Title page: A | BIBLIOGRAPHY | OF | THE WRITINGS OF | JOSEPH CONRAD
(1895–1920) | BY THOMAS J. WISE | ❦ | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY | By Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd. | 1920 ||

Pagination: [i-viii] ix-xiii [xiv-xvi], [1, 2] 3-105 [106-112], frontispiece with tissue guard in collation; 128 pages total.

Collation: 8vo; [A]-H8, 64 leaves total.

Binding: 22.5 x 18 cm; terracotta paper boards, black lettering to front and spine; uncut. The device on the recto of the last leaf inscribed: The Ashley library. Privately printed. 1920.

Insert: ALS from Thomas J. Wise dated 22/3/21 on watermarked paper (King of Kent | Extra Fine) with letterhead “Kirkstead”, 25 Heath Drive, Hampstead, N.W.3. The letter is a response to a request for two copies of Volume II of Wise’s Swinburne bibliography, which Wise promises to supply the next day to Stevens & Brown (founded in 1864, Literary and Fine Arts Agents).

Limitation: 150 copies, private printing.

Contributors:

Joseph Conrad [Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski] (British-Polish, 1857 – 1924)

Wise, Thomas James (British, 1859 – 1937) – compiler, bibliographer.

R. Clay & Sons Ltd. (London); Clay, Richard (British, 1789 – 1877) – publisher.

The Ashley Library (London) – printer.

Additional Information

Collection Books about books , Library , Reference Books
Type / Purpose Book , Catalogue raisonné
Country Great Britain
Period 20 AD , Early 20th century
Language English
Subject Bibliography , Catalogue raisonné , Conrad, Joseph [Korzeniowski, Józef Teodor Konrad] (British-Polish, 1857 – 1924) , Libraries
Media/Technique Paper , Wove paper
Creation / Publishing year 1920
Binding Hardcover , Paper
Edition 1st edition , Limited
Acquisition year 2021

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