Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Conrad, Joseph. Notes on Life and Letters. Doubleday, Page, Garden City, New York, 1921.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First printing (same date on TP and CP with no additional printings listed). Spine ends a bit frayed. The rear hinge is broken. Previous owner's name and glue residue, possibly from a bookplate, are on the front pastedown. The spine is darkened. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Banjo Booksellers, IOBA, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph.. Notes on Life and Letters. Doubleday Page, 1921.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First U.S. edition, crown 8vo., pp. (i-iv), v-x, (1-2), 3-262, (263)printer's device, (264)blank. Original blue gilt stamped cloth. Near fine. Sheets fresh & clean. H5647
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. Notes on Life and Letters. Doubleday, Page and Company, 1921.
Price: US$29.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Same single date on copyright and on title page. A superb copy in the original blue cloth with gilt galleon monogram and title. In an archival Mylar jacket, fine and unmarked.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. Notes on Life and Letters. Doubleday Page & Co., New York, 1921.
Price: US$36.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black cloth binding with gilt, spine slightly faded, a few white spots on cover, very little toning. Some shelf wear to top and bottom of spine and corners ow a very nice copy.
Seller: Oisamot Books, Marietta, GA, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. NOTES ON LIFE AND LETTERS. Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, 1921.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches high. x, 262 pages. Blue cloth with gilt printing on spine and cover. Condition of the book is Very Good; gilt lettering is dull on spine, very light wear to spine ends, previous owner's name on ffep, dated May 9, 1921, on the rear endpaper someone has written "Victorian Romanticist, Polish Aristocrat, Adventurer, Artist", text is very clean, binding is tight. Fiction RGR
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo, clothbacked boards, paper label on spine, unopened; two djs: one printed (chipped at spine, not affecting the spine label of the book), inner one unprinted. Copy no. 107 of 735 sets of the Sun-Dial Edition. The first book edition was 1921. This text has an Author's Note by Conrad from 1920. "The characteristic I want most to impress upon these short Author's Notes prepared for my first Collected Edition is that of absolute frankness p.ix."
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo, clothbacked boards, paper label on spine, unopened; two djs: one printed, inner one unprinted (both punctured through the spine title, not affecting the spine label of the book). Copy no. 107 of 735 sets of the Sun-Dial Edition. The first book edition was 1915. This text has a lengthy Author's Note by Conrad from 1920. "The characteristic I want most to impress upon these short Author's Notes prepared for my first Collected Edition is that of absolute frankness p.ix."
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo, clothbacked boards, paper label on spine, unopened; two djs: one printed, inner one unprinted. Copy no. 107 of 735 sets of the Sun-Dial Edition. The first book edition was 1920. This text has a lengthy Author's Note by Conrad from 1920. "The characteristic I want most to impress upon these short Author's Notes prepared for my first Collected Edition is that of absolute frankness p.ix."
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. The Shadow-Line Tales of Unrest. Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1921.
Price: US$59.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1923, First American Edition as noted by the "CL" on the copyright page. 1st Printing. Uniform blind-ruled gilt lettered blue cloth with tonal medallion device mid board. Binding has gilded lettering of author and title, along with gilded design. Rubbing and slight tearing on both ends of binding. Boards in good condition, with rubbing along top four corners. Pages in very good condition, albeit yellowed from age; minimal pencilled underlining by prior owner. End pages are yellowed with darkening by spine in both front and back of book. 204 pages. Dedication to " Borys and All Others who like himself have crossed in early youth the shadow-line of their Generation. With Love". There is an "Author's Note" before the beginning of the "Shadow-Line".
Seller: Taylor & Baumann Books, LLC, Ridgefield, CT, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. Twixt Land And Sea Tales. Doubleday, Page & Co, 1921.
Price: US$69.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1923, 2nd Edition, 1st Printing Hardcover Concord Edition, as stated. Doubleday, Page & Company, New York. Three stories: "A Smile of Fortune", "The Secret Sharer", and "Freya of the Seven Isles". Navy linen boards with gilded box on front board with Title, Author and medallion. Binding is in poor condition with tears and rubbing along both ends. The spine is slightly pulled, with endpapers of town sketches. Frontispiece of "Conrad's First Command, The Barque Otago", covered with onion skin. "Author's Notes" before the Table of Contents. 238 pages. Minimal underlining by prior owner.
