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VICTORY. An Island Tale
de Conrad, Joseph
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- 1915
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1915. Garden City NY: Doubleday, Page & Company 1915. Original navy blue cloth decorated in gilt.
First Edition (published on March 26th, six months before the London edition) of Conrad's sad tale of Axel Heyst and the evil (for which read "Germanic") Schomberg. Due to the six-month delay of Methuen's edition, with the Great War raging, Conrad added… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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THE INHERITORS. An Extravagant Story
de Conrad, Joseph and Hueffer, Ford M.
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- 1901
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1901. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1901. Original tan cloth pictorially decorated in black, orange and gilt.
First Edition of the first collaboration between Conrad and Hueffer -- a tale that combines science fiction with political satire, somewhat in the same vein as had recently been popularized by H. G. Wells. This is regarded as Conrad's only… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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CHANCE. A Tale in Two Parts
de Conrad, Joseph
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- 1913
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1913. Toronto: Bell & Cockburn, n.d. [1913]. 31 pp Methuen ads dated July 1913. Original green cloth with spine decorated in gilt.
First Edition, first printing, Canadian issue -- which consisted of just 315 copies issued by early November 1913. CHANCE's first edition has a complex history. In early September 1913, Methuen had 3021 copies printed, 1956 of… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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TYPHOON
de Conrad, Joseph
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- 1902
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1902. Illustrated by Maurice Greiffenhagen. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1902. 4 pp undated ads. Original dark green cloth pictorially decorated in orange and grey.
First Edition of Conrad's first book to be illustrated -- the famous tale about Captain MacWhirr, Jukes, and the Chinamen on board the "Nan-Shan." The principal character is none of the… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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THE INHERITORS. An Extravagant Story
de Conrad, Joseph and Hueffer, Ford M.
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- 1901
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EUR 822.06
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1901. London: William Heinemann, 1901. 32 pp undated ads. Original yellow cloth decorated in black.
First English Edition, second issue, first binding state. This was Conrad's only science fiction title, involving people from The Fourth Dimension -- though the work is largely Hueffer's. The "I" narrator is Etchingham Granger, a writer of impeccable pedigree whose fortunes are none… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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TALES OF HEARSAY
de Conrad, Joseph
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- 1925
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EUR 422.78
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1925. With a Preface by R.B. Cunninghame Graham. Garden City NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1925. Original blue cloth, with dust jacket.
First Edition (American -- published on 23 January 1925, the same day as the English edition). This posthumous collection of four tales, published the year after Conrad died, includes "The Tale," considered to be one of… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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'TWIXT LAND & SEA. Tales
de Conrad, Joseph
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- 1912
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EUR 164.41
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1912. A Smile of Fortune | The Secret Sharer | Freya of the Seven Isles. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1912. Original olive-green cloth.
First Edition. This collection of three tales is sought primarily for the middle one, "The Secret Sharer" -- Conrad's best-known short story excepting "Heart of Darkness." This copy's binding is in the third… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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ROMANCE. A Novel
de Conrad, Joseph and Hueffer, F.M.
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- 1904
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EUR 352.31
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1904. Illustrated by Charles R. Macauley. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1904. 8 pp undated ads. Original blue cloth decorated in grey.
First American (and first illustrated) Edition, first impression, first state (i.e. with copyright date 1904) -- of the second collaboration between Conrad and Hueffer (after THE INHERITORS). As Cagle and (much more recently) Supino have… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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TALES OF HEARSAY
de Conrad, Joseph
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- 1925
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1925. With a Preface by R.B. Cunninghame Graham. Toronto: S.B. Gundy | Garden City NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. Original navy blue cloth decorated in gilt, with dust jacket.
First American Edition, Canadian issue. This volume appears to be the same as the US domestic issue, except that Gundy's name is added to the title page, and… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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SUSPENSE. A Napoleonic Novel
de Conrad, Joseph
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- 1925
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EUR 305.34
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1925. Garden City NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. Original dark blue cloth decorated in gilt, with dust jacket.
