[a handsome copy] London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. Original dark green cloth. First Edition of Joseph Conrad's first book, an edition believed to have consisted of 1000-1250 copies. Conrad, after meeting the real "Olmeijer" in East Borneo in 1887, gradually produced the manuscript of this book over the six years.....
[the leaves still unopened] London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. Original dark green cloth. First Edition of Joseph Conrad's first book. "In the absence of publisher's records, the number of copies printed has been estimated to be between 600 and 3000, with approximately 1100 being the most likely number" [Supino]. Conrad.....
["the Wilson copy"] New York: Macmillan and Co., 1895. 3 pp undated ads. Original very dark blue cloth. First American Edition of Conrad's first book, with a text that varies considerably from the English edition (because it was typeset from uncorrected proofs). We find the American edition to be scarcer.....
New York: Macmillan and Co., 1895. 3 pp undated ads. Original black cloth. First American Edition of Conrad's first book, with a text that varies considerably from the English edition (because it was typeset from uncorrected proofs). We find the American edition to be somewhat scarcer than the English one.....
New York: Macmillan and Co., 1895. 3 pp undated ads. Original black cloth. First American Edition of Conrad's first book, with a text that varies considerably from the English edition (because it was typeset from uncorrected proofs). We find the American edition to be somewhat scarcer than the English one.....
![Item #15266 ALMAYER'S FOLLY. A Story of an Eastern River. [with advance review slip]. Joseph Conrad](https://sumnerandstillman.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/15266.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1714176451)
[advance review copy] New York: Macmillan and Co., 1895. 3 pp undated ads. Original very dark blue cloth. First American Edition of Conrad's first book, with a text that varies considerably from the English edition (because it was typeset from uncorrected proofs). We find the American edition to be scarcer.....
Garden City NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1919. Original blue cloth decorated in gilt, with dust jacket. First Edition, first impression. Because no American periodical would serialize it, THE ARROW OF GOLD was published there about four months before (and lacking many of Conrad's last-minute changes made in time for).....
Garden City NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1919. Original navy blue cloth decorated in gilt. First Edition, first impression. Because no American periodical would serialize it, THE ARROW OF GOLD was published there about four months before (and lacking many of Conrad's last-minute changes made in time for) the London.....
[the John Quinn copy] London: Methuen & Co., (1914). 8 pp ads dated Autumn 1913. Original green cloth decorated in gilt. First Edition, first published state (Supino's "State B"), of the novel that revived Conrad's career, a popular smash after about a decade without one. Conrad had been working on.....
Toronto: Bell & Cockburn, n.d. [1913]. 31 pp Methuen ads dated July 1913. Original green cloth with spine decorated in gilt. First Edition, first printing, Canadian issue -- which consisted of just 315 copies issued by early November 1913. CHANCE's first edition has a complex history. In early September 1913.....
[the Quinn / Doubleday copy] London: Methuen & Co., (1913) [sic]. 8 pp ads dated Autumn 1913. Original green cloth decorated in gilt. First Edition, first published state (Supino's "State C"), of the novel that revived Conrad's career, a popular smash after about a decade without one. Conrad had been.....
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1898. Original pictorial light blue-grey mottled cloth. First Edition, second issue -- with the date 1898 (rather than 1897) on the front of the title leaf. (Note: ALL copies without a date on the front of the title leaf are merely reprints.) In late.....
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1897. Original pictorial light blue-grey mottled cloth. First Edition, first issue, of the tale subsequently published as THE NIGGER OF THE "NARCISSUS." Conrad wrote this story with the "Nigger" title, but consented to change the title for the American edition (which preceded the English);.....
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1898. Original pictorial light blue-grey mottled cloth. First Edition, second issue -- with the date 1898 (rather than 1897) on the front of the title leaf. (Note: ALL copies without a date on the front of the title leaf are merely reprints.) Conrad wrote.....
Canterbury: Printed for private circulation by H.J. Goulden, 1922. Original pale turquoise printed wrappers. First Edition, second and usual printing. This was Conrad's tribute to the Dover Patrol, which during World War I had provided safe passage to the Continent for British troops, and generally protected Channel traffic. As with.....
New York: McClure, Phillips and Company, 1903. 10 pp undated ads. Original blind-stamped dark blue cloth. First American Edition, first printing. These are the three "other stories" that had appeared earlier in 1903 in the UK volume TYPHOON AND OTHER STORIES; "Typhoon" itself had already been published separately the year.....
![Item #15889 LORD JIM. A Tale. [largely unopened]. Joseph Conrad](https://sumnerandstillman.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/15889.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1779903680)
[a FINE, mostly-unopened copy] Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1900. Original light green linen decorated in black. First Edition, first and only issue, of Conrad's fifth (and most would say his greatest) book, the psychological study of a mariner trying to recover his lost honor. Conrad planned to.....
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1906. Original blue cloth pictorially decorated in yellow, grey and brown. First (American) Edition, published on the same day as the London one. This was Conrad's first volume of autobiographical non-fiction. This copy is in Cagle's binding "a," with the smaller (17x11mm) anchor-and-rope device.....
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1906. Original blue cloth pictorially decorated in yellow, grey and brown. First (American) Edition, published on the same day as the London one. This was Conrad's first volume of autobiographical non-fiction. This copy is in Supino's binding state "A" (Cagle's binding "a") with the.....
London: Methuen & Co., (1906). 40 pp ads dated October 1906. Original green cloth with spine decorated in gilt. First Edition of Conrad's first volume of nonfiction, a rambling discourse about life on the sea. Though originally planned as a collection of sketches, during preparation for publication Conrad converted it.....
London: Methuen & Co., (1906). 40 pp ads dated August 1906. Original green cloth decorated in gilt. First Edition (consisting of 1,511 copies) of Conrad's first volume of nonfiction, a rambling discourse about life on the sea. Though originally planned as a collection of sketches, during preparation for publication Conrad.....
London: William Heinemann, 1898. 4 pp undated ads plus 16 pp ads dated Autumn 1897. Original dark grey cloth with life preserver in gilt. First English Edition of Conrad's third novel (the slightly earlier American edition was titled THE CHILDREN OF THE SEA); 1,519 copies were printed, and the actual.....
London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. Original dark blue cloth decorated in light blue. First Edition of Conrad's great novel involving a South American silver mine, and the corruption and dishonesty fostered by its riches. Conrad was extending his "Lord Jim" theme: that the man who slowly grows rich.....
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1904. Original green cloth decorated in orange and black. First American Edition of Conrad's well-known novel involving a South American silver mine, and the corruption and dishonesty fostered by its riches. Conrad was extending his "Lord Jim" theme: that the man who slowly grows.....
[Shakespeare & Co. copy] London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. 1 page preliminary undated ads. Original dark green cloth. First Edition of Conrad's second book, preceded only by (and containing many of the same characters as) ALMAYER'S FOLLY. After Edward Garnett (then a reader at Unwin's) had "discovered" Conrad and had.....
