Tales of Unrest.
by Joseph Conrad
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- Hardcover
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Garden City, NY Doubleday Page & Company for William H. Wise, 1924. Hardcover Later Edition (1924); copyright is 1898 and 1920. Very Good+ to Near Fine in Good+ DJ: The book shows indications of very careful use; just a touch of wear to extremities; the front and rear free endpapers are tanned; else flawless; the binding is square and perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a couple of minor cosmetic flaws. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Close to 'As New'. The Dj shows chipping to the head and heel of the backstrip and scant loss to the corner tips; a bit of darkening to the backstrip, but the titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible; unclipped; mylar-protected. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo.(8 x 6.55 x 1.15 inches). xiii, 204 pages. Language: English. Olive cloth over boards with pastedown titles label at the upper backstrip. Embossed designs at the front panel and backstrip Top Edge Gilt. Deckle Fore-Edge. Weight: 16.5 ounces. Later Edition (1924); copyright is 1898 and 1920. Canterbury Edition of Conrad's Complete Works. Hardback with DJ.
Synopsis
Of the five stories in this volume, The Lagoon, the last in order, is the earliest in date. It is the first short story I ever wrote and marks, in a manner of speaking, the end of my first phase, the Malayan phase with its special subject and its verbal suggestions. Conceived in the same mood which produced Almayer's Folly and An Outcast of the Islands, it is told in the same breath (with what was left of it, that is, after the end of An Outcast), seen with the same vision, rendered in the same method - if such a thing as method did exist then in my conscious relation to this new adventure of writing for print.
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- Black Cat Hill Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 53104
- Title
- Tales of Unrest.
- Author
- Joseph Conrad
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Edition (1924); copyright is 1898 and 1920.
- Publisher
- Doubleday Page & Company for William H. Wise,
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1924.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories; English Literature; Classic English Fiction; Vintage Popular Fiction;
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