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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.