Title: Lot of 6 volumes Author: Conrad, Joseph Place: New York, et al. Publisher: Limited Editions Club Date: 1961-85 Description: With: Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard. Intro. by Rupert Croft-Cooke. Illus. by Lima de Freitas some hand-colored. 11x8¼, dec. aquamarine buckram backed with burlap, slipcase edges repaired. No. 1206 of 1500 copies designed by Adrian Wilson & printed by Taylor & Taylor, signed by the artist, 1961. * The Nigger of the Narcissus. Intro. by Howard Mumford Jones. Illus. with color plates & line drawings by Millard Sheets 10½x7, ¼ green morocco & dec. cloth. No. 547 of 1500 copies printed by the Ward Ritchie Press, signed by the artist, 1965. * The Heart of Darkness. Intro. by Leo Gurko. Color illus. by Robert Shore. 10¾x7, ¼ vellum & dec. boards, glassine. No. 389 of 1500 copies printed by the Garamond Press, signed by the artist, 1969. * Youth, Typhoon, The End of the Tether: Three tales of the Sea in 1 vol. Intro. by Geo Gurko. Illus. with color plates by Robert Shore. 11x7¼, blue sailcloth backed with gilt-stamped blue morocco. No. 867 of 1500 copies designed & printed by Ward Ritchie, signed by the artist & printer, 1972. * An Outcast of the Islands. Intro. by Clifton Fadiman. Illus. with color plates by Robert Shore. 11¼x8¼, dec boards, leather spine label. No. 1518 of 2000 copies printed by the Stinehour Press, signed by the artist, 1975. * The Secret Sharer: An Episode from the Coast.Intro. by Ian Watt. Illus. with 3 color etchings, incl. 1 folding, by Bruce Chandler. 10x7, hand-bound in dark blue handwoven silk from Thailand with inlaid Oasis cover label lettered in gilt, black cloth clamshell box lined with matching dark blue silk. Newsletter, laid in. No. 1350 of 1500 copies designed by Benjamin Shiff & printed by Darrell Hyder, signed by the artist, [1985]. Together, 6 volumes. Original bindings, slipcases & a clamshell. Each signed by the illustrator in the colophon. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to slipcases, occasional slight wear to volumes; near fine to fine volumes, one slipcase good, rest near fine to fine. Item number: 191633
Title: Lot of 6 volumes Author: Conrad, Joseph Place: New York, et al. Publisher: Limited Editions Club Date: 1961-85 Description: With: Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard. Intro. by Rupert Croft-Cooke. Illus. by Lima de Freitas some hand-colored. 11x8¼, dec. aquamarine buckram backed with burlap, slipcase edges repaired. No. 1206 of 1500 copies designed by Adrian Wilson & printed by Taylor & Taylor, signed by the artist, 1961. * The Nigger of the Narcissus. Intro. by Howard Mumford Jones. Illus. with color plates & line drawings by Millard Sheets 10½x7, ¼ green morocco & dec. cloth. No. 547 of 1500 copies printed by the Ward Ritchie Press, signed by the artist, 1965. * The Heart of Darkness. Intro. by Leo Gurko. Color illus. by Robert Shore. 10¾x7, ¼ vellum & dec. boards, glassine. No. 389 of 1500 copies printed by the Garamond Press, signed by the artist, 1969. * Youth, Typhoon, The End of the Tether: Three tales of the Sea in 1 vol. Intro. by Geo Gurko. Illus. with color plates by Robert Shore. 11x7¼, blue sailcloth backed with gilt-stamped blue morocco. No. 867 of 1500 copies designed & printed by Ward Ritchie, signed by the artist & printer, 1972. * An Outcast of the Islands. Intro. by Clifton Fadiman. Illus. with color plates by Robert Shore. 11¼x8¼, dec boards, leather spine label. No. 1518 of 2000 copies printed by the Stinehour Press, signed by the artist, 1975. * The Secret Sharer: An Episode from the Coast.Intro. by Ian Watt. Illus. with 3 color etchings, incl. 1 folding, by Bruce Chandler. 10x7, hand-bound in dark blue handwoven silk from Thailand with inlaid Oasis cover label lettered in gilt, black cloth clamshell box lined with matching dark blue silk. Newsletter, laid in. No. 1350 of 1500 copies designed by Benjamin Shiff & printed by Darrell Hyder, signed by the artist, [1985]. Together, 6 volumes. Original bindings, slipcases & a clamshell. Each signed by the illustrator in the colophon. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to slipcases, occasional slight wear to volumes; near fine to fine volumes, one slipcase good, rest near fine to fine. Item number: 191633
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