The Point Of Honor A Military Tale by Joseph Conrad

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New York: McClure, 1908. First. hardcover. near fine. 4 color illustrations by Dan Sayre Groesbeck. 8vo, green cloth, pictorially stamped in white & gilt. New York: McClure, 1908. First American Edition.<br/><br/> Gift inscription, 1908. Light brown spots on the half-title & verso of frontispiece, but a otherwise a sound, clean copy with a bright cover.<br/><br/>

New York: McClure Company, 1908. First American edition of "The Duel. Illustrated with four plates in color by Dan Sayre Groesbeck. [vi], 182 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth gilt, upper board pictorial, "McClure at the bottom of the spine (first Issue binding). Near fine. Groesbeck, Dan Sayre. First American edition of "The Duel". Illustrated with four plates in color by Dan Sayre Groesbeck. [vi], 182 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The Point of Honor was first published as "The Duel" in A Set of Six (London, 1908). Cagle A13c' cf. Wise 18

1908. Illustrations by Dan Sayre Groesbeck. New York: The McClure Company, 1908. Original green cloth pictorially decorated in white. First Separate (and First American, and First Illustrated) Edition. Earlier in 1908 this tale was published in England (as "The Duel") with five others in A SET OF SIX; it was McClure's publication of this tale that caused the delay in the publication of the American edition of A SET OF SIX until 1915. (Also, no publisher was in a hurry to do so: in 1908 Conrad's career was at its nadir, but his star rose again after CHANCE hit it big in 1914.) Included are four color plates. This copy is in the first and usual binding, with "McClure" at the foot of the spine. (THE POINT OF HONOR was published in September 1908; by November, the publisher McClure was forced to sell his assets to Doubleday Page, and subsequently-bound copies bear the new publisher's name at the foot of the spine.) This is a bright, near-fine copy (a tiny bit of damage at the "M" at the foot of the… Read More

New York: The McClure Company.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1908. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First separate edition. About fine in green cloth with gold stamping and image in white of two duelists. Lacks the dust jacket. (1908) (5 1/2" X 7 3/4") 4 color illustrations by Dan Sayre Groesbeck. Basis for Ridley Scott's finely realized film adaptation titled "The Duelists." .