Conrad, Joseph

The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows

London and Toronto: J. M. Dent & Son. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A decent copy of the first trade edition, first printing (binding askew, splash mark to each pastedown and the facing side or each endpaper, prior seller's price to the front free endpaper in pencil) in a Good+ dust jacket. Although Joseph Conrad was born in Poland and did not speak fluent English until he was in his twenties, he became know as one of the greatest novelists ever to write in the English language. Of him, Nobel Prize winner Rudyard Kipling stated: Rudyard Kipling felt that "...with a pen in his hand he was first amongst us." Near Very Good / Good +. Item #3647

Price: $65.00