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Lot 84
Sale 6247 - Books and Manuscripts
Feb 6, 2024
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Live / Philadelphia
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[Literature] [Conrad, Joseph] Conrad Jessie: Simple Cooking Precepts for a Little House
[Conrad, Joseph] Conrad Jessie
Simple Cooking Precepts for a Little House
No place, no date (privately printed, 1921). First edition, #74/100 copies signed and numbered by Conrad on front wrapper. 8vo. Unpaginated (8 pp.). Printed limp self-wrappers, light foxing to front and rear wrapper; in quarter blue morocco slip case and chemise. Ehrsam 2334
A very scarce and limited separate printing of Joseph Conrad's preface to his wife Jessie Conrad's cookery book Simple Cooking Precepts for a Little House, one of only 100 copies privately published and signed and numbered by him. His wife's book would go on to be published by Heinemann in 1923.
Height: 8.75 in. X Width: 1/2 in.