Lot 241

Conrad, Joseph




Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 October 2017 at 11:00 BST
£1,000
Description
Nostromo. A tale of the Seaboard. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1904. First US edition, 8vo, signed and inscribed by Conrad on the endpaper: "A l'ami H.D. Davray, bien cordialement, Joseph Conrad, Nov.bre. 1904" (Davray translated Conrad's The Secret Agent into French), original green cloth gilt with printed orange design, some original publication data deliberately covered with paper on recto and verso of title-page, also to pp.99-100, some very light marginal dampstaining, a little soiling throughout, joints weak, covers with some rubbing, slight soiling and some bumping to spine



