CONRAD, JOSEPH. A Set of Six. London: Methuen [1908]. 8vo, original blue cloth, spine a little faded, inner hinges a bit tender, blue half morocco gilt folding case. FIRST EDITION, second state (i.e., first published state) with half-title and title-page cancelled and pasted to a stub, 40-page publisher's catalogue at end dated June 1908, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Conrad on the front free endpaper: "To Mr & Mrs G.F.W. Hope with the author's love. Someries [Conrad's home]. 1908." Smith 14 (noting that just two copies of the first, pre-publication, state are known to exist).

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CONRAD, JOSEPH. A Set of Six. London: Methuen [1908]. 8vo, original blue cloth, spine a little faded, inner hinges a bit tender, blue half morocco gilt folding case. FIRST EDITION, second state (i.e., first published state) with half-title and title-page cancelled and pasted to a stub, 40-page publisher's catalogue at end dated June 1908, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Conrad on the front free endpaper: "To Mr & Mrs G.F.W. Hope with the author's love. Someries [Conrad's home]. 1908." Smith 14 (noting that just two copies of the first, pre-publication, state are known to exist).