Preface by Joseph Conrad (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. 288 Pp. No Ads. A Clean Copy, Gilt On Cover Fresh And Brilliant; Spine Gilt Clear And All Present, Bright But Not Brilliant, And Cloth A Little Faded. Some Light, Even Foxing To Free Endpapers, Closed 1/8" Split At Top Of Spine And Three Pin Point Frays To Cloth At Edges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+ condition. No jacket. First Edition (so stated). Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. Very Good+ condition. Bright, square, and tight. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. NOT sunned. NO fraying, rubbing or cover wear. NO owner's name or bookplate. A few light brown spots on the endpapers. Text pages are creamy white, clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. First American edition with "1925" imprinted on the title page and "First Edition" so stated on the copyright page. Includes four short stories by Conrad: The Warrior's Soul, Prince Roman, The Tale, The Black Mate. Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in shiny gold. First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Very Good+ condition/No jacket. xv, 120pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Former library book. Has been repaired by replacing the spine and meanding the hinges. Has been glued back into its covers after being shaken loose. The hinges have been meanded preserving the original covers and spine. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.…

Condition: VeryGood unmarked. 3rd printing. Includes title story plus Old Mother Savage, The Piece of String, A Sale, Two Friends, A Duel, The Umbrella, and At Sea. Solid clean tight copy of rare paperback edition. 4-1/2 x 6, 98 pp, b/w dwgs, red pictorial endpapers. Paperback in red/black illus wraps, top edge tinted red.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition.

Softcover. Condition: Fair. Limited Edition. Spine back strip is missing. Covers have slight corner and edge wear, heavier to the front lower outer corner. Owner's name written in pencil on the front free endpaper. ; Signed by Jessie Conrad, Joseph's wife, on the limitations page. Copy #42 of 220.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good++ condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket/slipcase. First Printing of the First US Edition. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924. Very Good++ condition. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Only a light touch of rubbing at the extremities. Top edge gilt. Original blue cloth. Gilt-decorated spine and front cover are still quite bright and shiny. No owner's name or bookplate. Lacks the original glassine Dust Jacket and slipcase. "First Edition" is so stated. Includes 8 stories: Youth; The Secret Sharer; The Brute (An Indignant Tale); To-morrow; Typhoon; Because of the Dollars; The Partner; & Falk. According to Conrad's bibliographer, George T. Keating, the book was "Published Oct. 30, 1924, after the death of Conrad. This volume contains a special preface by Conrad, which was afterwards included in LAST ESSAYS." - (A CONRAD MEMORIAL LIBRARY, p. 391). Keating 222. Ehrsam 2263. First Printing of the First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good++ condition/No jacket/slipcase. 8vo. xv, 452pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. First impression of the first edition thus - published by Jonathan Cape as No. 3 in The New Library series of classic works of literature - with a new 9pp Preface by Joseph Conrad (dated 1923). The book was originally published in the UK by William Heinemann in 1896. ***Near fine in light-green cloth-covered boards with blue titles to the spine, and blue decorations to the front board. The boards are clean and unmarked - just slightly browned at the spine and edges. No discernible faults - no bumps, creases or tears. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally also near fine with neat ownership name and date but no other annotations. Pages clean and unfoxed. No creases or tears. ***In a very good illustrated dustwrapper, printed in black and red. The dustwrapper has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 2s. 6d. net. The dustwrapper is complete - just slightly creased and rubbed at the edges - mainly at the top of the spine and top edge of the front panel near the spine. Spine unfadedg but slightly browned. ***253 pages. 177mm x 122mm. ***'Stephen Crane (Nov 1, 1871 - Jun 5, 1900) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation. Written thirty years after the end of the Civil War and before Crane had any experience of battle, "The Red Badge of Courage" was innovative stylistically as well as psychologically. Often described as a war novel, it focuses less on battle and more on the main character's psyche and his reactions in war. It is believed that Crane based the fictional battle in the novel on that of Chancellorsville; he may also have interviewed veterans of the 124th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, commonly known as the Orange Blossoms, in Port Jervis, New York. Told in a third-person limited point of view, it reflects the private experience of Henry Fleming, a young soldier who flees from combat. "The Red Badge of Courage" is notable in its vivid descriptions and well-cadenced prose, both of which create suspense within the story. Similarly, by substituting epithets for characters' names ("the youth", "the tattered soldier"), Crane injects an allegorical quality, making his characters point to a specific characteristic of man. Like Crane's first novel, "The Red Badge of Courage" has a deeply ironic tone which increases in severity as the novel progresses. The title of the work is ironic; Henry wishes "that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage". The wound he does receive (from the rifle butt of a fleeing Union soldier) is instead a badge of shame.' (Wiki) ***'This war book, so virile and so full of gentle sympathy, in which not a single declamatory sentiment defaces the genuine verbal felicity welding analysis and description in a continuous fascination of individual style.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***"One of the most enduring memories of my literary life is the sensation produced by the appearance in 1895 of Crane's "Red Badge of Courage" in a small volume belonging to Mr. Heinemann's Pioneer Series of Modern Fiction - very modern fiction of that time, and upon the whole not devoid of merit. (Quote taken from Conrad's preface) ***First impression of the first edition thus - published in The New Library by Jonathan Cape. A near fine copy in the pre-war dustwrapper - uncommon thus. Especially interesting with the additional Conrad preface. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. No jacket. First US Edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1915. Very Good condition. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. Joseph Conrad's preface "To introduce Maupassant to English readersÂ" fills 10 pages. Includes the novelette, YVETTE, and ten short stories: Mademoiselle Fifi; Two Friends; A Duel; Old Mother Savage; Miss Harriet; The Umbrella; The Piece of String; Queen Hortense; At Sea, A Sale; etc. Original blue denim cloth, with gilt-lettered spine. Mounted on the front cover is the original white-paper title label, printed in blue. This appears to be the first American edition of a work first published 1914 in the UK (London: Duckworth and Co). [Walter E. Smith reports that Conrad's essay also appeared in 1919, privately printed in an edition of 25 copies for Thomas J. Wise]. JOSEPH CONRAD, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE (Walter E. Smith, p. 84). Raymond Sutton Collection, Part I, #372 (described as "Probably the first American edition"). Quinn #1928. Keywords: Joseph Conrad . First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. xv, 284pp.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 3/6 net to the spine. Publisher's cream cloth with red lettering to the spine and front board decorated with a vignette in red. xiv, 160pp. Foxing to the spine and - to a lesser extent - to the front and rear boards. Heavy foxing to fore-edge and the early late pages of the book. Contents clean and tight. Overall a VG+ copy. The near fine (or better) dustwrapper is complete with no wear or pieces missing. The author felt that the sentiments expressed by her husband Joseph Conrad in his preface to her first work, A Handbook of Cookery, applied equally well to its successor that it is reprinted in this volume. A particularly nice copy. Also seen in a blue binding. No priority established. Further photographs available upon request.…