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Joseph Conrad. Almayer's Folly. Macmillan and CO., New York and London, 1895.

Price: US$371.24 + 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: A Story of an Eastern River. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1895.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition of Conrad's first book; first state, with missing letters on page 110 and missing . from the header on page 43. Hardcover, full green cloth, gilt titling, top edge gilt. General wear, spine slanted & tanned with chips at the head, small stains to covers; endsheets foxed with penciled notes & ink name, minor foxing within. Text clean; 272 pages. Size: Octavo

Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.

Joseph Conrad. Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1895.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. First Edition, First Issue with missing "e" in "generosity" and "of" from bottom two lines of p. 110. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt; 272pp. Binding rather inexpertly recased, spine cocked with cloth toned to tan and gilt rather dulled, corners bumped, some bubbling to front cover cloth; stock a bit toned at margins, else Good to Very Good, internally clean and sound. Serviceable copy of Conrad's first work, centering around a penurious Dutch trader living in the Borneo jungle with his Malaysian wife and their daughter Nina. Though today not considered among the author's greatest novels, a contemporary reviewer did note "a certain power in the pen of Joseph Conrad" (San Francisco "Examiner," June 9, 1895).

Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

Conrad, Joseph. Almayer's Folly, a Story of an Eastern River. T. Fisher Unwin, London,, 1895.

Price: US$525.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First printing with the dropped 'e' and 'of' on p. 110. 272 pp. Hardcover, bound in cloth, top edge gilt. Moderate edge-wear, the spine ends frayed and spine faded; moderate foxing to the preliminary and final leaves and occasional light foxing throughout.

Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.

Conrad, Joseph. Almayer's Folly, a Story of an Eastern River. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1895.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Dark green cloth binding rubbed at extremities; slightly cocked; backstrip browned; spine head chipped 1/4"; corner tips a bit frayed; boards soiled; front board cloth starting to pucker along bottom edge; front hinge & one point in textblock cracked; bookplate on front paste-down; leaf edges, paste-downs & endpapers foxed, else a nice copy of Conrad's first book, now protected by mylar cover.; First edition, first state of author's first book; top edge gilt. ; 8vo; 272 pages

Seller: Hyde Brothers, Booksellers, Fort Wayne, IN, U.S.A.

CONRAD Joseph. Almayer's Folly. T Fisher Unwin, London, 1895.

Price: US$611.08 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, with ommission to two words on page 110, 272pp, bound in original dark green cloth, spine sunned to brown, sl bumped top/base spine aaand a chip in top spine, sl scratching to rear cover, tiny tear to bottom title page, sl minor odd spotting on few pps, top edge gilt. Scarce.; Octavo

Seller: Castle Hill Books, Llandrindod Wells, United Kingdom

Conrad, Joseph. Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895.

Price: US$675.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Octavo, dark green cloth lettered in gilt, with gilt titling and borders on the spine, deckle-edge paper edges, top edge gilt; scattered foxing, slightly sunned, discreet bookplate. First edition, with missing "e" and "of" at the bottom of page 110. A superior copy of Conrad's first book.

Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.

Conrad, Joseph.. Almayer's Folly A Story of an Eastern River.. London, T. Fisher Unwin Paternoster Square MDCCCXCV [1895]. Unwin Brothers, The Gresham Press, Chilworth and London. First edition, with the missing "e" in generosity, and missing word "of", at bottom of page 110., 1895.

Price: US$850.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 5 ¼ inches x 8 1/8 in. half-title with ads on reverse; title-page printed in red and black; dedication page. 272 pp. With missing "e" & "of" at the bottom of p. 110. Dark green cloth, with gilt titling and borders on the spine, deckle-edge paper edges, top-edge gilt. The upper spine end shows a small split to the cloth, ½ inch splits to the cloth of the outer hinges at the upper and lower spine, light cocking to the spine, wear to cover corners, edges; the front inner hinge shows a light (and possibly re-pasted) crack. A very good to near fine copy of a very fragile and scarce book. Joseph Conrad's first book. With the bookplate of Cleveland, Ohio based book collector, William G. Mather (1857-1951), on the front paste-down endpaper. This copy comes with a few 1924-25 letters and carbon copies of letters & invoices, etc., between W. G. Mather, and New York City Bookseller, Barnet J. Beyer, from whom, Mather bought this copy in 1924, and exchanged some earlier Conrad purchases; a few of the original letters are signed by Beyer.

Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.

Conrad, Joseph. Almayer's Folly A Story of an Eastern River. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1895.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition, first issue, with type dropped in bottom two lines on p. 110. 1 vols. 8vo. With Conrad's Signature. Joseph Conrad's first book. With an inscription tipped in from the author: "Yours Faithfully, Joseph Conrad Feb. 3d 1912". Smith 1 Original olive green cloth, t.e.g., others uncut. Front hinge cracked, flyleaves toned, spine ends a bit rubbed (small loss at head). Very good First Edition, first issue, with type dropped in bottom two lines on p. 110.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Conrad, Joseph. ALMAYER'S FOLLY. T. Fisher Unwin, 1895.

Price: US$1257.85 + shipping

Description: ALMAYER'S FOLLY, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895, first edition, some spotting to the covers, light wear to the lower fore edge corner tips, a brown stain to a small section of 2 leaves, else a vg copy of this, the authors first book. Housed in a custom chemise and tray case.

Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.

CONRAD, JOSEPH.. Almayer's Folly. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895, 1895.

Price: US$1850.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition; first issue of Conrad's first book. The top and bottom of the spine cloth have been slightly strengthened, else very good or slightly better. In a custom cloth clamshell box. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.

Conrad, Joseph. ALMAYER'S FOLLY. A Story of an Eastern River. , 1895.

Price: US$1850.00 + shipping

Description: [the leaves still unopened] London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. Original dark green cloth. First Edition of Joseph Conrad's first book. "In the absence of publisher's records, the number of copies printed has been estimated to be between 600 and 3000, with approximately 1100 being the most likely number" [Supino]. Conrad, after meeting the real "Olmeijer" in East Borneo in 1887, gradually produced the manuscript of this book over the six years 1889-1895. He submitted it to Unwin for consideration in their "Pseudonym Library", using the pseudonym "Kamudi" (Malayan for "rudder") -- enclosing the return postage, so sure was he of its rejection. However, Unwin's reader Edward Garnett saw the manuscript's promise and accepted it for non-pseudonymous publication. This copy is in the first state (as are most copies), with the letters missing from the last two lines of page 110. The leaves of this copy, though untrimmed on the fore- and bottom edges as issued, are still unopened (i.e. un-read). Condition would be fine, except that there is some cracking of the delicate endpapers; as always, there is slight browning of the olive green cloth on the spine. ALMAYER'S FOLLY is scarce in this condition. Supino A1.1.0; Cagle A1a.1. Housed in a morocco-backed slipcase with inner chemise.

Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.

Conrad, Joseph. ALMAYER'S FOLLY. A Story of an Eastern River. , 1895.

Price: US$1950.00 + shipping

Description: [a handsome copy] London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. Original dark green cloth. First Edition of Joseph Conrad's first book, an edition believed to have consisted of 1000-1250 copies. Conrad, after meeting the real "Olmeijer" in East Borneo in 1887, gradually produced the manuscript of this book over the six years 1889-1895. He submitted it to Unwin for consideration in their "Pseudonym Library", using the pseudonym "Kamudi" (Malayan for "rudder") -- enclosing the return postage, so sure was he of its rejection. However, Unwin's reader Edward Garnett saw the manuscript's promise and accepted it for non-pseudonymous publication. This copy is in the first state (as are most copies), with the letters missing from the last two lines of page 110. Condition is unusually fine, with virtually no wear at all (there are no nicks or chips in the spine ends, and only hair-line cracking of the original endpapers); about the only flaw we can come up with is the almost-unavoidable slight browning of the olive green cloth on the spine. ALMAYER'S FOLLY is scarce in this condition. Cagle A1a.1.

Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.

Conrad, Joseph. Almayer's Folly. A Story of an Eastern River.. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1895 1895, 1895.

Price: US$2213.28 + shipping

Description: First edition. 272 pp. Rebound in later, full brown morocco with outer dentelles and gilt and blindstamped spine with five raised bands. Top edge gilt, other edges rough-trimmed. Free endpaper quite heavily foxed, interior else with some slight, occasional foxing, page 245 with ca 6 cm tape-repaitred tear. Handwritten, signed and dated note by Joseph Conrad enclosed with the book: "Dear Sir, your frankness deserves something better than an empty envelope in reply. Best wishes of the season. Joseph Conrad, 15. Dec. 1923". First edition of Conrad's first novel, as indicated by the omission of a full stop at the headline of page 43, and the omission of the letter "e" in "generosity" and the word "of" at the last two lines of page 110.

Seller: Rönnells Antikvariat AB, Stockholm, Sweden

Conrad, Joseph. Almayer's Folly. A Story of an Eastern River. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1895.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, first state, with type dropped in bottom two lines on p. 110. 1 vols. 8vo. Conrad's first book, recording the experiences of Dutch trader Kaspar Almayer who travels to Borneo in search of a goldmine. Almayer's Folly establishes many of the interests and themes that would characterise his great novels of the early twentieth century, and must be considered an important precursor. Smith 1; Cagle A1a1 Original olive green cloth, t.e.g., others uncut. Almost fine, in slipcase First edition, first state, with type dropped in bottom two lines on p. 110.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Conrad, Joseph. Almayer's Folly A Story of an Eastern River. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1895.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, first issue, with type dropped in bottom two lines on p. 110. 272 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. JOHN QUINN'S COPY. John Quinn's copy of the first edition of Conrad's first novel. Conrad began this novel after an arduous command of the bark Otago. He worked on the manuscript intermittently over five years, nearly losing it during his time in the Congo. It was Edward Garnett at T. Fisher Unwin that ultimately pushed through its publication. Quinn was a principal supporter of Conrad and his work and purchased many of the author's manuscripts. Smith 1; Cagle A1a(1) Some faint spotting to endleaves. Publisher's green cloth, spine gilt, top edge gilt; bottom corners exposed, some minor wear to spine ends. With the bookplate of John Quinn. Laid into a quarter blue morocco slipcase and chemise First edition, first issue, with type dropped in bottom two lines on p. 110.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

CONRAD, Joseph.. Almayer's Folly - A Story of an Eastern River.. T. Fisher Unwin, London., 1895.

Price: US$2535.33 + shipping

Description: First edition. First issue with type dropped in the last line of page 110. The author's first book. Octavo. 272 pages. Top edge gilt. On the front pastedown is the interesting engraved pictorial bookplate of Albert Harrison whose library seems to have been particularly strong in the field of natural history.Endpapers tanned. Sporadic light foxing. Very good indeed.

Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom

CONRAD, Joseph.. Almayer's Folly. A Story of an Eastern River.. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895, 1895.

Price: US$3250.42 + shipping

Description: First edition, first impression, first state of the author's first book. This copy has type missing on the last two lines of page 110. Cagle identifies this as the first state. Conrad's first book (and his first novel) is set in the Borneo jungle, about the Dutch trader Kaspar Almayer and Nina, his mixed-race daughter. In 1895 the author suggested a first printing of 1,100 copies. Later estimates include 1,000 copies (suggested by the publishers) and 2,000 copies (suggested by Wise). Wise 1; Cagle A1a(1). Octavo. Original dark green vertically ribbed cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Housed in a custom green morocco-backed folding box. Extremities slightly bumped, browning to endpapers and occasional foxing; a near-fine and crisp copy.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom

Conrad, Joseph. Almayer's Folly. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1895.

Price: US$9000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Joseph Conrad on a laid in signature. This book has the First Issue point with type missing in the last 2 lines on p. 110. The book is in great shape and is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's boards with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a wonderful copy SIGNED by the author. We buy Joseph Conrad First Editions.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.