Youth and Two Other Stories (including Heart of Darkness)
by Conrad, Joseph; Wallace Stegner (his copy)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
La Grande, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
NY: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1903. First thus. Hardcover. Very good. Later printing, 1920. An association copy: Unmarked, but from the library of Wallace Stegner. A non-authorial inscription, it seems, appears on the first blank. Includes the novellas "Youth: A Narrative," "Heart of Darkness," and "The End of the Tether." We don't know the extent of Stegner's sentiment toward Conrad, but surely he was an influence. Blue cloth with gilt. On the reader pastedown is the small bookstore label reading "The White House San Francisco -- Books." Very good with rubbing to corners and rear panel. Slight bowing to boards. Ghosting to front free endpaper. Still highly collectible as Stegner's reading copy of "Heart of Darkness
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- Bookseller
- Rural Hours (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1249
- Title
- Youth and Two Other Stories (including Heart of Darkness)
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph; Wallace Stegner (his copy)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First thus
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Co
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1903
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About the Seller
Rural Hours
Biblio member since 2023
La Grande, Oregon
About Rural Hours
Rural Hours (formerly Wood + River = Books, est. 2019) specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, environmental literature, and contemporary essay, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions. We draw our name from the popular-but-then-forgotten book by Susan Fenimore Cooper (published in 1850), generally considered the first work of environmental creative nonfiction by a woman in the U.S. We are interested in challenging and expanding the canon of environmental literature and finding books that tell remarkable stories and illuminate the tradition of writing about place and natural history.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...