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TALES OF UNREST
by CONRAD, Joseph:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: T. Fisher Unwin. 1898. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt rule and titles in gilt to the spine. Top edge gilt, deckled fore and bottom edge. An excellent better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with some bumping at the spine tips, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents, with a few foxing spots to the endpapers and lower edge of the closed text block are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Publisher's catalogue to the rear. An attractive example. A collection of five short stories comprising 'The Idiots'; 'An Outpost of Progress'; 'The Lagoon'; 'Karain: a Memory'; 'The Return'. All but the last had been previously published in magazine form. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25302
- Title
- TALES OF UNREST
- Author
- CONRAD, Joseph:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: T. Fisher Unwin. 1898
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About the Seller
Lucius Books
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York, North Yorkshire
About Lucius Books
Our shop is located in central York within a stones throw of the historic Micklegate Bar and walls. We are open seven days a week and carry a high quality stock specialising in but not limited to first editions, signed copies, bound sets and childrens / illustrated books and original art. Our opening times are 10am to 6pm Monday to Saturday and 11am to 4pm on Sundays.Lucius Books is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) trade associations. If you are unable to make it to the shop then our stock is available to view on our website at www.luciusbooks.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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