The Works of Joseph Conrad by Conrad, Joseph - 1921

J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1923. Hardcover. Good. 1923. Uniform Edition. 289 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Heavier tanning and foxing to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards.

London: J. M. Dent and Sons, 1923. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. xv, 566pp. Uniform edition 1923. Spine and top edge of front board slightly faded. Previous owner's details to front free end-paper. A rather pleasing copy. (r35). Hard Cover. Good +/No Jacket.

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London: J. M Dent & Sons, 1923. Red Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Z A twenty - two volume set by Joseph Conrad, attractively bound uniformly in the original publisher's red cloth with gilt embosed vignette to the front board and lettering to the spines. A charming set. The titles includeThe Inheritors : An Extravagant Story, The Secret Agent, Under Western Eyes, Tales of Hearsay and Last Essays, Youth : a Narrative & two other stories, Chance : a tale in two Parts, Nostromo : A Tale of the Seaboard, The Rover, The Rescue : A Romance of the Shallows, Lord Jim, The Nigger of the Narcissus & Typhoon, The Mirror of the Sea & A Personal Record, The Shdow Lins & Within the Tides, Notes of Life & Letters, The Arrow of Gold, Romance - A Novel, Victory An Island Tale, Suspense, Almayer's Folly and Tales of Unrest, Twixt Land & Sea Tales, a Set of Six, and An Outcast of the Islands. The spines of the books are… Read More

Garden City/New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920. First Thus. Hardcover. Poor. Hardcover, no jacket. Poor. Front endpaper - half-title page separated but present; heavy wear to corners exposing cardboard; wear to edges of covers; soiling to covers; rubbing/wear to covers; water staining to foot of spine; chipping/tearing to head of spine; chipping/cracking to title pastedown on spine; sunning/age toning to spine; water stain to title paste down on spine; page edges browned; dust staining to top edge of pages; uneven cutting to page edges leading to tears from some pages and excess paper to other pages; hinges completely cracked exposing string bindings; pages browning; some pages missed being cut at top edge so they're connected to surrounding pages; some pages with crease from previous dog earring. One of 735 copies of this edition, of which this is #600, which is SIGNED and hand numbered by the author.

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE and CO., 1920-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . 17-volume set ONLY. Missing volumes 9 (A Set of Six), 19 (The Rover), and 20 (Suspense). Volume 1 is SIGNED by Joseph Conrad. This is set #85 of a limited edition of 735. Covers show moderate wear and tear, edgewear and rubbing, soiling. Volume 4 (Lord Jim) has detached boards. Pages are tanned and clean.

Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Signed. [Autographed, Signed by Joseph Conrad on the limitation page of the first volume.] 18 (of the 24) volume set. Sun-dial edition, limited to 735 copies. Includes: Volumes 1-3, 5-19. Lacking v.4 & 20-22. 23 cm. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's brown cloth over blue boards. Some of the spines are discolored, browned, rubbed. *Autographed by author.* Contents: 1. Almayer's folly. Tales of unrest; 2. An outcast of the islands; 3. The nigger of the Narcissus. Typhoon, and other stories; 5. Youth, a narrative, and two other stories; 6. Romance, by J. Conrad and F.M. Hueffer; 7. Nostromo; 8. The secret agent; 9.; 10. Under western eyes; 11. A personal record. The mirror of the sea; 12. Twixt land and sea; 13. Chance; 14. The shadow-line. Within the tides; 15. Victory; 16. The arrow of gold; 17. The rescue; 18. Notes on life and letters; 19. The rover. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires… Read More

Dent, London., 1923-24. First edition thus: Uniform Edition. Octavo. Twenty volumes. A further two volumes were issued in 1928. Red cloth with gilt decoration.Free endpapers partially tanned. One or two spines are slightly faded at the head. A fine set in the scarce dustwrappers some of which are a bit darkened at the spine and with a few nicks and small chips. Impressive.

London: William Heinemann, 1921. 20 volumes. The scarce and handsome Autograph Edition SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY JOSEPH CONRAD. Tall 8vo, in the publisher's original tan buckram cloth, over brown paper covered boards, the spines lettered in black, the upper covers with autograph of Conrad in black. A very good and handsome set, some mellowing to the spine panels and other light evidence of age, a few spots here or there, still a pleasing and handsome set. A pleasing, autographed set of Conrad's works. The tasteful presentation is fitting to this master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. His stories and novels, many with nautical settings, depict the trials of the human spirit in the midst of an impassive, inscrutable universe. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced many authors, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, André Malraux, George Orwell, Graham Greene, Gabriel García Márquez, John le… Read More

William Heinemann, 1921. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Copy #327 of 780 copies, signed by author Joseph Conrad on limitation page in volume I. A very good set in original tan cloth over boards, stamped in red and black (minor wear; slight traces of staining to boards; unusual offset to endpapers). 20 volumes. With the bookseller's label from Subun-So in Tokyo on pastedown in volume I.