An Outcast of the Islands
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Item #47671
8vo. Pp. [2], (6), 335, [1], (10p.) ads, [2]. Green decorated cloth stamped in red, black, and gilt. Minor rubbing of only lightly darkened spine, page edges yellowed, else a fine copy, without any ownership signatures, the binding is tight and square. Appleton's Town and Country Library No. 198. Conrad's second book, published in London in March, 1896, and in August in the US, with altered text. "Because An Outcast of the Islands was scheduled for inclusion in a family library series, it was decoded, in the interest of propriety, to purge it of all love making between Willems and Aissa. Where necessary, the editors wrote their own linking passages." Cagle A2b.
Price (CAD): $450.00