CONRAD, Joseph - GISSING, George.

£275 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Two Letters. First and limited edition, first impression, one of 220 copies. Privately printed for the First Edition Club, this pamphlet was published as part of a 12-piece portfolio set titled Twenty Letters to Joseph Conrad. The letters are dated 25 December 1902 and 9 May 1903, and express Gissing's admiration of Conrad's writing: "This is your glorious power, to show man's kindred with the forces of earth, and style to utter the facts of human life and the aspects of the world in a profound harmony."

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