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CONRAD, JOSEPH. Victory : An Island Tale. Methuen & Co Ltd 1915, 1915.
Price: US$12.23 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, lacks fep, some pages coming loose but still attached. Octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Conrad, Joseph. Victory An Island Tale. Methuen & Co, London, 1915.
Price: US$32.08 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardback. A good copy in red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Some fading to the spine which has small tears to the top and at join with boards. Lower front hinge tender. Small ownership inscription on front free end-paper. Pp.viii,415 + 4 pages adverts. for "Methuen's Popular Novels" dated Autumn 1915 and 31 page publisher's catalogue dated 8/5/15.
Seller: Blacket Books, PBFA, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. VICTORY. An Island Tale. METHUEN LONDON 1915, LONDON, 1915.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good+ tight condition hardback slight spine fade in mylar 1st state, comma after Essex Street
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. Victory: An Island Tale. Methuen, 1915.
Price: US$42.02 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1915. Methuen. Hardcover. GOOD Gilt titles, red boards. Some bookworm holes through the endpapers. Boards are marked and have edgewear. 8x5
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
CONRAD, Joseph.. Victory - An Island Tale.. Methuen. London, 1915.
Price: US$51.33 + shipping
Description: pp. viii, 415, (i) blank, (iv) Advertisements, 31, (i) Catalogue. Original cloth, tear at the head of the spine repaired, else a clean, firm copy.
Seller: Patrick Pollak Rare Books ABA ILAB, SOUTH BRENT, DEVON, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. Victory, An Island Tale. Methuen & Co, London, 1915.
Price: US$52.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First English edition. Good, red cloth with gilt title on spine. Spine is faded, rear hinge cracked. 35 pages of ads at back.
Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. Victory. Methuen, 1915.
Price: US$57.45 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: original red cloth, lending library marker in rear, owner name and date 1916, some rubbing on cover and small tear at edge of spine, foxing on half title, with 35 pages of ads in rear
Seller: Fantastic Book Discoveries, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph.. Victory: An Island Tale.. Methuen, London, 1915.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: 415 pp. plus ads. 8vo, publisher's red cloth. First UK edition; first state of title page. There is a brown splash affecting the very (fore-)edge of the front endsheet, extending onto the front board along its right edge (about 1"). Tight and sound.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Conrad Joseph. Victory. Methuen and Co. Ltd., London, 1915.
Price: US$75.17 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Methuen and Co. Ltd., London, 1915. First English Edition. Red cloth boards quite worn and some damage to spine. An old library book with label on the back page. About a quarter of the 1st. page torn off.Text pages clean. Spine lettering in gilt. 415 pp., 14 x 19.5 cms. Shipping weight 580 gr.
Seller: finestfinds.ch, Geneva, Switzerland
Conrad, Joseph.. Victory: An Island Tale.. London: Methuen, [1915]., 1915.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. 8vo. 415 pp., plus 32 pp. of ads in rear. Good in red cloth, round stain front cover and front end paper, spine somewhat darkened, light occasional foxing, ex-libris John Ruyle label within, in clear protective jacket.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph.. Victory: An Island Tale.. London: Methuen., 1915.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. 415 pp., plus 32 pp. of ads in rear. Very Good, Red Cloth with stains, sun-fading, small tears along spine, rubbing, shelf wear, end papers somewhat stained with tears along gutters. Provenance: John Ruyle. First Edition.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. Victory An Island Tale. Methuen & Co, London, 1915.
Price: US$96.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback. A very good copy in red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Good colour. Small closed tear at top of spine and very minor tear at join of spine and lower board. Small ownership inscription on front fixed end-paper. Title page has comma after "Essex Street" denoting first state. Pp.viii,415 + 4pp list of "Methuen's Popular novels dated Autumn 1915 and 31pp publisher's catalogue dated 8/5/15. Photographs available on request.
