Lot Essay
Conrad may be referring to the suppressed issue of The Dover Patrol: A Tribute, privately printed in Canterbury, 1922.
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JOSEPH CONRAD (1857-1924)
One page a.l.s. by Conrad, dated Oswalds, Bishopsbourne, Kent, 1.12.22., to H.M. Tomlinson: 'Thank you for your sympathy. Of course a failure is always disagreeable, but it would take more than that to cast me down. All this is over and done with. I had a good many letters, from various people whose judgment ought to count, which gave me some pleasure. And I don't feel guilty in the least ... '
One page a.l.s. by Conrad, dated Oswalds, Bishopsbourne, Kent, 1.12.22., to H.M. Tomlinson: 'Thank you for your sympathy. Of course a failure is always disagreeable, but it would take more than that to cast me down. All this is over and done with. I had a good many letters, from various people whose judgment ought to count, which gave me some pleasure. And I don't feel guilty in the least ... '