CONRAD. THE RESCUE, LONDON, 1920, CORRECTED PROOF WITH ALS

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CONRAD. THE RESCUE, LONDON, 1920, CORRECTED PROOF WITH ALS

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CONRAD. THE RESCUE, LONDON, 1920, CORRECTED PROOF WITH ALS

The Joseph Conrad Collection from the Library of the late Stanley J. Seeger - Part I
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Conrad, Joseph THE RESCUE. A ROMANCE OF THE SHALLOWS. LONDON AND TORONTO: J.M. DENT & SONS, 1920 8vo, corrected proof of the first (published) English edition annotated by Conrad, front endpaper marked (not in Conrad's hand) "Corrected Proof" and stamped opposite "The Temple Press | Letchworth | Mar 12 1920", autograph corrections in ink to title page and over 90 pages of the text, typescript bound in opposite title page providing motto for the title page (initialled by Conrad), further typescript providing text for the dedication page inserted opposite the Contents leaf (dedication of seven lines, to Frederic Courtland Penfield, with Conrad's autograph directions to the printer), p.1 of the text stamped "The Temple Press | Letchworth | Mar 12 1920", three page autograph letter to Samuel Everitt (8vo, Oswalds, 21 August 1921) tipped-in at the beginning, rebound in three-quarter brown morocco gilt, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, leaves very lightly browned, a few tiny closed tears