Between the Covers

Hardcover. First American edition. Green cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Contemporary owner's neat signature, a tiny bit of neat repair at the front hinge, corners a little bumped, still an attractive, very good or better copy with the spine lettering easily readable. First appearance of Conrad's most famous work, his canonical novella *The Heart of Darkness*, one of the most influential, anthologized and studied short novels ever written. Conrad's richly metaphoric, enigmatic, timeless, Oedipal journey down the Congo River set a new literary standard. *Connolly 100*.

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