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YOUTH; TYPHOON; THE END OF THE TETHER
by CONRAD, JOSEPH
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1972. All edges gilt. Cover vignettes and naval designs, spine lettered in decorated in gilt. Sewn-in silk bookmark. A copy of notes From The Archives is laid-in. A collection of three stories, one a short story and the other two novellas. "Youth" the short stories was first published in 1898; "Typhoon" and "End of the Tether" in 1902. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was a Polish-British writer, one of the greatest novelists to ever write in the English language. 251pp.. The Collector's Library of Famous Editio. Full Deep Blue Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Royal Octavo.
Synopsis
Conrad's aim was 'by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel . . . before all, to make you see' Heart of Darkness, his exploration of European colonialism in Africa and of elusive human values, embodies more profoundly than almost any other modern fiction the difficulty of 'seeing', its relativity and shifting compromise. Portraying a young man's first sea-voyage to the East in Youth, an unenlightened maturity in Heart of Darkness, and the blind old age of Captain Whalley in The End of the Tether, the stories in this volume are united in their theme - the 'Ages of Man' - and in their scepticism. Conrad's vision has influenced twentieth-century writers and artists from T. S. Eliot to Jorge Luis Borges and Werner Herzog, and continues to draw critical fire. In his stimulating introduction John Lyon discusses the links between these three stories, the critiques of Chinua Achebe and Edward Said, and the ebb and flow of Conrad's magnificent narrative art.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014854
- Title
- YOUTH; TYPHOON; THE END OF THE TETHER
- Author
- CONRAD, JOSEPH
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- The Collector's Library of Famous Editio
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- Royal Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Adventure, Sea Stories, Conrad, Fine Binding
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
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Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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