NMLP P-039528 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'

Joseph Conrad · William Heinemann (London) — but see precedence note: Dodd, Mead (New York) preceded it · 1898

One widely repeated sub-point should be treated as unsettled rather than diagnostic: copies vary between a Heinemann imprint at the spine foot in uniform 3mm capitals and one with a larger, non-uniform initial 'H', and dealers directly contradict each other on which is earlier — Sumner & Stillman states no definite priority has been established

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-039528 for "The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'" by Joseph Conrad (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-039528, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).