Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1985. Leather bound. Taupe leather with gilt decoration all around. Four raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers with satin place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket, as issued. 350 pp. with illustrations by Dagmar Frinta. Limited Edition published..... More
New York: Heritage press, 1969. Shore, Robert. Hardcover. Black-and-White cloth with silver lettering on the spine; grey slipcase; xiii, 117 pp.; 12 unnumbered leaves of plates; color illustrations. Lovely, clean, copy of this important work. More
Norwalk, Connecticut: 1977. Lynd Ward. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Navy leather boards with gilt illustration and lettering, and three raised bands with four compartments on the spine; textblock is fully gilted; golden cloth bookmark; 407 pp.; richly illustrated. One in the Easton Series entitled, "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written." Gorgeous!..... More
New York: Philip C. Duschnes, 1942. Ed Wilson. Hardcover. Blue paper over boards; 59 pp.; 3 color illustrations. Joseph Conrad's "The Tremolino," taken from his book of nautical stories, The Mirror of the Sea; Project conceived by Bruce Rogers; Prospectus laid in; One copy in an edition of 1,000; Signed..... More
New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928. Unnumbered copy of 926 printed. Hardcover. Red marbled cloth boards with mounted title plate on the spine, with gilt lettering; glassine DJ; two preliminary leaves, 69, [3] pp. "The Sisters" is one of two unfinished manuscripts written by Joseph Conrad, discovered after his death. This..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1940. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. xxiv, 147 pages illustrations. Translated from the French and edited with an introd., notes, and appendices by John A. Gee and Paul J. Sturm. More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923, 1924. Hardcover. 24 vols. Light brown stamped cloth, tan paper title blocks on spines, gilt top edges, various pagnations. 24 volumes of a set that is either complete or is missing two volumes at the end. (From online documentation, it's difficult to tell.)..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1959. Lynd Ward. Hardcover. Three-quarter blue cloth & decorated boards, 407 pp., color & BW lithographs. A lovely edition of the Joseph Conrad classic, whose story was originally issued at the turn of the last century. With a new introduction by British novelist Nicholas..... More
