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First edition, first impression, with "this" for "their" on p. 26, l. 31; "Absolution" for "ablution" p. 110, l. 12; "9" missing on p. 129; and "hate" for "fate" on p. 356, l. 26. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Bookseller's ticket to front pastedown. Small chip to head of spine, wear to tips, central scratches to front cover, contents lightly toned in the margins, and occasional small spots of foxing; a very good copy.

An Outcast of the Islands is a novel by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1896. The book follows the story of Peter Willems, a Dutch-Belgian tramp with a troubled past, who finds himself involved in treacherous local politics in a colonial setting.