CONRAD (JOSEPH) Almayer's Folly. A Story of an Eastern River, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895CONRAD (JOSEPH)Almayer's Folly. A Story of an Eastern River, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with "generosity" misprinted on p.110, half-title, title printed in red and black, occasional light spotting, publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered on spine, corners and spine ends slightly rubbed, light staining on upper cover, old morocco-backed solander box (worn, upper cover detached) [Wise 1; Cagle A1a(1)], 8vo, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895First edition, first impression of the author's first book. "Reviews were numerous, often lengthy; and, though they were mixed, praise predominated. The Spectator, noting the atmospheric power of this work set in Borneo, prophesied that Conrad might become 'the Kipling of the Malay Archipelago' (19 Oct. 1895)" (ODNB).Provenance: Joseph Halle Schaffner (18971972), bookplate on box; Sotheby's, 23 March 2005.