The Joseph Conrad Collection from the Library of the late Stanley J. Seeger - Part I

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Lot 39
  • 39

Conrad, Joseph

Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • Conrad, Joseph
  • Typhoon. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1902
  • PAPER
8vo, first edition, six half-tone plates after Maurice Greiffenhagen, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at end, original dark green smooth cloth titled in orange on spine and upper cover, illustrated panel in blind and orange on upper cover, dust-jacket, collector's folding box, very minor browning, foot of spine slightly rubbed, dust-jacket slightly worn with tears and minor loss, adhesive tape repair to reverse at head of spine

Provenance

John Kobler, bookplate

Literature

Cagle A8(a)

Catalogue Note

Exceedingly rare in dust-jacket.

The first edition of Conrad's novella, with illustrations previously used for the English serialization in the Pall Mall Magazine. The work had also been serialized in the United States in Critic. Conrad was unhappy with separate publication by Putnam's and noted that he had not been shown proofs and that the book had been "set up from an uncorrected MS" (see Collected Letters, II, p.466).