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Joseph Conrad?, L. M. Hallowes, F. N. Doubleday, et al : Collection of Original Letters and Manuscript Items Relating to Joseph Conrad, c. 1923, England, Chicago, Maine, and New York

Collection of letters and manuscript items relating to Joseph Conrad. There is at least one item in this collection that MAY be in Conrad's hand, an envelope with an inscription on front identifying that it contains photographic negatives (see No. 6 below); other items MAY also be in Conrad's hand. Some items are dated 1923; others are undated. Stated locations on the letters are England, New York, and Maine. Measurements of items range between about 2 3/4" x 4 1/4" and 7" x 9." Each item is very clean and intact overall except for age toning, a few wrinkles, and the small occasional mark. Each item and the entire collection are Very Good. A unique collection of letters and manuscript items relating to Joseph Conrad (ne Jozef Konrad Korzeniowski; 1857-1924), the acclaimed Polish-British writer. The following is a summary of the items contained in this collection, numbered 1-9, with details such as the author, date, location, page count, and subject. 1) Typed letter signed (TLS) from L. M. Hallowes to Mr. Culbreth Sudler, November 5, 1923, Kent, England, one page: Hallowes, Conrad's secretary, writes to Sudler, the latter of whom works for Doubleday Page, to pass along Conrad's thanks for the return of the "Cadby album" and to inquire about the frontispiece for the "N--" which is shorthand for Conrad's novella, The N-- of the "Narcissus" (1897). 2) Autograph letter signed (ALS) from Hallowes to Sudler, November 8, 1923, Kent, two pages, comes with hand-addressed envelope: Hallowes passes along instructions from Conrad to Sudler, writing, in part, "[Conrad] does not want any of the Cadby photos to be used in any way." 3) ALS from "F. N. D." (F. N. Doubleday) to Sudler, Center Lovell, Maine, c. 1923, one page: FND writes a brief one-sentence note to Sudler, "The two Bone Conrad drypoints were made at Effendi Hill, Oyster Bay in May 1923." 4) Manuscript fragment, New York, May 26, 1923, two pages: Various notes are handwritten on the back and the bottom part of the front of a previously written letter from jeweler A. Lawrence to Sudler (on Lawrence's stationery which has a New York location and is dated 1923 by Lawrence). All of the notes relate to Conrad's early life and read, in part, "Remembered names of boys on Torrens ...Two voyages to West Indies before I bought the Tremolino ...Voyage before Torrens, Jacques read Almayer's Folly ... Lowestoft ... It's much easier to be a machine fitter than a seaman." 5) Envelope hand-addressed to Willard Huntington Wright in Los Angeles, postmarked January 8, 1912. 6) Envelope that MAY have Conrad's handwriting on front that contains a black-and-white photograph and negative of an engraving of Tadeusz Bobrowski (1829-1894), Conrad's uncle and guardian, and two black-and-white photos of country houses that were possibly candidates for the frontispiece of Almayer's Folly. 7) Two envelopes hand-addressed to Sudler in Chicago; one postmarked May 11, 1924. 8) Photocopy of Conrad's letter to Mr. Wingate, c. 1923: Conrad writes to Wingate about how he is delighted to hear that American newspapers are interested in publishing his stories serially. 9) Photocopy of Conrad's draft page of Chance: A Ship-board Tale, undated: This appears to be the first draft page of Chance. The following is further description of No. 4, the manuscript notes possibly written by Conrad. The notes reference Conrad's time on the Torrens, a clipper ship, and one of his novels, Almayer's Folly (1895). The Torrens was one of the last ships Conrad served on (he was its Chief Officer from November 1891-June 1893) before formally starting his writing career. The Torrens is also noted for being the location where William Henry Jacques, a Cambridge University graduate, read the draft manuscript of Almayer's Folly and encouraged Conrad to continue working on the novel. According to Conrad in his autobiography, A Personal Record (1912), Jacques was the first reader of his Almayer's Folly manuscript.. Manuscript. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding

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