[Rarebooks] FS: Joseph Conrad: TYPHOON, 1903, First Edition

[Charles Agvent]

CONRAD,  Joseph. TYPHOON. London: Heinemann 1903.  First  Edition.
First  British  Edition.  Slate cloth with life preserver in  gilt  on
front  cover.  First  Edition in book form of all the  stories  except
"Typhoon"  which was published the previous year in America. This copy
is  one  of  the first 1500 of the domestic (first) issue of  a  total
edition  of 3000. This copy seems to be a variant of Binding B in that
the  spine  measurement  matches  but all edges are  trimmed  and  the
32-page  catalogue  is  not  present. Keating 42.  Bookplate  of  Budd
Pollak  on  front  pastedown. Minor rubbing to spine edges  and  tips.
Near Fine                                                      $650.00

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