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Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Dodd, Mead, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. 1897 is the only date cited, but this copy is in the later binding. Modest rubbing at the corners and spine ends, scattered discolorations.

NY: Dodd, Mead, 1897. Reprint. 12mo, pp. 217. Frontis illustration. Owner's name on title. Navy blue cloth stamped in light blue and white. Cover somewhat worn at edges and ends of spine, front hinge tender, o/w VG. This was later issued as "The Nigger of Narcissus

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company ca. 1900. 12mo. An early edition. [3], 217 pp. Blue cloth boards illustrated with a picture of a ship, with lettering on spine. With a plate frontispiece. Boards generally clean, with a little wear to spine ends and corners. Binding slightly slanted. Foxed endpapers, otherwise internally clean. . Very Good. Illustrated Boards. 1900.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo., [iv], 217 pp., title-page printed in red and black. Variant title of The Nigger of the Narcissus. Original pictorial cloth with lettering in gilt, and partial image of ship and water. Boards a bit washed out as often; hinges cracking. First issue with "Island" for "Islands" on the title-page, and 1897 printed instead of 1898. The original title was restored for all subsequent editions.

NY: Dodd, Mead and Company. Good with no dust jacket; Spine toned, boards lightly worn and foxed, spine cracked at pp.2-3, some finger soiling, page tops flyspecked. 1897. First Edition. Blue cloth titled in gilt and with blue and black ship design on front boards. 1897 and Island printed on title page, no page number or title heading printed on p. 58. First edition of Conrad's nautical novel later retitled The Nigger of the Narcissus. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1897. Early Dodd, Mead printing. Hardcover. 217pp. Sextodecimo [16 cm] Dark blue cloth covered boards with white ink stamped titles and a white and light blue ink stamped maritime vignette on the front cover. Good only. The covers are rubbed. The bottom edge of the rear cover is ever so slightly moisture stained. The cloth at the spine ends is chipped, and there is a 1/4 inch split in the cloth at the head of the spine. The rear hinge has been professionally reinforced with similar tissue. The pages are slightly yellowed. Pp. 28 and 29 have large darkened patches. The text block is cracked several times. From 1896 through 1904 Conrad wrote novels about places he visited as a merchant marine and he dove into themes such as the uncertainties of human sympathy. His early novels included An Outcast of the Islands (1896), this one, originally titled The Nigger of the "Narcissus" (1897), The Heart of Darkness (1899), and Lord Jim (1900).

1898. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1898. Original pictorial light blue-grey mottled cloth. First Edition, second issue, of the tale subsequently published as THE NIGGER OF THE "NARCISSUS." Conrad wrote this story with the "Nigger" title, but consented to change the title for the American edition (which preceded the English); "Dodd, Mead thought the English title might denote a book about a black man that would not interest American readers." Nonetheless, the original title was restored for all subsequent editions, making this variant-titled edition one of the more sought-after of Conrad's works. Due to the publication date late in the season [November 30th], two sets of the first gathering were printed, one with an 1897 title-page date, and a second with an 1898 date, resulting in two issues. The second issue, with the exception of the date on the title-page [and all edges being trimmed], is identical to the first. [quotes from Supino] This copy is from the (much scarcer) second issue, with an… Leer más

1897. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1897. Original pictorial light blue-grey mottled cloth. First Edition, first issue, of the tale subsequently published as THE NIGGER OF THE "NARCISSUS." Conrad wrote this story with the "Nigger" title, but consented to change the title for the American edition (which preceded the English); "Dodd, Mead thought the English title might denote a book about a black man that would not interest American readers." Nonetheless, the original title was restored for all subsequent editions, making this variant-titled edition one of the more sought-after of Conrad's works. Due to the publication date late in the season [November 30th], two sets of the first gathering were printed, one with an 1897 title-page date, and a second with an 1898 date, resulting in two issues. The second issue, with the exception of the date on the title-page, is identical to the first. [quotes from Supino] This copy is from the first issue, with an 1897 title page. It is in very good-plus… Leer más