Seller: Blacket Books, PBFA, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
JOSEPH CONRAD. VICTORY AN ISLAND TALE. METHUEN & CO, LONDON, 1915.
Price: US$96.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING, HALF TITLE, 4 PAGES TO REAR DATED AUTUMN 1915 OF METHUEN'S POPULAR NOVELS PLUS THE 31 PAGE PUBLISHERS CATALOGUE. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 X 5 INCHES WITH 8 + 415 + CATALOGUE PAGES. SLIGHT FADING TO CLOTH SPINE, FEW MINOR MARKS TO CLOTH COVER, PRIVATE BOOKPLATE TO INNER FRONT BOARD, SOME FOXING MOSTLY TO ENDPAPERS, TITLE PAGE & FIRST COUPLE OF TEXT PAGES, SLIGHT PLAY TO FRONT HINGE. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY. PLEASE NOTE THE BOOK HAS A CLEAR REMOVABLE COVER THAT DOES SHOW SOME REFLECTIONS OR WRINKLES IN IMAGES. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
CONRAD, Joseph. VICTORY. , 1915.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: CONRAD, Joseph. VICTORY; An Island Tale. London: Methuen, (1915). Publisher's presentation copy, stamped as such over publisher's imprint on t.p. First edition, second issue? There is no comma after "Essex Street" on t.p., which generally denotes the second issue; but the publisher's catalogue at the end has the earlier date seen in first issue copies. 415 pp. + publisher' adv.: [4] pp. ("Methuen's Popular Novels. Autumn, 1915") & 31 pp. ("A Selection of Books." dated 8/5/15). 8vo., red cloth, gilt. Pencil ownership to ffep. Sunning to spine. Rear joint is split. Rear hinge is cracked. Clean text. A good copy.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. Victory. An Island Tale. Methuen & Co, London, 1915.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First English edition, with "Author's Note" and publisher's catalogue. viii, 415 pp., 35 pp. publisher's advertisements. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth. Spine ends and corners bumped, spine sunned, minor wear to front joint, short perforation to cloth on back cover viii, 415 pp., 35 pp. publisher's advertisements. 1 vols. 8vo First English edition, with "Author's Note" and publisher's catalogue.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
CONRAD, JOSEPH.. Victory. London: Methuen, 1915, 1915.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First English Edition. Very good 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. Victory. Methuen, 1915.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Victory. London: Methuen, 1915, first edition, original red cloth, a few light spots, spine very slightly faded, binding with a few marks
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
CONRAD. JOSEPH.. VICTORY. An Island Tale.. Methuen & Co. Ltd. London. 1915, 1915.
Price: US$160.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST U. K EDITION. 8vo. 1st state of title page with the comma present after Essex Street. 4pp of publishers advert, dated autumn 1915. 31pp publishers catalogue, dated 8/5/15 bound in at rear. A very good clean copy in publishers original red cloth, titles and decoration to spine in gilt. Previous owner neat ink presentation inscription, dated 1. 11. 15, and the same name, but with his army number and regiment details, in pencil on front free endpaper. Spine cloth is a little darkened but the gilt is still bright and fresh. Some rubbing to edges and a one inch tear in the hinge cloth to the top of the front board. Overall a very good copy.
