Heart of Darkness
by Conrad, Joseph
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good /No DJ as Issued
- Seller
-
La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
The Limited Editions Club. A lovely crisp, clean hardcover in very good condition; foxing to vellum on spine and faint foxing to lower edge of textblock. Includes slipcase in near fine condition with light rubbing. No. 292/1500 limited edition copies signed by illustrator, Robert Shore. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1969.
Synopsis
Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Joseph Conrad. Before its 1902 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It is widely regarded as a significant work of English literature and part of the Western canon. The story details an incident when Marlow, an Englishman, took a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a ferry-boat captain in Africa.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Maxwell's House of Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 058316
- Title
- Heart of Darkness
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Illustrator
- Robert Shore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Limited Editions Club
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- HEART OF DARKNESS LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB TAN WITH GOLD GILT LETTERING IN BLACK SLIPCASE IN FRONT ARE WITH OTHER LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB kca1103
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About the Seller
Maxwell's House of Books
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La Mesa, California
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- Spine
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- Rubbing
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- Vellum
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- Crisp
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- Fine
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