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Octavo. True first edition. First issue with p. 187 misprinted "871." Limited to 2000 copies. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering spine. Very good copy with edge wear, scuffs to boards, scattered foxing, rear hinge cracked, but intact. 480 pp.

Nostromo is a novel by Joseph Conrad, which is considered one of his greatest works. Set in the fictional South American country of Costaguana, it tells the story of the rise and fall of the title character, a 'faithful' Italian expatriate and foreman of the dock workers.