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$192.49 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing of the first edition with 'First Published in 1915' on the printer's page. First state of the title page with the comma present after Essex Street and with no final full stop after 'W.C'., and with a 4pp publisher's advert, dated Autumn 1915 and a 31pp publishers catalogue, dated 8/5/15 bound in at the rear. Also with 'Methven' on the spine - later issues have 'Methuen'. The only state earlier than this has a Spring 1915 publisher's advert. This first UK edition also has a two-page Author's Note at the beginning of the book. Published in September 1915, 8,000 copies were printed (Wise 25 - Thomas J. Wise - A Bibliography of the Writings of Joseph Conrad (1895-1921) ***Very good in red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and floral decorations to the spine. The gilt is still quite bright. The boards are quite clean, with just some marks commensurate with age and handling over the years - mainly on the front board. The head and tail of the spine are slightly rubbed and creased, and slightly frayed at the top edge, but with no tears to the fragile cloth. There is no splitting at the spine, and no reading lean to the binding. No bumping - just slight creasing to the corners. The spine is darkened but without any reading creases. The top edge of the page block is slightly darkened. No foxing to the page block edges, and only minimal foxing internally, mainly affecting the prelims and last couple of pages. Internally the book is very good, with no inscriptions. The top edge of the page block is slightly darkened. Internally also very good, with no inscriptions or offsetting to the pastedowns. No serious creases or tears except for some light creasing to a few of the top corners (pp.184-214). Spine tight. No dustwrapper. ***415 pages plus the 4-page publisher's advert of 'Methuen's Popular Novels' and the 31pp catalogue of 'A Selection of Books Published by Methuen' at the back of the book, correctly dated Autumn 1915 and 8/5/15 respectively. 196mm x 132mm. ***'"Victory" (also published as "Victory: An Island Tale") is a psychological novel by Joseph Conrad first published in 1915, through which Conrad achieved "popular success." The novel's "most striking formal characteristic is its shifting narrative and temporal perspective", with the first section from the viewpoint of a sailor, the second from an omniscient perspective of Axel Heyst, the third from an interior perspective from Heyst, and the final section has an omniscient narrator. It has been adapted into film a number of times.' (Wiki) ***First printing of the true first edition of Joseph Conrad's "Victory - An Island Tale" - in the original publisher's red cloth-covered gilt-decorated boards, in very good condition for a book now over a hundred years old. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. Victory. An Island Tale. Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 1915.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1915. This is a Very Good copy of the First English Edition. [stated "First Published in 1915"]. The English edition contains Conrad's Note, which did not appear in the American version. Red cloth binding with titling on the spine in gilt. Clean text; viii, 415 pages. A 4-page list follows, dated "Autumn, 1915'" rather than the "Spring 1915" of the first state. This is followed by a 31-page publisher catalog. dated on the last page "8/5/15" - a first Issue point. However, there is no comma after "Street" on the Title Page, Perhaps this can best be described as a Mixed State copy.The spine has faded but the gilt is still bright and clear.Previous-owner bookplate on the front paste-down. Spine is lightly faded but with the gilt still bright. Light soil around the margins; top edge a bit dusty. A solid copy. No dustwrapper; in an archival plastic protector. First English Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. Victory. The Copp Clark Company, Limited, Toronto, 1915.
Price: US$214.20 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: scarce first CANADIAN edition; red publisher's cloth; from Methuen sheets; colophon states printed by Morrison & Gibbs Limited Edinburgh; the Canadian first edition includes Methuen's s two page Author's Note which follows the dedication page; 415 pages; red publisher's cloth; lettering and design in gilt on spine; hinges strong; spine is square; minimal rubbing; spine slightly sunned; book plate on half title page; tipped in at front paste down and on front free end paper are a reproductive photograph of Conrad and a reproduced signature and a Conrad Quotation: "I am worried and stupidly nervous about imaginary things. That's nothing new. Yours ever".
