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Auction archive: Lot number 34

CONRAD, Joseph. Victory. An Island Tale . London: Methuen, [1915]. 8 o. Original red cloth (spine faded, front cover a bit stained, slightly shaken).

Auction 14.12.2000
14 Dec 2000
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$3,525
Auction archive: Lot number 34

CONRAD, Joseph. Victory. An Island Tale . London: Methuen, [1915]. 8 o. Original red cloth (spine faded, front cover a bit stained, slightly shaken).

Auction 14.12.2000
14 Dec 2000
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$3,525
Beschreibung:

CONRAD, Joseph. Victory. An Island Tale . London: Methuen, [1915]. 8 o. Original red cloth (spine faded, front cover a bit stained, slightly shaken). First English Edition, published six months after the American, early state with a comma in the imprint, 32-page publisher's catalogue at end dated "8/15/15" (one leaf defective). INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO ARTHUR SYMONS on front free endpaper: "Dear Symons, I sign this copy in a spirit of compunction and with a still lame right hand. Ever yours, Joseph Conrad, 1918." With Symons' ownership signature on inside front cover. Cagle A19b(1); Smith 20.

Auction archive: Lot number 34
Auction:
Datum:
14 Dec 2000
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

CONRAD, Joseph. Victory. An Island Tale . London: Methuen, [1915]. 8 o. Original red cloth (spine faded, front cover a bit stained, slightly shaken). First English Edition, published six months after the American, early state with a comma in the imprint, 32-page publisher's catalogue at end dated "8/15/15" (one leaf defective). INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO ARTHUR SYMONS on front free endpaper: "Dear Symons, I sign this copy in a spirit of compunction and with a still lame right hand. Ever yours, Joseph Conrad, 1918." With Symons' ownership signature on inside front cover. Cagle A19b(1); Smith 20.

Auction archive: Lot number 34
Auction:
Datum:
14 Dec 2000
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
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