Joseph Conrad — Victory: An Island Tale

London, Methuen & Co, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling psychological tale from Joseph Conrad, published after delays during the First World War. The first edition, first impression. The first issue, as identified by the comma after 'Street' to title page, and with two leaves of advertisements dated Autumn 1915 to the rear, alongside a further thirty-one pages of advertisements.While the true first edition of this work was published in the US, this edition is the first to feature the 'Author's Note' to the start of the work.This psychological novel from Conrad is set in the Malay Archipelago, following Axel Heyst, a reclusive Swede whose life of isolation is disrupted when he rescues a young woman, Lena, from a predatory hotelier and brings her to his remote island refuge. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Boards bright, with back strip age toned. Light handling marks to rear board. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with a touch of fraying to back strip head. Rear joint head starting, with board firmly held. Head of front joint starting, with board just a touch tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned to perimeters, otherwise clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .