CONRAD (Joseph).

Almayer's Folly. A Story of an Eastern River.

Conrad's first book

First edition, first printing, first state. 8vo. Original dark green vertically-ribbed cloth, spine lettered in gilt within panels, top edge in gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Housed in a fine brown morocco folding box. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895.

£1,750.00

Conrad’s first book, the first state (with defective type at foot of page 110) of the first printing.

An excellent copy, engraved bookplate of Nathaniel Micklem to front pastedown, faint foxing to outer leaves, contents otherwise generally quite fresh, spine slightly faded, gentle lean to text block, only minor shelf wear to extremities.

Cagle A1a(1).

Stock No.
258948