Title: A CONRAD | MEMORIAL LIBRARY | THE COLLECTION OF | GEORGE T. KEATING | {Conrad's portrait in a circle} | 1929 | Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. | Garden City, New York ||
Pagination: [2] – blanks, [i-vi] vii-xvi, [1-2] 3-448 [449-450], [2] – blanks, [2] – justification (501 copies printed, 425 for sale, this is № 365), verso blank, plus frontispiece – a colour portrait of sitting Mr Conrad from the painting by Walter Tittle with lettered tissue guard; the total number of pages 472; 304 items recordered and described.
Binding: 27 x 19.5 cm, bevelled boards, blue cloth, white embossed head portrait of Conrad pasted to front board, spine sunned to green-yellowish, paper label with lettering to spine, top edge gilt, other untrimmed, printed on laid paper; in a black buckram slipcase with a green label to spine.
Contributors:
Joseph Conrad [Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski] (British-Polish, 1857 – 1924)
George Thomas Keating (American, 1892 – 1976) – author
Printer: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
Richard Robert Donnelley (American, 1838 – 1899)
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co.
Frank Nelson Doubleday (American, 1862 – 1934)
George Henry Doran (American, 1869 – 1956)
Tittle, Walter (American, 1883 – 1966) – artist (portrait)
Additional Information
| Collection | Books about books , Library , Reference Books |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book , Catalogue raisonné |
| Country | USA |
| Period | Mid-20th Century |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Bibliography , Catalogue raisonné , Conrad, Joseph [Korzeniowski, Józef Teodor Konrad] (British-Polish, 1857 – 1924) , Libraries |
| Media/Technique | Laid paper , Paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1929 |
| Binding | Cloth , Hardcover , Slipcase |
| Edition | 1st edition |
| Acquisition year | 2021 |
