Conrad's Manifesto: Preface to a Career
Philadelphia: Gehenna Press, 1966. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. 80pp. Decorated boards with cover label in gray board chemise and slipcase. Head and tail of spine and corners slightly rubbed. Fore-and bottom page edges untrimmed. Minor stains to slipcase. Title plate to slipcase. Frontispiece. "The history of the preface to "The Nigger of the Narcissus" with facsimiles of the manuscripts edited with an essay by David R. Smith". Joseph Conrad's preface to the Nigger of the "Narcissus" is perhaps the single best known critical statement concerning modern fiction in English. Printed on Fabriano paper. The frontispiece woodcut portrait of Conrad is by Leonard Baskin. One of 1100 copies. In very good condition. vg. Item #11850
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