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[New Haven: Printed by Yale University Press for] The Limited Editions Club, 1959. No. 254 OF 1,500 COPIES, signed by the illustrator. 235 x 178 mm. (9 1/4 x 7"). x, [2], 407, [2] pp. VERY FINE GILT PICTORIAL DARK BLUE MOROCCO BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE (signed on rear turn-in), front cover with French fillet border and large center panel with titling at the top and a scene in gilt below showing a ship under full sail, the setting sun in the background, and tropical vegetation (including a tall palm tree) in the left foreground, raised bands (decorated with a gilt chain rule), spine in compartments formed by gilt rules and featuring a gilt anchor, red and green labels, gilt ruled and decorated turn-ins, watered silk endleaves, all edges gilt. In custom-made imitation morocco slipcase. Lithographed illustrations in the text by Lynd Ward (some full-page, some in color). Newmand & Wiche 300. ◆A pristine copy. This is an attractively produced edition of one of the great modern English…

Lord Jim is a novel by Joseph Conrad, originally published as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine from October 1899 to November 1900. It explores the life of a young British seaman who gets involved in a scandal and is tormented by guilt and atonement. The novel is notable for its psychological depth and complex narrative structure.