CONRAD, JOSEPH. A Personal Record, New York, 1912, blue cloth, extremities a bit rubbed, rear cover soiled , FIRST (AMERICAN) EDITION, published in England as Some Reminiscences , PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Conrad on front free endpaper ( offset from bookplate opposite on part of inscription ): "To [Mr.?] C. Vernon with the author's kind regards 1912." Smith, pp. 51-53--BEERBOHM, MAX. Seven Men, London, 1919, bright blue diced cloth, unopened, dust jacket (separated at spine) , FIRST EDITION, FIRST BINDING, Gallatin & Oliver 13, laid in: A FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED from Beerbohm to his English publisher William Heinemann, Worthing, Sussex, with Heinemann's received stamp of 29 April 1919, 3 pages, oblong 8vo, first page partially, evenly, lightly darkened , regarding the printing of "'Savonarola' Brown" in Seven Men : "...I fully appreciated your objection to having, as a general rule, such abbreviations as SAV., LUC., etc., printed in the middle of a page where there would be room and to spare for SAVONAROLA, etc., but that in the case of this particular play [the play "'Savonarola'" within the story] I thought these abbreviations, absurd tho' they are -- or rather, just because they are absurd -- ought to be preserved. Banish your fear that I shall address you as 'Hei,' or that I shall be offended if you don't call me 'Beer.' And agree with me that these abbreviations in the play are helpful to the general effect of ridiculousness therein aimed at..."; Things New and Old, London, 1923, 4to, white linen, g.e., slightly spotted, defective dust jacket , FIRST EDITION, no. 315 of 380 copies numbered and signed by the author, mounted color plates, additional print signed by Beerbohm in envelope at rear as issued, Gallatin & Oliver 21; together 3 vols., 8vo-4to, original cloth, and one letter. (4)
CONRAD, JOSEPH. A Personal Record, New York, 1912, blue cloth, extremities a bit rubbed, rear cover soiled , FIRST (AMERICAN) EDITION, published in England as Some Reminiscences , PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Conrad on front free endpaper ( offset from bookplate opposite on part of inscription ): "To [Mr.?] C. Vernon with the author's kind regards 1912." Smith, pp. 51-53--BEERBOHM, MAX. Seven Men, London, 1919, bright blue diced cloth, unopened, dust jacket (separated at spine) , FIRST EDITION, FIRST BINDING, Gallatin & Oliver 13, laid in: A FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED from Beerbohm to his English publisher William Heinemann, Worthing, Sussex, with Heinemann's received stamp of 29 April 1919, 3 pages, oblong 8vo, first page partially, evenly, lightly darkened , regarding the printing of "'Savonarola' Brown" in Seven Men : "...I fully appreciated your objection to having, as a general rule, such abbreviations as SAV., LUC., etc., printed in the middle of a page where there would be room and to spare for SAVONAROLA, etc., but that in the case of this particular play [the play "'Savonarola'" within the story] I thought these abbreviations, absurd tho' they are -- or rather, just because they are absurd -- ought to be preserved. Banish your fear that I shall address you as 'Hei,' or that I shall be offended if you don't call me 'Beer.' And agree with me that these abbreviations in the play are helpful to the general effect of ridiculousness therein aimed at..."; Things New and Old, London, 1923, 4to, white linen, g.e., slightly spotted, defective dust jacket , FIRST EDITION, no. 315 of 380 copies numbered and signed by the author, mounted color plates, additional print signed by Beerbohm in envelope at rear as issued, Gallatin & Oliver 21; together 3 vols., 8vo-4to, original cloth, and one letter. (4)
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