Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924). Lord Jim. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1900.
8vo. (Light spotting to a few leaves, including the title, free endpapers toned.) Original green cloth stamped in black, spine lettered in gilt, unopened (spine a touch toned).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with: "anyrate" p.77, l. 5, "cure" for "cured" p.226, 7 lines from the bottom, the omission of "keep" after "can" p.226, 7 lines from the bottom, and "his" p.319, last line, being printed below the line. The Modern Library ranked Lord Jim 85th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Cagle A5a(1); Smith 5; Wise 7.
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