An Outcast of the Islands - SOLD - Joseph Conrad 1896 - T. Fisher Unwin, London - First Edition Conrad's second novel. A tale of intrigue set on the Island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Peter Willems, a clerk in Macassar, granted a "second chance" at a remote river trading post, falls ever more hopelessly into traps set by himself and others. A parable of human frailty, with love and death the major players, this is a story of a man unable to understand others and fated never to possess his own soul.

I know the white man...in many lands have I seen them, always the slaves of their desires ...   3,000 copies printed. Top edges gilt.   Condition: A very good copy, staining to edges of boards, toning to end-papers.   Ref: 104706   Price: Please contact us for a price or general inquiries about this book