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NOTES ON LIFE & LETTERS
by Conrad, Joseph
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About This Item
1921. London & Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1921. Original blue cloth stamped in black.
First Trade Edition, third and usual state (with pp xi-xii a cancel leaf), secondary (blue) binding. Supino notes that according to Dent records, 890 copies of the third state were bound as a colonial edition -- yet neither Cagle nor Supino ever saw a self-described colonial copy. Thus these blue copies MAY constitute the colonial edition; it is interesting to note that this copy originally came to us from Sweden. This is a very good copy, with the spine faded to tan; there are endpapers applied over the original ones, but the front one bears the date 1921 and the price 2/6 -- so this may have been the original state. We do not know if these blue copies were equipped with dust jackets. Supino A23.4.0 (binding B) -- this copy); Cagle A51a(2), binding b. Provenance: discreet bookplate of the Conrad bibliographer David J. Supino.
First Trade Edition, third and usual state (with pp xi-xii a cancel leaf), secondary (blue) binding. Supino notes that according to Dent records, 890 copies of the third state were bound as a colonial edition -- yet neither Cagle nor Supino ever saw a self-described colonial copy. Thus these blue copies MAY constitute the colonial edition; it is interesting to note that this copy originally came to us from Sweden. This is a very good copy, with the spine faded to tan; there are endpapers applied over the original ones, but the front one bears the date 1921 and the price 2/6 -- so this may have been the original state. We do not know if these blue copies were equipped with dust jackets. Supino A23.4.0 (binding B) -- this copy); Cagle A51a(2), binding b. Provenance: discreet bookplate of the Conrad bibliographer David J. Supino.
Synopsis
The twenty-six essays collected in Notes on Life and Letters offer a kaleidoscopic view of Joseph Conrad's literary views and interest in the events of his day, including the Titanic disaster, First World War, and the re-emergence of his native Poland as a nation state. The introduction gives the history of the gathering of these diverse pieces into a single volume, traces the book's reception, and offers new perspectives on its relationship to Conrad's other writings.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sumner & Stillman
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15416
- Title
- NOTES ON LIFE & LETTERS
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1921
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nonfiction;
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Sumner & Stillman
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About Sumner & Stillman
Founded in 1980, Sumner & Stillman is a small family business providing personal service in the buying and selling of literary first editions of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) for over 30 years.
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