Seller: Reeve & Clarke Books (ABAC / ILAB), South River, ON, Canada
Conrad, Joseph. Victory - an Island Tale. Methuen & Co. Ltd, London, 1915.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: viii + 415 pp + 4 + 31 pp adverts, prevous owner's bookplate affixed to fr pastedown, owner name inked atop fly, Author's Note, text in 3 Parts, subdivided by untitled chapters. Binding firm with slight forward lean, text blook age-toned all around, pages unmarked and clean, red cloth covered boards, with slightly sun-faded red & gilt spine deco and letters. Top edge, back board with 1/2" strip impact dent & cloth wrinkling. Ships in glassine wrapper Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. Victory. An Island Tale. Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 1915.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1915. This is a Very Good copy of the First English Edition, which contains an Author Note from Conrad not in the American version. Red cloth binding, titled in gilt on the spine. Clean text; viii, 415 pages; with a four-page advert from "Spring, 1915." This followed by a 31-page catalog dated on the last page with the date "8/5/15," considered a First Issue point. However, there is no comma after "Street" on the Title Page, so Quercus is wary to call this the first issue. Spine has faded but the gilt is still bright and clear. Light soiling to covers. a corner of the catalog stands proud - appears to be a mistake in the printer trimming the page. Previous-owner signature on the FFEP. In an archival plastic protector. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. Victory An Island Tale. Methuen & Co., London, 1915.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, Early Printing. 415 pages with 4 pages of publisher advertisements dated Autumn, 1915 and 31 page catalog at back dated 8/5/15 on page 31. Both binding and text block are rock solid, tight, clean, and unmarked, AAA all the way save for quite subtle sunning to spine and very light rubs to corners. Noticeable dusting to top of text block.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. Victory. An Island Tale. Methuen & Co, London, 1915.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: First English edition, first issue. viii, 415 pp., 31 pp. publisher's advertisements. 1 vols. Crown 8vo. Cagle A19b(1); Wise 25; Keating 114 Publisher's red linen cloth with gilt spine title, catalog dated 8/15 at rear, "1sts edition" in ink on front paste down, spine sunned, and with faint bumping to corners, otherwise near fine viii, 415 pp., 31 pp. publisher's advertisements. 1 vols. Crown 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Conrad,Joseph. VICTORY AN ISLAND TALE. METHUEN & CO. LTD., LONDON, 1915.
Price: US$292.05 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8°,PP.VIII+415(4)+31,LEG.EDIT.TELA ROSSA CON TITOLI E FREGI DORATI AL DORSO,PRIMA EDIZIONE INGLESE (PRECEDUTA SOLO DA QUELLA AMERICANA),CON UNA AUTHOR'S NOTE ASSENTE NELL'EDIZIONE AMERICANA ED E' ASSAI ILLUMINANTE SULLE ORIGINI DI QUESTO ROMANZO, L'ISOLA DESCRITTA,CUI FA RIFERIMENTO IL TITOLO,POTREBBE ESSERE LA SICILIA;PICCOLE MANCANZE AL DORSO,CHE HA SUBITO UN PARZIALE SCOLLAMENTO,PER IL RESTO COPIA MOLTO BUONA
Seller: VETERA RECENTIA, GROTTAGLIE, Italy
Joseph Conrad. Victory. Methuen, 1915.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Conrad, Joseph. Victory. Methuen & Co Ltd, London, UK, 1915.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good first edition, early printing book, no dust jacket. No comma after Essex Street in publisher's address. Includes author's notes and 31 pages of ads dated 8/5/15. Red cloth covered boards with gold text and graphics on spine. Boards are sunned, more so around all extremities and spine. Text and graphics on spine are clear. Small bump on back corner at tail of spine. Edge on tail of spine is creased horizontally, edge on head of spine has vertical creases, both edges are darkened. Extremities are lightly scuffed but not rubbed through. Faint browning around margins on inside pages. Foxing beginning on paste downs and end papers and several of the first pages in the book. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. VICTORY. An Island Tale. , 1915.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Garden City NY: Doubleday, Page & Company 1915. Original navy blue cloth decorated in gilt. First Edition (published on March 26th, six months before the London edition) of Conrad's sad tale of Axel Heyst and the evil (for which read "Germanic") Schomberg. Due to the six-month delay of Methuen's edition, with the Great War raging, Conrad added to that edition a preface that discusses the "Teutonic psychology" of Schomberg. This American edition is noteworthy for its front endpaper map of the world, showing where Conrad's previous tales had all taken place. This is a clean, near-fine copy (slight rubbing at the extremities, some cracking of the endpapers). Supino A19.1.0; Cagle A19a. Provenance: there is a penciled signature dated "March 1915", the month of publication. Also, this was the copy of Walter E. Smith (who wrote the 1979 bibliography of Conrad) -- with a tender 1969 inscription TO him; laid in is a slip of his penciled bibliographic notes, which became the "Internal Flaws" on pp 63-64 of his bibliography.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. VICTORY: An Island Tale. Methuen (1915), London, 1915.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First UK edition, preceded by the U.S. but with Conrad's "Author's Note" to this edition not included in the U.S. The rare first state of the title page, which is integral, with comma after "Essex Street" in the publisher's address. Four pages of publisher's ads at rear dated Autumn 1915 followed by 32-page publisher's catalog dated "8/5/15" (on p.31), as called for. Spine faded to pink though gilt lettering still bright; half-title page darkened at margins, otherwise near fine. WITH RARE FIRST-STATE TITLE PAGE
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
CONRAD, JOSEPH. Victory: An Island Tale. Methuen & Co, London, 1915.
