An outcast of the islands /
Conrad, Joseph,1857-1924.
Cunninghame Graham, R. B.(Robert Bontine),1852-1936,former owner.StEdNL
London : T. Fisher Unwin Paternoster Square,
MDCCCXCVI [1896].
First edition, first printing with "this" for 'their' on p. 26, l. 31; "absolution" for 'ablution' p. 110, l. 12; '9' missing from page number at foot of p. 129; and "hate" for 'fate' on p. 356, l. 26. The publication of Conrad's second book was problematic. A fire destroyed the original electrotype plates late in 1895 and the book was hastily reset and proofed, leaving a number of typos and dropped letters.
Colophon: The Gresham Press, Unwin Brothers, London.
Ehrsam, T.G. Conrad,
Inscription on front free endpaper: This is the first of Conrad's books I read. It was recommended to me by my mother. RBCG [Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham]; Cunninghame Grahame has also corrected in ink the Spanish quotation from Calderon (Pedro Calderón de la Barca) on the title page, "nacito" has been corrected to 'nacido'.
In publisher's original dark green cloth binding.
England London.