Property from a Midwestern Estate
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December 18, 08:58 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Midwestern Estate
CONRAD, JOSEPH
A Group o☂f Approximately 65💞 Works, Including Several First Editions
Lot includes:
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. Cagle A17a(10) — The Inheritors. An Extravagant Story. London: William Heinemann, 1901. 8vo. 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. First issue. 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. Cagle A4c
With: A collection of approximately&n⭕bsp;60 items, including plays,𝕴 novels, bibliography, pamphlets, criticism, essays, and ephemera, by or related to the author. (Detailed list available upon request.)
Group lots not subject to return.