Seller: Taylor & Baumann Books, LLC, Ridgefield, CT, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. Notes on Life and Letters. doubleday, page & co., 1921.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: prior owners bookplate on inside cover 1st American edition
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. An Outcast of the Islands. Doubleday, Page & Co, 1921.
Price: US$79.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Doubleday, 1924. Olive Boards with tonal motif of a ship. Spine is worn due to age. Head and tail are worn while the label, although still there is not very legible. Pastedown has a prior owner's label on it, while the front free-endpaper has a name that was somewhat erased-again from prior owner. There is an "Author's Note" before the first chapter, penned by Joseph Conrad. This is Conrad's second novel which was inspired by his experience as chief mate of the "Vidar", small steamer. Adapted into the 1951 movie of the same name, directed by Carol Reed and featuring Trevor Howard as Willems (the movie was nominated for best British film and best film from any source at the 1953 BAFTA awards).
Seller: Taylor & Baumann Books, LLC, Ridgefield, CT, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. Notes on My Books. Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, N.Y., and Toronto, 1921.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, American issue, no. 132 of 250 copies signed by Conrad. 178 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. This volume reprints the various author's notes, most of them written for the Dent and "Sun-Dial" editions of Conrad's works. A total of 500 copies were printed in the US, with half of the edition reserved for Heinemann and half for Doubleday. Cagle A52a; Keating 252; Smith, p. 111 Cream parchment boards, french tips. Head of spine chipped. Spine toned. Good First edition, American issue, no. 132 of 250 copies signed by Conrad.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. Notes On My Books. Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited Edition Signed.1/250 Copies Authographed #16 Beautiful Fresh Copy.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph.. NOTES ON MY BOOKS.. Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, N.Y. and Toronto, 1921.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, 178 pages. Number 158 of a limited editon of 250 copies. Signed by Joseph Conrad on the limitation page. Bound in cream parchment boards with gilt ship design and titles on top cover and spine; gilt rules, and blue stripe on front and rear and blue tips on corners. Corners lightly worn and some darkening at head of spine and foot of spine. Bookplate of prominent Chicago book collectors of the early 20th century on the front paste-down endpaper. Studio
Seller: Alkahest Books, Deerfield, IL, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. Notes On My Books. William Heinemann, London, 1921.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Description: First English edition (first American edition, English issue), limited to 250 numbered copies signed by Conrad, this copy being 97. 178 pp. 8vo. SIGNED and numbered Conrad title. This English edition was actually printed in the U.S. Doubleday Page produced 500 copies, sending half of them to Heinemann for the English edition. This little-known Conrad title consists of the prefaces that he wrote, generally for the Dent editions of 1917 and for the "Sun-Dial" edition of his works. Of his limited-signed editions, this is one with the fewest copies. Supino B3.4.0 Gray boards with Japanese vellum spine that has title label pasted down, some minor soiling along spine, the spare title label is tipped in at the back; light toning but overall a near fine copy in red cloth board clamshell box with red morocco spine that has gilt title on it First English edition (first American edition, English issue), limited to 250 numbered copies signed by Conrad, this copy being 97.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. Notes on My Books. Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, New York, 1921.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, limited 250 signed and numbered copies, of which this is 221. 111 pp. 8vo. SIGNED and numbered edition. Supino B3.3.0 White parchment boards with gilt ship illustration and titles on front cover and spine; gilt rules, and smart looking blue stripe on front and rear and blue tips on corners, previous owner's bookplate pasted down on fep, else fine in glassine dust jacket beneath a simple blue dust jacket with blue title and illustration on head of spine. Signed and numbered by Conrad on limitation page. Housed in green cloth shell that has previous owner's bookplate on inside cover and gilt title on spine; overall a near fine copy First edition, limited 250 signed and numbered copies, of which this is 221.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.