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The Nigger of the "Narcissus"; A Tale of the Sea
by Joseph Conrad
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Hexham, Northumberland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London.: William Heinemann., 1898. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Good. Publishers cloth. Ex lending libray copy; the only evidence of this being the contemporaneous bookplate to front pastedown. Endpapers toned. Name neatly penned to front pastedown in contemporaneous hand. A small picture of the author is pasted to the title page. Slightly foxed. Uncut pages.
Synopsis
Joseph Conrad (originally Józef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski) was born in the Ukraine in 1857 and grew up under Tsarist autocracy. His parents, ardent Polish patriots, died when he was a child, following their exile for anti-Russian activities, and he came under the protection of his tradition-conscious uncle, Thaddeus Bobrowski, who watched over him for the next twenty-five years. In 1874 Bobrowski conceded to his nephew's passionate desire to go to sea, and Conrad travelled to Marseilles, where he served in French merchant vessels before joining a British ship in 1878 as an apprentice. In 1886 he obtained British nationality and his Master's certificate in the British Merchant Service. Eight years later he left the sea to devote himself to writing, publishing his first novel, Almayer's Folly , in 1895. The following year he married Jessie George and eventually settled in Kent, where he produced within fifteen years such modern classics as Youth , Heart of Darkness , Lord Jim , Typhoon , Nostromo , The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes . He continued to write until his death in 1924. Today Conrad is generally regarded as one of the greatest writers of fiction in English—his third language. He once described himself as being concerned 'with the ideal value of things, events and people'; in the Preface to The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' he defined his task as 'by the power of the written word ... before all, to make you see'.
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- Bookseller
- Ryan OHorne Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028430
- Title
- The Nigger of the "Narcissus"; A Tale of the Sea
- Author
- Joseph Conrad
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- William Heinemann.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 1.98 lbs
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- 12mo
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- Foxed
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