CONRAD, JOSEPH and FORD, FORD MADOX The Inheritors. An Extravagant Story. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1901. First American edition (published five weeks before the UK edition), second issue with the corrected dedication (very few copies exist in the first issue), boldly signed by Conrad on the half-title. Pictorial cloth in leather backed dropdown case. 7 1/2 x 5 inches (19 x 13 cm); vi, 324 pp. Spine toned, small spot on rear cover, inner hinges a bit cracked, but a scarce work signed, especially by Conrad alone. Sold Christie's October 8, 1991; Together with a finely bound set of JEAN-AUBRY- G. Joseph Conrad. Life and Letters. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1927. First edition. Two volumes, full blue morocco gilt with nautical motifs, a very handsome binding, top edge gilt. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (23 x 15 cm); xii, 339; [viii], 376 pp., with portrait frontispieces. A very attractive set. The first work is, in essence, a science fiction novel, involving time travel, parallel worlds and related matters. Keating 30; Smith 6; Wise 8. C From the Collection of Walter Ward Jr.
CONRAD, JOSEPH and FORD, FORD MADOX The Inheritors. An Extravagant Story. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1901. First American edition (published five weeks before the UK edition), second issue with the corrected dedication (very few copies exist in the first issue), boldly signed by Conrad on the half-title. Pictorial cloth in leather backed dropdown case. 7 1/2 x 5 inches (19 x 13 cm); vi, 324 pp. Spine toned, small spot on rear cover, inner hinges a bit cracked, but a scarce work signed, especially by Conrad alone. Sold Christie's October 8, 1991; Together with a finely bound set of JEAN-AUBRY- G. Joseph Conrad. Life and Letters. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1927. First edition. Two volumes, full blue morocco gilt with nautical motifs, a very handsome binding, top edge gilt. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (23 x 15 cm); xii, 339; [viii], 376 pp., with portrait frontispieces. A very attractive set. The first work is, in essence, a science fiction novel, involving time travel, parallel worlds and related matters. Keating 30; Smith 6; Wise 8. C From the Collection of Walter Ward Jr.
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