Typhoon and Other Stories (Amy Foster, Falk: A Reminiscence, and To-Morrrow) Conrad, Joseph [Very Good] [Hardcover]

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First English Edition, presumed second impression, binding state A. Hardcover, crown 8vo.,( front board 194 mm in height) in the original grey linen -grain cloth, the titles blocked in gold within life-ring vignette frame, to front board. Rear board plain with a circular blind-stamped publisher's initials logo bottom right corner. Printed on heavy laid paper, all edges untrimmed. Page opposite title page lists the publisher's 6-shilling series issues, (not including this volume). Table of contents lists four novellas: ""Typhoon,"" ""Amy Foster,"" ""Falk: A Reminiscence,"" and ""To-Morrow."" (The first American edition did not include these additional stories.) Printed Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., London & Edinburgh. **Note on the Edition: The presence of the blindstamped publisher's logo on the bottom board is suggestive that this may be an elusive second impression (from 1903) made from 1st impression contents, as the rest of the book complies with Supino's description of the first edition, first impression, binding A variant. **CONDITION: Very Good. A lump in the upper left corner of the top board appears to be a manufacturing defect, and is not so apparent as photo might suggest. Shelfwear to bottom edge, lightly to tips. Spine with 1/8 inch closed tear to cloth at head, and minor abrasion at foot. Rear board with a bit of soiling. Binding is cracked at gathering B, but otherwise holding firm. Moderate age toning to pages. **COLLATION: [2 pp. ads incl. ""By the same Author""], [6pp. incl. ""New 6 Shilling Novels,""], [2] 3-304pp. [32 pp.Publisher's Advertising, unpaginated]**CONTENTS: ""Typhoon,"" the classic, taut tale of the crew of a merchant steamer on its maiden voyage from the dockyards of Scotland to Fou-Chou, pits man against nature in the most dramatic, elemental fashion as the fury of a massive ocean storm nearly sinks the ship. A study in how an extreme test of endurance brings out the native character of the crew; inhumanity in some, courage in others. Themes of colonialism and racism are also addressed. A great part of the ship's ""cargo"" consists of Chinese laborers returning from seven-year contracts abroad. (First serialised in Pall Mall Magazine, Jan. - March 1902) ""Amy Foster"" was first published in the Illustrated London News in 1910, and concerns the distressing sense of alienation felt by the character Yanko Gooral, who upon leaving his economically deprived existence in a central European homeland for a new life in America, is shipwrecked along the Kentish coast of England. He soon meets and falls in love with a young simple countrywoman, but struggles with acceptance by her family and neighbors.** The tale ""Falk,"" is about a Scandinavian tug-boat owner in an Eastern port, who is compelled to tell a young woman he falls in love with of a life-changing past experience. **Polish-Ukrainian born, English emigre merchant navy mariner and novelist Joseph Conrad ( 1857-1924), considered a master of the modern novel. REF: Lohf...