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VICTORY: An Island Tale.
de Conrad, Joseph
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Bien
- Librería
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1915., 1915.. Good. - Octavo, dark blue cloth titled in blue within a gilt panel with a vignette in gilt on the front cover. The binding is lightly rubbed and the head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. Half-title, title, [1] leaf & 462 pages plus colophon. Illustrated with a map on the front pastedown & endpaper. Good.
First American edition.
Sinopsis
Axel Heyst, a dreamer and a restless drifter, believes he can avoid suffering by cutting himself off from others. Then he becomes involved in the operation of a coal company on a remote island in the Malay Archipelago, and when it fails he turns his back on humanity once more. But his life alters when he rescues a young English girl, Lena, from Zangiacomo's Ladies' Orchestra and the evil innkeeper Schomberg, taking her to his island retreat. The affair between Heyst and Lena begins with her release, but the relationship shifts as Lena struggles to save Heyst from detachment and isolation. Featuring arguably the most interesting hero created by Conrad, "Victory" is both a compelling tale of adventure and a perceptive study of the power of love.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 94743
- Título
- VICTORY: An Island Tale.
- Autor
- Conrad, Joseph
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1915.
- Fecha de publicación
- 1915.
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; JOSEPH CONRAD; VICTORY: AN ISLAND TALE; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.
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Sobre el vendedor
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Miembro de Biblio desde 2003
Cadyville, New York
Sobre Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
