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January 2013 Bertram Rota Ltd 31 LONG ACRE COVENT GARDEN, LONDON WC2E 9LT Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 7836 0723 * Fax: + 44 (0) 20 7497 9058 E-mail: [email protected] www.bertramrota.co.uk IN OUR NINETIETH ANNIVERSARY YEAR From the Gavin H. Fryer Collection a fine selection of works by Joseph Conrad, Compton Mackenzie, V.S. Pritchett and others Catalogue 308 Part II Established 1923 TERMS OF BUSINESS. The items in this catalogue are offered at net sterling prices, for cash upon receipt. Charges for postage and packing will be added. All books are insured in transit. PAYMENT. We accept cheques and debit and credit cards (please quote the card number, start and expiry date and 3 digit security code as well as your name and address). For direct transfers: HSBC, 129 New Bond Street, London, W1A 2JA, sort code 40 05 01, account number 50149489 . VAT is added and charged on autograph letters and manuscripts (unless bound in the form of a book), drawings, prints and photographs WANTS LISTS. We are pleased to receive lists of books especially wanted. They are given careful attention and quotations are submitted without charge. We also provide valuations of books, manuscripts, archives and entire libraries. HOURS OF BUSINESS. We are open from 10.30 to 6.00 from Monday to Friday. Appointment recommended. Unless otherwise described, all the books in this catalogue are published in London, in the original cloth or board bindings, octavo or crown octavo in size. Dust-wrappers should be assumed to be present only when specifically mentioned. Featuring in particular works by Conrad and those two other literary masters of their time, Compton Mackenzie and V.S. Pritchett. Mr Fryer has formed the interesting view that Ford Madox Ford contributed more to more of Conrad’s novels than is generally acknowledged (see part I of this catalogue for the known collaborations).. 124. Aldington (Richard) . Love and the Luxembourg . Title-vignette printed in green. Covici, Friede Inc., New York, 1930. First Edition. One of 475 numbered copies signed by the author and the designer (Frederic Warde). Original red cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Spine a trifle dulled, but a very nice copy in marked and somewhat worn slipcase. £30 125. Aldington (Richard) . Soft Answers; stories . Chatto & Windus, 1932. First Edition. Cloth a little marked and bumped and spine faded, otherwise a nice copy; inscription on front free end-paper and bookseller’s small label on front pastedown. £20 126. Arnold (Matthew) . The Strayed Reveller and other poems . “By A.”. B. Fellowes, 1849. First Edition. Original green blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Half-title. Cloth a little marked and rubbed, otherwise a very nice copy; with the armorial bookplate of R.E. Bartlett. Smart 6; Tinker 128; Hayward 256. £500 The work is scarce: only 500 copies were printed. The author’s first book apart from two prize poems. 127. Bridges (Robert) . Poems . Basil Montagu Pickering, 1873. First Edition. Original blue cloth, uncut, spine with printed label (rubbed). Cloth somewhat soiled, end-papers severely browned as always, otherwise a nice copy; Logan Pearsall Smith’s copy with his ownership signature on the front pastedown. McKay 1. £280 This is Bridges’ first book, suppressed by the author. Most of the edition was destroyed. 128. Compton-Burnett (Ivy) . Dolores . William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1911. First Edition. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in black. Spine very slightly darkened and worn and covers just a little marked, but a very nice, bright copy. In specially made book-form box with printed label gilt. £650 The author's rare first book, not reprinted during her life-time. It was with her second book, Pastors and Masters (1925), that she attained the narrative mode so remarkably her own. 129. Compton-Burnett (Ivy) . Brothers and Sisters . Heath Cranton Limited, 1929. First Edition. Sides a little marked, spine creased and somewhat faded and a little worn at head and foot, just a little foxing to bottom edge, nevertheless a nice copy; ownership signature on front free end-paper. Scarce. £60 For Conrad’s collaborations with Ford Madox Ford in the Gavin H. Fryer collection, see part I of this catalogue. 130. Conrad (Joseph) . Almayer’s Folly. A Story of an Eastern River . T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. First Edition, with page 110 in the first state with the dropped “e” and “of”. Original dark green cloth, spine gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Upper hinge partly cracked and just a little foxing and light bumping to corners, otherwise an exceptionally nice, bright copy in slightly worn book-form folding box with spine lettered in gilt to match the book. £2,500 The author’s rare first book. 131. Conrad (Joseph) . An Outcast of the Islands . T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. First Edition, First Issue with the errors uncorrected. Original dark green cloth, spine gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Corners bumped and spine a little cocked, sides just a little marked, free end-papers slightly browned, else a very nice, bright copy. £1,500 Together with a very good copy of the Eveleigh Nash & Grayson reprint, 1922. 