First Trade Edition, first issue, of Conrad's last (unfinished) novel, posthumously published three months after DP&Co's 377-copy limited edition (the first impression) -- but one day before Dent's London edition. This "first trade issue" is actually the second impression:… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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A SET OF SIX
de Conrad, Joseph
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- 1908
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1908. London: Methuen & Co., (1908). 40 pp ads dated February 1908. Original dark violet-blue cloth decorated in dark red and gilt.
First Edition of this collection of six short stories, which consisted of 2,524 copies (including 595 for the colonies). Conrad described these tales -- "Gaspar Ruiz," "The Informer," "The Brute," "An Anarchist," "The Duel" and "Il… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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THE INHERITORS. An Extravagant Story
de Conrad, Joseph and Hueffer, Ford M.
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- 1901
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EUR 6,341.62
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1901. ["To Boys & Christina"] New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1901. Original tan cloth pictorially decorated in black, orange and gilt.
First Edition, pre-publication state, of the first collaboration between Conrad and Hueffer -- a tale that combines science fiction with political satire, somewhat in the same vein as had recently been popularized by H.G. Wells. This… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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WITHIN THE TIDES. Tales
de Conrad, Joseph
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- 1915
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EUR 1,268.32
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1915. London & Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1915. Original olive green cloth, with dust jacket.
First Edition of this group of four maritime tales -- "The Planter of Malata," "The Partner," "The Inn of the Two Witches" and "Because of the Dollars." None of these has withstood the test of time, though the last one became a… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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THE ROVER
de Conrad, Joseph
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- 1923
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EUR 399.29
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1923. Garden City NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. Original blue cloth decorated in gilt, with dust jacket.
First Trade Edition (preceded one day earlier by a 377-copy special edition), published before the English edition. The idea of a "rover," with its ambiguity of a man who, Odysseus-like, strives for experience, had been Conrad's plan in all his… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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CHANCE. A Tale in Two Parts
de Conrad, Joseph
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- 1914
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EUR 1,409.25
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1914. [the Quinn / Doubleday copy] London: Methuen & Co., (1913) [sic]. 8 pp ads dated Autumn 1913. Original green cloth decorated in gilt.
First Edition, first published state (Supino's "State C"), of the novel that revived Conrad's career, a popular smash after about a decade without one. Conrad had been working on it since 1906. It was… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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'TWIXT LAND AND SEA
de Conrad, Joseph
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- 1912
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EUR 305.34
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1912. Hodder & Stoughton / New York / George H. Doran Company, n.d. [1912]. Original red cloth.
First American Edition of this three-tale collection best known for "The Secret Sharer" -- Conrad's most famous short story other than "Heart of Darkness." This was Doran's first and only printing of this book (these were relatively small printings, as Conrad's… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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THE RESCUE. A Romance of the Shallows
de Conrad, Joseph
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- 1920
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EUR 728.11
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1920. London & Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1920. Original green cloth stamped in gilt, with dust jacket.
First English Trade Edition (issued after the American edition and also after a 40-copy private issue of the English galley proofs). Begun in 1896, and in effect completing the trilogy begun with ALMAYER'S FOLLY and AN OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDS,… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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THE INHERITORS. An Extravagant Story
de Conrad, Joseph and Hueffer, Ford M.
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- 1901
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1901. London: William Heinemann, 1901. 32 pp undated ads. Original yellow cloth decorated in black.
First English Edition, first issue, first binding state. The UK edition was issued a month after the American one, and consisted of 1,500 copies in two issues and three bindings. This was Conrad's only science fiction title, involving people from The Fourth Dimension… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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TYPHOON and Other Stories
de Conrad, Joseph
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- 1903
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EUR 634.16
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1903. London: William Heinemann, 1903. 2 pp preliminary ads. Original grey cloth with life preserver in gilt.
First Edition, which consisted of 1500 copies for the domestic market plus 1500 for the colonial market (same binding, different preliminaries). In addition to the title tale, the "other stories" are "Amy Foster," "Falk" and "To-morrow." "Typhoon" had been published in… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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SUSPENSE
de Conrad, Joseph
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- 1925
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EUR 371.10
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1925. With an Introduction by Richard Curle. London & Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1925. 4 pp undated ads. Original maroon cloth, with dust jacket.
First English Edition, published one day after the American first trade edition. This was Conrad's last novel, a Napoleonic tale left unfinished at his death in 1924. This is a fine copy; the… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 371.10