Description
First edition, second impression. Hard cover, 8vo, in light blue-green linen wove cloth, the titles and vignette image of a steamer vessel within a rope frame to the center of front board blocked in darker green. Titles to spine with an vignette anchor in green. All edges trimmed. Copyright page verso t.p. with ""1899 and 1900 by Joseph Conrad"" with the cancel title/copyright page. Printed at the Norwood Press in Massachusetts. Cream wove end papers, printed upon laid paper, [6], 1-392, [2] pp. *CONDITION: Very Good Slight lean, and minor browning to the endpapers, binding cracked in a couple of places. Otherwise, boards are quite clean, with the head and foot of spine showing crimping and very light abrasion at a couple of joints. Tips and hinges are in order, and pages remain bright, and for the most part unsoiled, and the binding tight. A handsome copy. *CONTENTS: Considered one of the best modern novels, Joseph Conrad's ""Lord Jim"" was first serialized in Blackwoods Magazine in 1899-1900. The story unfolds gradually with narration from different viewpoints including the storytelling of the recurring Conrad character Captain Marlow. Jim, along with the captain and two others abandons the the SS Patna, carrying 800 pilgrims, when it is believed to be sinking on the way to the port of Aden. The ship is rescued, however, and the deserters face an official inquiry. Jim finds a new career as a tout for a ships' chandler in various eastern ports, but cannot outrun his notoriety. Marlow and a friend intervene, providing the unhappy Jim a new chance to redeem himself. Complex action of the second part of the novel sees Jim as factor and protector to the people of the fictional remote indonesian village of Patusan. REF: D. Supino A5.11.0 (second state). The copyright statement as described above defines the second state (see Supino p. 70). First American Edition, first impression, second state.
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