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Shelley and Son Books
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Description

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1992. First Edition. Leather. Fine. Sean Scully. Signed by the illustrator. Large (10" x 12") quarto bound in full black Nigerian goatskin leather with the spine and front cover stamped in 22-karat gold in a clamshell box covered with black Italian cotton. Box lined in plush gray cloth. 121pp. Copy #87 of only 300 numbered copies illustrated with four full-page and four half-page etchings by Sean Scully and SIGNED by him on the colophon page. No LEC Newsletter. Full refund if not satisfied.

About Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State in the heart of Africa. The story is a complex exploration of the darkness within the human soul and the moral dilemmas faced by individuals.

Identifying the First Edition of Heart of Darkness

Published serially in Blackwood's Magazine, typically bound in green or blue cloth with gilt lettering.