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Lot 234

CONRAD, Joseph (1857?1954). Almayer?s Folly: A Story of an ...

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CONRAD, Joseph (1857?1954). Almayer?s Folly: A Story of an Eastern River. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. Crown 8vo. Half-title, title in red and black. Publisher?s dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (tiny spot of fraying to upper joint, spine faintly darkened, lacking ffep); housed in a cloth chemise and a quarter morocco slipcase with raised bands and gilt titles. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with the omission of ?e? in ?generosity? on p. 110. The author?s first work and his scarcest with only 2,000 copies printed. Wise 1.