Last Essays

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926 Introduction by Richard Curle. First American edition, first printing. Publisher's navy cloth, stamped in gilt; in its original pale blue dust jacket, with Conrad portrait attributed to Arthur H. Harlow to front panel, lettered in red. Fine book; good unclipped dust jacket, with some toning to spine, light chipping to spine ends, split… Read more about this item

This is a stated first edition, and first US printing, of Last Essays, by Joseph Conrad. It was published in 1926 and includes 'Legends', the essay he was working on when he died (of a heart attack). It also includes a photo of the hand-written text of 'Legends'; these are the last words he wrote. As you can see, this book… Read more about this item

London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1926. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 5.25 x 7.75 inches (14 x 20 cm). Green buckram binding with dulling to spine. Spots of heavy foxing to page edges, a few patches of foxing to text. Previous owner's engraved bookplate to front endpaper (John Embleton Black). Overall condition is Very Good Minus.… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926 First printing of the stated First Edition. Lacks dust jacket. Book in fine condition.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1926. Unmarked copy in full cloth binding. Upper page edges lightly scuffed. xvii, 253pp. Dust jacket is fair only, rubbed, darkly toned, split in two down along spine panel. Offered now in a new mylar cover.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Introduction by Richard Curle. Green cloth stamped n gilt and blind. Spine lettering is dull ad spine a little toned, near very good. The poet Geoffrey Hill's copy with his ownership Signature dated in 1972 on the front fly.

London & Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1926. xvii, [1], 253pp, [1]. With a frontispiece: 'A facsimile of the last page written by Conrad'. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Very light shelf-wear, dustwrapper sunned and spotted, some loss to foot of spine panel. The first edition of a posthumous collection of twenty… Read more about this item

London & Toronto. J.M. Dent & Sons. 1926. F. Hardcover. 19.5cm, the first edition, xvii,253p., frontis facsimile of Conrad's handwriting, title page printed in red and black, bookplate, original light marine green cloth, front cover blocked in blind with single border and center wreath with initials JC, spine titles in gilt, titles slightly faded otherwise a very good to… Read more about this item

London: J.M. Dent, 1926. First edition. xviii, 254 pp. 8vo. Green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Front panel of dustjacket laid in. First edition. xviii, 254 pp. 8vo. Of the 20 pieces found here, 5 were written as prefaces to works by Ricard Curle, Thomas Beers, Stephen Crane, Conrad's own Shorter Tales and his wife Jessie's Handbook on Cookery, one… Read more about this item

London: J M Dent & Sons, 1926. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 1/7200 Copies. Green Cloth, Gilt And Stamped In Blind. First Printing. Book Near Fine, No Marks Or Stains, Spine Slightly Faded. Dust Jacket Worn And Browned, Green Lettering All Clear, Tiny Chips At Edges, Three Small Damp Spots.

Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. 171 pages, navy cloth with gilt ltrs and decorative box on front, lib pocket and card on pasted on inside front cover, lib stamps on title page and last page, name and date on ffep, usual markings for ex-lib, corners/head-heel of spine/ & edges are bumped and scruffed, black mark on heel of spine for… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Company. Good with no dust jacket; Typical ex-library markings, rear hinge weak.. 1926. First Printing. Hardcover. Black cloth. xiv, 171pp. Notes. Most of the contents of this volume were written subsequent to the publication of Notes on Life and Letters in 1921, and these two books together may be said to contain practically all… Read more about this item

London: J. M. Dent, 1926. 1st Edition. . Book Book Hardcover. Very Good/Good. London: J. M. Dent, 1926. 1st Edition . Very Good/Good. Book in very good condition in a good dustjacket, with some wear and rubbing. Jacket has browned, especially to spine, but is complete, with a little chipping to head and tail of spine. Internally clean,… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1926. 171pp. Dark Blue boards, Stated First Edition. Offsetting to the .prev. owner signature on the front free endpaper. light toning to the pages. internally clean, unmarked. Unclipped, light blue pictorial jacket has a veritcal closed tear running up 1/2 the front foldover, chips on the spine edges. in mylar sleeve. "ringing together… Read more about this item

1926. With an Introduction by Richard Curle. Garden City NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. Original dark blue cloth, with dust jacket. First American Edition of this posthumous collection of twenty essays, most of which had previously appeared in England in limited pamphlet form. In our experience the American edition of LAST ESSAYS is considerably scarcer than the… Read more about this item

Doubleday Page & Co., 1926. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Blue cloth over boards. Gilt on cover and spine. Clean throughout. Dj has small chips on corners. Light stain on cover. Spine and edges tanned.

Garden City / New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good. Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist whose works include the novel "Lord Jim" and the short story "Heart of Darkness". This novel is a collection of Conrad's last essays written. The introduction is written by Richard Curle, a Scottish author, critic, and… Read more about this item

London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Spotting to spine and upper board. Ownership details on fep. 1926. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). xvii, 253pp. .

Cambridge University Press, 2010. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. clean, unmarked copy.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. Near Fine condition. Light rubbing to spine ends. A few light brown speckles (foxing) on the endpapers. Previous owner's name. Othetrwise a clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. "First Edition" is so stated. According to Conrad's bibliographer, George T. Keating: "Two of the twenty uncollected essays… Read more about this item