Laughing Anne - One Man More: Two Plays de Conrad, Joseph - 1925

John Castle Ltd, 1924. Hardback. First edition, 1924. Condition: Very good. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing. Published: John Castle, 1924.

London: Vine Books/Bookman's Journal, 1923. A play. #101/200 SIGNED by Conrad on a limitation page opposite the half-title, hand-numbered. Hardcover, full vellum, gilt titling. Light wear, but typically warped & 'tight' - our dry winter climate is not kind to vellum; hint of foxing to endsheets; publisher's clamshell box worn & chipped, tanned, irregularly faded. Text clean; 66 pages + colophon.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo.

1923. CONRAD, Joseph. LAUGHING ANNE. London: (The Vine Books at the Morland Press), 1923. One of 200 signed and numbered copies, 175 of which were for sale. First edition. 8vo., full vellum, gilt spine title, t.e.g. Set by hand and printed in two colors on Kelmsott handmade paper. Vellum is heavily rippled; volume needs rebinding. Light offsetting to endpapers, else internally clean and crisp. This wonderful Conrad play is being offered as is.

London: The Bookman's Journal, 1923. First Edition . Full Vellum. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Number 84 from an edition limited to 200 signed copies, full vellum and pastedowns are slightly rippled (typical of this title); The colophon reads, "This is the fourth of the Vine Books issued to subscribers from "The Bookman's Journal" Office, London. Set by hand and printed in two colours on Kelmscott hand-made paper at The Morland Press, and bound in full vellum September 1923." This is a nice, bright, clean copy.

London: Morland Press, 1923. First, Limited Edition. Handsome edition of Conrad's two-act play, one of the smallest limitations of any of his works. Basis for Herbert Wilcox's 1953 film of the same name, starring Wendell Corey, Margaret Lockwood, and Forrest Tucker. Ehrsam 2159. One of 200 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.78. Octavo (24.5cm); full vellum, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; text printed in two colors on Kelmscott handmade paper; top edge gilt; [8],9-66,[6]pp. Some of the usual toning to the covers, though virtually none of the warping typically seen; scattered foxing to endpapers, else a tight, clean copy; Near Fine, lacking the original clamshell box.

London: Vine Press, 1923. Limited. hardcover. fine. Tall thin 8vo, full flexible vellum, printed in gilt on the spine. London: Vine Press, 1923. Limited First Edition. Fine.<br/> <br/> Number 31 printed at the Morland Press, on Kelmscott hand-made paper. An exceptionally fine copy in the original publisher's clam-shell case (which is faded with some chips).<br/> <br/>

London: Printed at The Morland Press, 1923. [Modern Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.67; [5], blank. Hand-printed in two colours on Kelmscott hand-made paper Publisher's full limp vellum, lettered in gilt to spine, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Number 164 of 175 copies for sale, signed by the author. Housed in original green cloth clamshell box with printed label to spine. Minor toning/ageing to vellum as expected. Overall a lovely fine copy in a used box, sunned to the spine. A play, this rather limited signed edition being issued only to subscribers.

London: Vine Books, 1923. First edition. One of 200 signed and numbered copies, of which 175 were available for sale, this being 144, signed and numbered by Conrad on colophon. 66 pp. 4to. Stitch-bound hand-made paper in vellum wrappers with gilt lettering along spine, bearing bookplates of John Kobler and Stanley Seeger on endpaper, else near fine. Housed in green cloth shell case with previous owner's bookplates on inside; some wear and toning along edges, bearing paper label pasted down on spine, itself housed in green cloth box with gilt lettering on spine; overall a near fine copy. First edition. One of 200 signed and numbered copies, of which 175 were available for sale, this being 144, signed and numbered by Conrad on colophon. 66 pp. 4to. This is the fourth of Vine Books' "The Bookman's Journal" subscription issued editions. Set by hand and printed in two colors on Kelmscott hand-made paper at The Moreland Press, bound in full vellum. Supino B2.7.0