York and London: Harper and Brothers, Publishers 1911.
First American edition of this tale of revolutionaries in czarist Russia, centered about the double-agent Razumov. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Supino A14.8.0; Cagle A14c. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box. An exceptional example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145907
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First Edition of Joseph Conrad's Tales of Hearsay
CONRAD, JOSEPH.
Tales of Hearsay.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company 1925.
First American edition of the first and last short stories Joseph Conrad wrote. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, preface by R.B. Cunninghame Graham. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. An exceptional example.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147463
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First edition of Joseph Conrad's Laughing Anne and One Day More
CONRAD, JOSEPH.
Laughing Anne and One Day More.
London: John Castle 1924.
First British edition of two plays from prolific writer Joseph Conrad. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Introduction by John Galsworthy. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 147552
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First Edition of Joseph Conrad's Tales of Hearsay
CONRAD, JOSEPH.
Tales of Hearsay.
London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd 1925.
First British edition of the first and last short stories Joseph Conrad wrote. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, preface by R. B. Cunninghame Graham. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 147553
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First Edition of Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Hueffer's The Nature of a Crime
CONRAD, JOSEPH; F.M. HUEFFER [FORD MADOX FORD].
The Nature of a Crime.
London: Duckworth and Co 1924.
First British edition of the last of three books written by Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Hueffer. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 147555