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Conrad, Joseph. Tales of Unrest (First U.S. Edition). Scribner's; Scribners, 1898.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First Edition of the first collection of short stories by Joseph Conrad. Includes "Karain: A Memory;" "The Idiots," "An Outpost of Progress," "The Return;" "The Lagoon." 348 pages, cloth decorated boards. The covers have edgewear. Spine is heavily darkened with some rubbing and titles and author name are only faintly visible. There is a previous owner name inked on the front endpaper. Interior pages are bright and clean

Seller: M.S. Books, Salisbury, MD, U.S.A.

Conrad, Joseph. Tales of Unrest. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1898.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition. First American edition, which preceded the UK edition, and of which only 1250 copies were printed. 348 pp. Both binding and text block are rock solid, tight, clean, and unmarked, AAA all the way, save for the previous owner's name neatly written on FFEP and dated 1898. TEG and shining bright. The fourth book and the first short story collection by the author of The Heart of Darkness and numerous nautical stories. Includes: Karain: A Memory; The Idiots; An Outpost of Progress; The Return; The Lagoon.

Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.

Conrad, Joseph. TALES OF UNREST. , 1898.

Price: US$875.00 + shipping

Description: London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898. 14 pp undated ads. Original dark green cloth. First English Edition of Conrad's fourth book -- his first collection of short stories (including "An Outpost of Progress," a Congo tale anticipating his later "Heart of Darkness"). The American edition by Scribner's is believed to have come out about ten days earlier. For this U.K. edition Cagle estimates a total printing of about 1,250 copies -- including some later copies with no gilt top edge, plus some copies that were remaindered with a cancel title page and a still later binding (the book did not sell well). This copy is in the primary state (with top edge gilt and wove endpapers), and is in bright, near-fine condition -- a couple of very faint small marks on the spine, but scarcely any wear. TALES OF UNREST is becoming increasingly uncommon in this condition. Cagle A4c.1. Housed in a morocco-backed slipcase with inner chemise.

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

Conrad, Joseph. TALES OF UNREST. , 1898.

Price: US$875.00 + shipping

Description: London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898. 14 pp undated ads. Original dark green cloth. First English Edition of Conrad's fourth book -- his first collection of short stories (including "An Outpost of Progress," a Congo tale anticipating his later "Heart of Darkness"). The American edition by Scribner's is believed to have come out about ten days earlier. For this U.K. edition Cagle estimates a total printing of about 1250 copies (though Wise guessed 3000) -- including some later copies with no gilt top edge and laid endpapers, plus some copies that were remaindered with a cancel title page and a still later binding (the book did not sell well). This copy is in the primary state (with top edge gilt and wove endpapers), and is in near-fine condition (a few short nicks in the spine ends). TALES OF UNREST is becoming increasingly uncommon in this condition. Supino A4.7.0; Cagle A4c.1.

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