132. Conrad (Joseph) . Tales of Unrest . T. Fisher Unwin, 1898. First English Edition, First Issue (published very shortly after the American edition). Original dark green cloth, spine gilt, top edge gilt (some copies have top edge plain), others uncut, advertisements at end. Cloth just a little marked and bumped and some slight foxing, else a very nice, bright copy. £850 133. Conrad (Joseph) . Youth: A Narrative and two other stories . William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1902. First Edition. With the publisher’s catalogue at end dated “11/02” (“10/02” in the first state). Original green cloth, lettered and decorated in black and gilt. Spine a little dulled and with damage to head and foot, minor tears to margin of final advertisement leaf, corners a little rubbed, hinges cracked and end-papers a little foxed, still a nice copy; ownership inscription on front free end-paper. £1,200 The contents comprise the title-story, “Heart of Darkness” and “The End of the Tether”. Connolly, The Modern Movement , 14. 134. Conrad (Joseph) . Youth: A Narrative and two other stories . J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1917. Second English Edition, First Edition with the author’s note. Original green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black (Cagle calls for gilt and brown in his unpublished bibliography). Corners bumped and gilt lettering to spine somewhat dulled, sides very slightly marked and light browning to free end- papers, else a very nice copy; inscription and ownership stamp on front free end-paper, bookseller’s small label on front pastedown. £250 135. Conrad (Joseph) . Falk; Amy Foster; To-Morrow; three stories . McClure, Phillips & Co., New York, 1903. First Edition (see footnote). Original dark blue blindstamped cloth gilt. Bookplate removed offsetting to half-title and somewhat unsightly inscription on front free end-paper, cloth very lightly rubbed, but otherwise a very nice and particularly bright copy. £250 This is the first edition of stories omitted from the American edition of Typhoon and other stories , but which appeared in the London edition. 136. Conrad (Joseph) . Typhoon and other stories . William Heinemann, 1903. First English Edition, First Binding. Original grey cloth gilt, advertisement leaf at beginning and 32 pages at end. Corners bumped and light browning to end-papers, otherwise a very nice, bright copy. £500 This is the first edition in book form of all the stories except “Typhoon” which was previously published in America. 137. Conrad (Joseph) . Nostromo; a tale of the seaboard . Harper Brothers, London and New York, 1904. First Edition, with page 187 misnumbered. Original dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in light blue and gilt. Corners a trifle rubbed and sides a little marked, else a very nice copy. £700 Scarce. 138. Conrad (Joseph) . The Mirror of the Sea . Methuen & Co., 1906. First Edition. Original green cloth, spine and top edge gilt, others uncut, 40 pages of advertisements dated August 1906. Extremities a little bumped and hinges cracked, otherwise a very nice, bright copy. £500 139. Conrad (Joseph) . A Set of Six . Methuen and Co., 1908. First Edition, domestic issue, published state with the corrected text on the verso of the half-title and the publisher’s advertisements dated June, 1908. Original dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and dark red. Spine a little faded and covers slightly marked, but a very nice copy. £250 140. Conrad (Joseph) . Under Western Eyes . Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1911. First Edition. Original red cloth, spine gilt. Spine a touch faded and with minor damage at foot, sides a little marked, end- papers browned and a little foxing, otherwise a very nice copy. £250 141. Conrad (Joseph) . Chance; a tale in two parts . Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1914. First Impression, domestic issue, published state. Original dark green cloth, spine gilt. Binding just a little rubbed, but a very nice copy. £300 This state has the cancel title dated 1914, with the “ METHUEN ” binding, and missing the second quotes around “Narcissus” in the list of books facing the title-page. 142. Conrad (Joseph) . Victory; an island tale . Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1915. First English Edition. Original red cloth, spine gilt. Spine a little faded and upper cover marked, preliminaries foxed, but a nice copy; ownership inscription on front free end-paper. £150 Includes an “Author’s Note” that did not appear in the preceding American edition. 143. Conrad (Joseph) . Within the Tides . J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1915. First Edition. Original green cloth, spine gilt. Sides faded as usual, spine bright and fresh, browning to free end-papers and a little foxing, but a very nice copy in dust-wrapper which has been professionally restored at the hinges and is a little browned at the spine panel.