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Description:
Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924) Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard. New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1904.
First American edition, in publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt, with orange and black design, small stain on front board.
Conrad's Heart of Darkness may be the better known work, but F. Scott Fitzgerald said, "I'd rather have written Nostromo than any other novel."
Estimate $150-250
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