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J.M. Dent & Sons, 1962. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
VICTORY. An Island Tale by Conrad, Joseph - 1915
by Conrad, Joseph
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VICTORY. An Island Tale
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1915. London: Methuen & Co., (1915). 4 pp ads dated Autumn 1915 plus 31 pp ads dated "8/5/15". Original red cloth with gilt-decorated spine.
First English Edition. This was issued about six months after the New York edition, due to delays related to Conrad's displeasure with Methuen ("It was Conrad's last book with Methuen and one wonders who was more relieved at that, the author, the publisher or the agent" [Cagle]). During this six months' delay, with the Great War underway, Conrad added his wartime preface in which he discusses the "Teutonic psychology" of the character Schomberg. This would be the last of the five Conrad books bound by Methuen in this shell-and-coral binding (three of them red, two green). The title page DOES have the comma after "Street," lacking from later copies in the print run (or perhaps from copies that were planned for the colonial market, then given new preliminary leaves for the domestic market). This is a bright, near-fine copy (very little of the usual fading of the spine, just a touch of soil). No wear, no foxing. Supino A19.7.0 (this copy); Cagle A19.b.1. Provenance: discreet bookplate of the Conrad bibliographer David J. Supino (also with his penciled notation on the front free endpaper).
First English Edition. This was issued about six months after the New York edition, due to delays related to Conrad's displeasure with Methuen ("It was Conrad's last book with Methuen and one wonders who was more relieved at that, the author, the publisher or the agent" [Cagle]). During this six months' delay, with the Great War underway, Conrad added his wartime preface in which he discusses the "Teutonic psychology" of the character Schomberg. This would be the last of the five Conrad books bound by Methuen in this shell-and-coral binding (three of them red, two green). The title page DOES have the comma after "Street," lacking from later copies in the print run (or perhaps from copies that were planned for the colonial market, then given new preliminary leaves for the domestic market). This is a bright, near-fine copy (very little of the usual fading of the spine, just a touch of soil). No wear, no foxing. Supino A19.7.0 (this copy); Cagle A19.b.1. Provenance: discreet bookplate of the Conrad bibliographer David J. Supino (also with his penciled notation on the front free endpaper).
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Victory An Island Tale
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Methuen & Co, 1926. Hardcover. Good. 1926. 15th Edition. 328 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Markings to some pages. Pencil inscriptions to endpapers. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Staining overall.
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Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1924. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1924. Tenth Edition. 326 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Light soiling to pastedowns. Light scuffing to text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Light tanning to spine and edges. Notable water staining to surfaces causing scuffed discolouration to cloth. Scuffing and dark stained marking overall. Book is visible forward leaning.
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The Book Society, 1952. Introduction by V S Pritchett. 323pp + list of Conrad's Works. Beige cloth boards with brown spine with gilt title. Decorated endpapers. A couple of very small spots on foredge, otherwise clean.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Methuen, 1924-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 2.0305 cent in x 18.0203 cent in x 12.6904 cent in. 11th edition taped spine cover on blue cloth
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N.Y: Doubleday Page & Co., 1915. 462 pages. Blue cloth binding. Gilded lettering and design on cover and spine. Top and bottom edges of spine are creased and frayed. All 4 corners of binding are lightly frayed. All around a great and very interesting book in good condition. Pictures upon request.. Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover.
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This is Joseph Conrad's Victory, aka Victory, An Island Tale, which was originally published in 1915. This book was his first success. It has been adapted into films five times, most recently in 1995. Harold Pinter wrote a screenplay for it in 1982; the film was not made but, in 2015, the BBC adapted that screenplay for radio.Story: 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 the detachment and isolation that have inhibited and influenced his life. Marked by a violent and tragic…
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Victory An Island Tale
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Victory An Island Tale
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Penguin Books 1963. Paperback (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs0
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J M Dent, 1965, Everyman Library edition,. 1965. Soft cover. paperback, 412pp, edges browning, text clean and tight, no inscriptions, covers browning, no creasing on spine, Good condition. .
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