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CONRAD, Joseph. The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'. A Tale of the Sea. London: William Heinemann, 1898. 8° (190 x 130mm). Half-title, 36-pages of publisher's advertisements at end. (Bookblock split before gatherings G and N). Original dark grey cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on front cover, lettered in gilt on spine, uncut (lightly bumped at head and tail of spine, light rubbing along extremities). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Wise 5: 'fifteen hundred copies were printed'; Ehrsam p.288.
CONRAD, J. Lord Jim. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1900. 8° (189 x 130mm). Half-title. (A few spots on first few leaves, a few leaves with very light waterstaining in the top of upper margin, light brown stain on pp.276-281, lightly browned throughout). Original green cloth, decorated and lettered in black on front cover, spine lettered in gilt and decorated in black, uncut (lightly soiled and spine darkened, lettering at tail of spine faded, cloth at head and tail of spine a little frayed, extremities rubbed). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, the first American edition was published in the same year. The novel first appeared as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine from October 1899 to November 1900. Wise 7; Ehrsam p.283. (2)
CONRAD, J. Lord Jim. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1900. 8° (189 x 130mm). Half-title. (A few spots on first few leaves, a few leaves with very light waterstaining in the top of upper margin, light brown stain on pp.276-281, lightly browned throughout). Original green cloth, decorated and lettered in black on front cover, spine lettered in gilt and decorated in black, uncut (lightly soiled and spine darkened, lettering at tail of spine faded, cloth at head and tail of spine a little frayed, extremities rubbed). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, the first American edition was published in the same year. The novel first appeared as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine from October 1899 to November 1900. Wise 7; Ehrsam p.283. (2)
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