Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
Author:
CONRAD, JOSEPH
Title:
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
Publisher:
George Bell & Sons and Bombay August 1904
Description:
p187 misprinted as 871, p480 correctly numbered, adverts at rear, this is is the earliest version of the 1st edition, dispatched to the colonies ahead of the local issue, SCARCE, octavo, red cloth boards gilt lettering to spine, blind decoration to spine & rear board, blind lettering to front board, 480pp +16pp ads, G+ (rubbing soiling & fading to boards & spine, bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, damp staining & damage to outer board edges, red staining from cloth dye to edges of eps, insect damage to lower eps prelims & boards (text not affected), light foxing to pages & page edges, light tanning to page edges, lower front hinge shaky but sound)
Keywords:
Joseph Conrad literature fiction scarce first edition