Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924). Youth: A Narrative and Two Other Stories. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1902.
8vo. 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end dated "10/02". (Light spotting to text block.) Original green cloth stamped in black, spine lettered in gilt (spine lightly sunned with some spotting); morocco-backed folding case. Provenance: Harald Pedersen (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with all internal flaws called for by Smith. Conrad's most important collection of stories includes "The Heart of Darkness," which inspired Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film Apocalypse Now. Cagle A7a(1); Connolly, The Modern Movement 14; Smith 8; Wise 10.
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