[CONRAD, Joseph (1857?1924)]. A group of 4 works by and rel...

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  [CONRAD, Joseph (1857?1924)]. A group of 4 works by and relating to Joseph Conrad, including: The Inheritors. London: William Heinemann, 1901. 8vo. Publisher?s yellow cloth decorated in black (soiling, light foxing to endpapers). FIRST U.K. EDITION. Wise 9. ?? Victory. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1915. 8vo. Publisher?s red cloth with titles gilt (toning to spine, light soiling). FIRST U.K. EDITION. Wise 25. ?? CURLE, Richard. Joseph Conrad?s Last Day. London: Privately printed, 1924. 8vo. Publisher?s printed grey wraps; glassine jacket (chipping along extremities of jacket, foxing throughout). LIMITED EDITION, one of 100 copies. SIGNED BY CURLE. ?? CURLE, Richard. Caravansary and Conversation. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1937. 8vo. Publisher?s buff cloth stamped in red; dust jacket (closed tears and creases, front hinge split). Provenance: ?Bongo? (inscription).?TIPPED-IN WITH AN ALS FROM CURLE LAID IN. ?? Richard Curle made the acquaintance of Joseph Conrad in the 1910s, and over the course of the decade the two would become very close; upon Conrad?s death Curle was made the executor of his estate.
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