Price: US$450.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8bo. Gilt lettered and decorated scarlet cloth. 415 pp plus 31 pp ads. This Methuen Popular Novels advert is dated Spring 1915. Most copies of the first edition have ads dated Autumn 1915. Either they used up the old ads in the first copies off press or they ran out of autumn ads and used the old ones from the spring. Slight fade to spine. Overall light wear but a bright, attractive copy. First edition, with the title-page in the second state.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Victory. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1915, 1915.
Price: US$481.22 + shipping
Description: [Literature] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, first issue title page with comma following 'Essex Street'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 415; [1], imprint; [4], ads dated 'Autumn 1915'; 32, catalogue dated 8/5/15. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles and decoration to spine. Armorial bookplate of Stanley Austin with later plate of Christopher Clark Geest below. Contents clean, near repair to inside paper joint, cloth lightly handled, slightly toned to the spine. Faint tobacco scent. Very good. Conrad's classic psychological novel. This edition includes the 'Author's Note' which did not appear in the earlier American edition. Wise. A Conrad Bibliography.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
CONRAD, JOSEPH. Victory. An Island Tale. London Methuen 1915, 1915.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition - British. First Issue title page. Ownership signature on the front free endpaper and bookplate on the front pastedown. 415 pages with 4 pages of ads dated Autumn, 1915 and 31 pages of ads dated 8/15/15 on the last ad page. With the comma after 36 Essex Street on the title page. Very good plus copy with a hint of foxing to the bottom edge, some minor darkening to the cloth, and a 1/2Ó faint stray pen mark to the cloth at the front board without dust jacket. The basis of two films; the first in 1919 directed by Maurice Tourneur, screenplay by Jules Furthman, starring Jack Holt, Seena Owen, Wallace Beery, and Lon Chaney. The second was released in 1940, directed by John Cromwell, screenplay by John L. Balderston, starring Fredric March, Betty Field, and Cedric Hardwick. ConradÕs classic tale of love and death on an island in the Dutch East Indies.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Victory. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1915, 1915.
Price: US$506.89 + shipping
Description: [Literature] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, fist issue title page with comma following 'Essex Street'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 415; [1], imprint; [4], ads dated 'Autumn 1915'; 32, catalogue dated 8/5/15. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles and decoration to spine. Large open tear to bottom of pg.29/30. No inscriptions. Contents clean, edges toned, light marks to covers, spine gently aged. Very good indeed. Conrad's classic psychological novel. This edition includes the 'Author's Note' which did not appear in the earlier American edition. Wise. A Conrad Bibliography.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Joseph Conrad. Victory. Methuen & Co Ltd, London, 1915.
