Lord Jim. A Tale.

£1,500 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Lord Jim was originally appeared serialised in “Blackwood’s Magazine” from October 1899 to November 1900 and Conrad did extensive rewriting for this first edition. The correct first issue with the relevant misprints to pp. 77, 226, 319. Just about a very good copy overall, pencilled notation to front free endpaper in an early hand, small amount of faint foxing to outer leaves, slight browning to contents but otherwise generally unmarked, cloth rather worn at extremities, spine darkened, slight lean to text block, superficial hairline crack to front hinge but holding firmly. Cagle A5a(1).

• Year: 1900

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