CONRAD, Joseph. The Nigger of the "Narcissus." A Tale of the Sea . London: Heinemann: 1898. 8 o. Original grey cloth, gilt-lettered, gilt life preserver on front cover, uncut; half morocco folding case. First English Edition of Conrad's third novel (published earlier in America as The Children of the Sea ), publisher's spine imprint in uniform small letters (no priority), 4 pages of undated ads plus 16 pages of ads dated "Autumn 1897" at rear. Cagle A3c(1), binding state b (all Cagle references are to an unpublished bibliography of Conrad by Willam Cagle, the manuscript of which is in The Lilly Library, Indiana University); Smith, p. 8. An unusually fine copy.
CONRAD, Joseph. The Nigger of the "Narcissus." A Tale of the Sea . London: Heinemann: 1898. 8 o. Original grey cloth, gilt-lettered, gilt life preserver on front cover, uncut; half morocco folding case. First English Edition of Conrad's third novel (published earlier in America as The Children of the Sea ), publisher's spine imprint in uniform small letters (no priority), 4 pages of undated ads plus 16 pages of ads dated "Autumn 1897" at rear. Cagle A3c(1), binding state b (all Cagle references are to an unpublished bibliography of Conrad by Willam Cagle, the manuscript of which is in The Lilly Library, Indiana University); Smith, p. 8. An unusually fine copy.
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