A SKETCH OF JOSEPH CONRAD'S LIFE, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF IN 1900

Portland, Maine: Southworth-Anthoensen Press. Near Fine. 1939. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. Contents clean and secure in original binding of green paper covered boards with brown cloth spine. OCLC 2726500 Privately printed for the friends of Marguerite and Howard Eric by Southworth-Anthoensen Press in Portland, Maine. Unnumbered copy of limited edition (75 copies?). Contains three folded facsimile sheets of Conrad's manuscript pages with the nicely printed edition of Conrad's brief account of his life up to the time of his marriage. "The Southworth-Anthoeson Press rightly deserves its unique, if small, place in history of the private press. This private press actually refers to a period of but a few years during the transition between the Southworth Press and the Anthoenson Press, during which time the new director, Fred Anthoeson can be seen to be starting to make choices in book design as well as choice of titles. ... Originally started as a religious and evangelical press by Reverend Southworth of Maine, the press was almost entirely given over to small, moral pamphlets and later tales and fables of the high seas, often with a strong Christian message. The later director and most famous leading man of the Press, Fred Anthoenson was a Dutch apprentice who learned his trade at the Southworth Press, before purchasing the Press himself and expanding its clients to include the local Free Library and private business folk of the nearby towns. The Southworth-Anthoenson Press came into being in 1934 but by 1944 had dropped the Southworth part and had become known purely as the Anthoenson Press." [artunderwraps] .