Conrad, Joseph LORD JIM. A TALE. EDINBURGH AND LONDON: WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, 1900 8vo, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author on front endpaper to Hugh Walpole with a long inscription about the novel ("For Hugh Walpole. | This novel begun in 1898 | was laid aside for several | months and finished in Knocke | in the summer of 1900. | The subject was suggested by | an incident much talked about | in the east of a pilgrim steam-ship | being found in the Arabian sea | by a French gunboat with the | pilgrims on board but deserted | by all her white officers | Joseph Conrad | June. 1922."), original light green smooth cloth lettered in gilt on spine and in black on upper cover, some browning and spotting, occasional short tears, slight water-staining, subscription library label, bookplates, cloth cockled, binding rubbed and soiled, hinges split
Conrad, Joseph LORD JIM. A TALE. EDINBURGH AND LONDON: WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, 1900 8vo, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author on front endpaper to Hugh Walpole with a long inscription about the novel ("For Hugh Walpole. | This novel begun in 1898 | was laid aside for several | months and finished in Knocke | in the summer of 1900. | The subject was suggested by | an incident much talked about | in the east of a pilgrim steam-ship | being found in the Arabian sea | by a French gunboat with the | pilgrims on board but deserted | by all her white officers | Joseph Conrad | June. 1922."), original light green smooth cloth lettered in gilt on spine and in black on upper cover, some browning and spotting, occasional short tears, slight water-staining, subscription library label, bookplates, cloth cockled, binding rubbed and soiled, hinges split
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