Joseph Conrad — Lord Jim

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sonss, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Joseph Conrad's celebrated modernist novel, which offers a psychological portrait of a man publicly shamed after abandoning his post on a passenger ship. The first edition, first impression of this work. The first state, with the correct issue points: misprint "anyrate" on page 77, line 5; the omission of "keep" after "can" on page 226, line 27, a misprint "cure" for "cured") on the same line and "his" on page 319, last line slightly dropped.Originally published as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine from October 1899 to November 1900, the novel follows the abandonment of a passenger ship in distress by its crew, including a young British seaman named Jim.Jim is publicly censured for this action and the novel follows his later attempts to see redemption and acceptance.With a portrait of the author tipped in to the front free endpaper.Richard Curle stated that "Conrad's fame as a novelist rests chiefly upon Lord Jim. And perhaps the main reason for this is that it raises a fierce moral issue in a very definite form and carries it through on a high level of creative intensity". In the publisher's original cloth binding. Back strip age toned, with bumping to back strip head and tail, with a touch of fraying to back strip head, and with fading to tail of front board. joints starting, with front board tenderly held, and rear board a touch strained. Image tipped in to front free endpaper. First gathering - front free endpaper, half title, title page and following leaf - detached and loosely inserted, with binding lightly strained throughout. Pages bright, with spotting and instances of foxing throughout. Good . Ill.: None. Good .