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CONRAD, JOSEPH.. Almayer's Folly. New York: Macmillan, 1895, 1895.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. Hinges cracked; a very good copy. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. ALMAYER'S FOLLY. New York: Macmillan & Co., 1895.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First American edition, just four days after the London Edition, one of 650 copies in the first printing, with the final gathering of 8 leaves, 3 pp. ads at rear, double blind ruled borders on the front and rear boards, spine gilt imprint THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. 8vo in blue cloth. 276 pp., 3pp. ads. G-. Heavy wear at corners and spine ends. Moderate wear to edges and boards. Hinges cracked. Photo of Conrad pasted to the ffep which is torn 1/2 inch at fore edge, loss at lower corner. Ffep and half-title are partially detached. Text is clean. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box.
Seller: Lost Time Books, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. Almayer's Folly - First US Edition. Macmillan, New York, 1895.
Price: US$249.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First US Edition. Very good, clean, tight copy; armorial book plate on front pastedown. One of only 650 copies printed. Joseph Conrad's first book.
Seller: Alandian Books, Redmond, WA, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. Almayer's Folly. Macmillan and CO., New York and London, 1895.
Price: US$334.12 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American Edition of Conrad's First book, blue cloth, two minor rub spots to cloth on spine seam top, otherwise book is in very nice condition, 276 pages plus 3 pages ads. The London edition was published by T. Fisher Unwin 29 April 1895 in an edition of 1100. The American Edition from Macmillan followed just four days later on (3 May 1895) in an edition consisting of only 650 copies. this is the First American Edition/First State with MACMILLAN & Co at the bottom of the spine. Unobtrusive light rubber stamped address inside front paste-down "McCully, 726 South 10th Street, Philadelphia"
Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. Almayer's Folly. Macmillan, New York & London, 1895.
Price: US$641.38 + shipping
Description: 189 x 125mm, charcoal-grey cloth, lettered & ruled in gilt on spine, covers stamped in blind with double panel, pp.[vi] 276 + 3pp publishers' advertisements, final leaf blank. One leaf has a defective section of margin neatly replaced, with text minimally affected (one word on each side of leaf). Neat ownership name on front pastedown, corners a little rubbed. The author's scarce first book; one of 650 copies [v. Keating: 'A Conrad Memorial Library' 1929, also confirmed by Lohf & Sheehy].
Seller: Cameron House Books, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. Almayer's Folly. Macmillan and Co, New York, 1895.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition. 276 + 3 pp. of ads. Bound in black cloth with double rule border in blind on covers, "The Macmillan Company" at the foot of the spine; Cagle's B binding, with no established priority. Very Good with light rubbing to cloth, slight darkening to spine, faint shelf lean, previous owner rubber stamp to front free end paper and pages lightly toned. A rather bright copy of Joseph Conrad's first published novel, involving a Dutch trader in the jungle of Borneo. One of 650 copies originally printed.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.