
Property from a Midwestern Estate
Auction Closed
December 18, 08:58 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Midwestern Estate
CONRAD, JOSEPH
A Group of Approximately 65 Works, Including Several First Editions
Lot includes:
Almayer's Folly. A Story of an Eastern River. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. 8vo. Titles in red and black; some foxing. Publisher's green cloth, spine gilt, top edge gilt; some splitting to joints, fading to spine. Cagle A1a(1) — Chance. A Tale in Two Parts. London: Methuen & Co., 1914. 8vo. Publisher's catalogue at end for "Methuen's Popular Novels." Original green linen finish cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine, publisher's name appears as "METHUEN"; front joint weak. Plate signed by Joseph Conrad to front pastedown. Cagle A17a(10) — The Inheritors. An Extravagant Story. London: William Heinemann, 1901. 8vo. Publisher’s catalogue at end, original pictorial yellow cloth (Cagle’s “a” binding); corners bumped, soiling to covers, sunning to spine, minor splitting at head of rear joint. First issue. Cagle A6(3) — Tales of Unrest. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898. 8vo. Title in red and black, publisher's catalogue at end for "Books for Recreation and Study." Publisher's green cloth; hinges weak. Cagle A4c
With: A collection of approximately 60 items, including plays, novels, bibliography, pamphlets, criticism, essays, and ephemera, by or related to the author. (Detailed list available upon request.)
Group lots not subject to return.