CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924) - A collection of 20 books by Joseph Conrad. Please see the full listing below. (20)

CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924) - A collection of 20 books by Joseph Conrad comprising: Almayer's Folly. A Story of an Eastern River (London, 1896, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, "Second Edition"), The N***** of the "Narcissus". A Tale of the Sea (London, 1898, 8vo, 4-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end, original grey cloth gilt, "New Impression 1898"), Nostromo. A Tale of the Seaboard (London and New York, Harper & Brothers, 1904, 8vo, plain blue cloth without any decoration, spine lettered in gilt, [?]FIRST AMERICAN EDITION), A Set of Six (London, 1908, 8vo, 40-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end dated "August 1908", original dark blue cloth gilt, FIRST EDITION, fourth impression, of this collection of six short stories), 'Twixt Land & Sea. Tales (London, 1912, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, FIRST EDITION, with the later issue upper cover without signs of correction to the title, TWO COPIES), Chance. A Tale in Two Parts (London, 1914, 8vo, cancelled title mounted on a stub with "First published in 1914" on the verso, 31-pages of publisher's advertisements dated "Autumn 1918", original green cloth gilt, TWO COPIES of the same issue [please see the footnote to lot 549]), Within the Tides. Tales (London, 1915, 8vo, original cloth gilt, FIRST EDITION), Victory. An Island Tale (London, 1915, 8vo, 31-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end dated "Autumn 1915", original orange cloth gilt, FIRST EDITION, TWO COPIES), The Shadow-Line. A Confession (London, March 1917, 8vo, 18-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end, original pale green decorated cloth gilt, FIRST EDITION), Victory. An Island Tale (New York, 1918, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, reprint), The Arrow of Gold. A Story Between Two Notes (London, 1919, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, FIRST EDITION), Notes on Life & Letters (London, 1921, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, FIRST EDITION), The Rover, London, 1923, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, FIRST EDITION of the author's final completed novel), The Nature of a Crime. By Joseph Conrad and F. M. Hueffer (London, 1924, 8vo, original orange cloth, dust-jacket, first published in 1909), Suspense ... With an Introduction by Richard Curle (London, 1925, 8vo, frontispiece by Muirhead Bone, 4-pages of publisher's advertisements, original red cloth gilt, FIRST EDITION of the author's unfinished novel, published posthumously), Tales of Hearsay ... With a Preface by R. B. Cunningham Graham (London, 1925, 8vo, original green cloth, FIRST EDITION) and Last Essays (London, 1926, 8vo, frontispiece facsimile of the author's holograph, with an introduction by Richard Curle, original green cloth, FIRST EDITION), most FIRST EDITIONS or FIRST AMERICAN EDITIONS, except where indicated. Provenance: The Property of a Collector. The lot sold as a quantity, not subject to return. (20)