The First Book Publication of ‘Heart of Darkness’
Youth: A Narrative and Two Other Stories.
Conrad, Joseph.
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1902.
Price:
$3,000.00
About the item
First edition, with the 32 pp. catalogue dated ‘11/02’. [viii], 375, [1], 32 (catalogue) pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Light green linen-grain cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Light foxing to endpapers, which are split at seams but still solid, spine sunned, some bumps and light soiling to covers. In custom clamshell box. Supino A7.1.0; Cagle A7a (1); Smith 8; Keating 34; Wise 10.
Item #376955
Three stories: “Youth,” “The End of the Tether,” and the masterpiece, “Heart of Darkness,” all of which had originally appeared in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine.
Conrad described "Youth" as "A bit of life, — nothing more, — not well done, — but mine own"