Price: US$628.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: With Author's Note first appearing in this edition. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering and illustration on the spine. Faded colour of the spine. Small dark mark on the spine. Lightly toned colour of the boards. Very light spotting on tile page and to the edges of the pages. The contents are clean and bright. 415 printed pages with publishers advertisments at the rear of the book.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. Victory. Methuen & Company, London, 1915.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the last page of ads dated 8/15/15. A beautiful copy SIGNED by Joseph Conrad on a laid in signature. This First Issue book is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's red cloth. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning. The boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a wonderful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author with a custom acetate dustjacket to protect the book. We buy Joseph Conrad First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph.. Victory.. Methuen and Company, London, 1915.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Description: 415 pp. plus pub. cats., the first dated Spring 1915 and the second 8/5/15. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket, preserved in a custom morocco-backed slipcase. First UK edition, title page lacking the comma after "Street" on the title page and with Supino A 19.7.0 (note): "Some copies of the first (or third) impression" lack the comma and have ads dated as in this copy. Bookplates to front pastedown; else a bright, fresh copy. The jacket has some chipping, most notably at the top of the spine, where the lettering of the title is affected. The printed price of 6 shillings has been hand-corrected to "16." Otherwise a bright example of a scarce jacket.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph. VICTORY. London: Methuen and Company Ltd., 1915.
Price: US$4170.61 + shipping
Description: First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles and decoration to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with minor bumping to the tips of the slightly faded spine. The contents, with toning to the closed text block edge, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Four page publisher's catalogue dated Autumn 1915, followed by a 31 page catalogue dated 8/5/15 at the rear. Complete with the very good rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has several small chips and short closed tears with associated creasing. Handwritten price in ink above the publisher's printed price of 6/- to the spine. The book is in the first state, with the comma after Street on the title page but no full stop after W.C. A total of 3460 copies of the first state of the domestic issue were printed. (Cagle A19b). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
CONRAD, JOSEPH. Victory. Metuen & Co, London, 1915.
Price: US$4250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A very clean, bright, and solid copy of the first English edition. Published in September of 1915 in an impression of 8000 copies, including Canadian and Colonial export editions. Last page of ads dated 8/15/15. Some pages in the middle of the book remain uncut. 'Methuen's Popular Novels' pamphlet laid in. Original red cloth brightly lettered in gilt on the spine. The author's Preface, included in this UK edition, was not present in the US edition. The dust jacket has been professionally cleaned and been gently and beautifully restored. An exceptionally nice copy of this very scarce volume. Walter E. Smith, pp 64-67. Near Fine / Near Fine.
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph. VICTORY An Island Tale. Methuen, 1915.
Price: US$6416.33 + shipping
Description: First edition. Original red cloth, titles to spine gilt in colour pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy with a little foxing to the page edges in a very good dustwrapper which has a small chip to the head of the spine and a couple of closed tears to the cover with associated creasing. Conrad's psychological novel is both a thrilling tale of adventure and an exploration of the power of love. A most uncommon survival in the original WW1 dustwrapper.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
CONRAD, Joseph.. Victory. An Island Tale.. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1915, 1915.
Price: US$8662.04 + shipping
Description: First British edition, first impression, in an exceptional example of the scarce dust jacket, one of the earliest graphically designed jackets issued by a British publisher, featuring a specially commissioned illustration not based on the cloth cover design nor an illustration in the book. Victory was published as part of Methuen's "Popular Novels" series, which marked a sea change in the history of British publishing and of the dust jacket. Earlier jackets typically consisted of lettering and an illustrated design based on the blocking of the binding. Only two years earlier, the jacket for Methuen's 1913 edition of John Oxenham's Bees in Amber bore the jingle: "This outer wrap is only meant / To keep my coat from detriment. / Please take it off, and let me show / The better one I wear below." Their "Popular Novels" series also included D. H. Lawrence's The Rainbow and P. G. Wodehouse's Something New. This copy is in the first state, with the comma after "Essex Street" on the title page. The novel was first published in the US earlier the same year. Cagle A19b(1); Keating 113; Wise 25. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom red quarter morocco slipcase and chemise. Tiny bumps to cloth at extremities; dust jacket slightly rubbed, extremities lightly worn with short split to front flap fold, overall remarkably bright, flaps without price as issued: a fine copy in near-fine dust jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom