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Victory
by Conrad, Joseph
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/Poor Jacket
- Seller
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Milwaukee , Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
NY: Modern Library, 1932 385pp. First Modern Library Edition. Flexible Boards. Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Top edge of boards are lightly sunned. Pages have light toning. Top edge of text block is dust stained. Spine has a three-inch curved vertical crease. Front board has a small bend. All four tips of the dust jacket are clipped. Edges of jacket have chipping, small tears, creases, and is missing large pieces. Rear panel has a four-inch slit, leading to a one inch hole and surface tear. Former owner notations on rear panel and rear flap in pencil. Front panel has a one inch pencil mark. Spine panel and flap folds are heavily sunned. Flap folds are heavily rubbed. Flap folds have small slits and small holes. Spine panel has surface tears. Poor jacket may have some other flaws. . First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/Poor Jacket.
Synopsis
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 detachment and isolation. Featuring arguably the most interesting hero created by Conrad, "Victory" is both a compelling tale of adventure and a perceptive study of the power of love.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Recycled Records and Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30064
- Title
- Victory
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- Poor Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1932
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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