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Sale 1335 - Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
Jun 6, 2024
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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 half-title and title-page.) Original green cloth stamped in black, spine lettered in gilt (extremities very slightly sunned, some cockling on rear panel near joint, minor spotting to text-block); folding case.
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 provided the inspiration for Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film Apocalypse Now. Cagle A7a(1); Connolly, The Modern Movement 14; Smith 8; Wise 10.
Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie