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1920ref. 1281441920. Signed. CONRAD Joseph. The Works. Twenty-two volumes. WITH: JEAN-AUBRY G. Life and Letters. Two volumes. Garden City: Doubleday Page; Doubleday Doran 1920-28. Altogether twenty-four volumes. Octavo contemporary three-quarter dark brown morocco gilt raised bands top edges gilt uncut. $12800.Signed limited ""Sun-Dial Edition"" of Conrad's works number 651 of 735 sets including the two-volume Life and Letters signed in the first volume by Conrad handsomely bound by Stikeman.""Conrad's work at its best achieved a synthesis of theme treatment and language of a kind without precedent in English literatureÉ To a degree beyond the ordinary he owed his fame to the good fortune of a remarkable life-story which enabled him to use as material for fiction many strange and picturesque experiences"" DNB. With photographic frontispiece portraits of Conrad in Almayer's Folly and each of the volumes of Life and Letters. Interior fine spines evenly sunned to light brown; expert repairs to bindings of several volumes primarily joints and spine ends. A near-fine set. hardcover
1920ref. 1281441920. Signed. CONRAD Joseph. The Works. Twenty-two volumes. WITH: JEAN-AUBRY G. Life and Letters. Two volumes. Garden City: Doubleday Page; Doubleday Doran 1920-28. Altogether twenty-four volumes. Octavo contemporary three-quarter dark brown morocco gilt raised bands top edges gilt uncut. $12800.Signed limited ""Sun-Dial Edition"" of Conrad's works number 651 of 735 sets including the two-volume Life and Letters signed in the first volume by Conrad handsomely bound by Stikeman.""Conrad's work at its best achieved a synthesis of theme treatment and language of a kind without precedent in English literatureÉ To a degree beyond the ordinary he owed his fame to the good fortune of a remarkable life-story which enabled him to use as material for fiction many strange and picturesque experiences"" DNB. With photographic frontispiece portraits of Conrad in Almayer's Folly and each of the volumes of Life and Letters. Interior fine spines evenly sunned to light brown; expert repairs to bindings of several volumes primarily joints and spine ends. A near-fine set. hardcover books