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Joseph Conrad. Youth: A Narrative and Two other Stories. William Blackwood and Sons, 1902.
Price: US$480.32 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Green cloth hardcover is in a fair condition with damage to extremities. Fraying/ fading to spine and some dirty patches are also evident. Internally name of previous owner is inscribed on inside cover. Foxing to page extremities, content is fine.
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
CONRAD, JOSEPH.. Youth: A Narrative and Two Other Stories. Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1902, 1902.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition; presumed second issue (11/02) publisher's catalogue. Ownership signature; cloth bubbling a little, else about very good IOne of those stories is 'Heart of Darkness.' All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, original green decorated cloth. Bookplate on front paste-down, mild foxing, spine ends worn. Bookplate on front paste-down, mild foxing, spine ends worn First edition, first issue, with ads dated 10/02, The first appearance in book form of Conrad's masterpiece Heart of Darkness.
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$1921.30 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First issue. 8vo. Pp 375. 32 page publisher's list dated 10/02. Original cloth, extremities lightly rubbed. Edges dusty. Scattered soiling and fingering internally including the title page. Thin strip of transparent tape applied (for no apparent reason) between the title page and the recto of the half title page. Ink name & address stamp to front paste-down and front free endpapers. A very presentable copy.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
Price: US$1925.00 + shipping
Description: First issue with publisher's ads dated 10/02 in rear. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's green decorative cloth stamped in black, black and gilt-lettered spine; [8],375,[1],32pp. General wear to extremities, brief dent at spine crown, spine gilt and cloth rather faded, light foxing to textblock fore-edge, contemporary bookseller ticket to front pastedown; rough erasure to gift inscription on front endpaper; Very Good only.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue containing the first appearance in book form of Heart of Darknessâ"âone of the most powerful short novels in the English languageâ (Farrow, 14). Octavo, original illustrated cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition. A nice example. Youth and Heart of Darkness were the first of Conradâs stories to attract wider attention. Conradâs âaccount of a superman running an ivory business in the heart of the Congo⦠is a masterpiece of sinister deteriorationâ (Connolly, Modern Movement 14). âA vast body of critical commentary has mined the dense richness and consciously paradoxical quality of this seminal modernist work, with its modern version of a Dantean journey into the Inferno, its Faustian figure of Kurtz provoking ambivalently fascinated horror⦠The influence of Heart of Darkness can be traced in writers as diverse as T.S. Eliot, Andre Gide, H.G. Wells, [Chinua] Achebe, William Golding, Graham Greene, V.S. Naipaul, and George Steiner, while Francis Coppolaâs film Apocalypse Now taps some of its rich imaginative possibilities by transposing it to the Vietnam Warâ (Stringer, 292).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first issue with 32-page advertisement at rear, dated 10/02. Hardcover, bound in green cloth. Tight, clean copy with slight push at one corner and some discoloration along the spine; a few blemishes on the preliminary leaves, primarily the half-title, else the text block unmarked. First appearance in book form of "Heart of Darkness."
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$3842.59 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression. The volume marks the first book-form publication of three novellas by Conrad, including "Heart of Darkness", his best-known and most influential work. "A depressing African journey into the Congo Free State in 1890, when he travelled overland and in a paddle-steamer, would be recollected and powerfully transformed in his masterpiece. 'Heart of Darkness', which offered a forewarning of the Hitlerian demagogue, seems virtually inexhaustible in its recessive ambiguities and paradoxes" (ODNB). The story continues to attract fierce debate and criticism. The three novellas were originally serialized in Blackwood's Magazine in 1898, 1899, and 1902. Of this volume, Conrad wrote: "Youth and Heart of Darkness are the first short stories of mine which attracted attention to my work in a wider sphere. Most critics dismissed The End of the Tether either with contempt or with a few cursory remarks" (Wise). This copy has the 32-page publisher's catalogue at the end in the earlier state, dated "10/02"; other copies have the catalogue dated "11/02". Cagle gives no priority between the two states: "the first printing, of 3,150 copies, was completed late in October 1902 with the first bound copies reaching the publisher early in November". Cagle A7a(1). Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover lettered in black, decorations to spine and front cover in black, 32 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear. Bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. Spine ends bumped, cloth faintly rubbed, outer leaves lightly foxed, contents otherwise clean. A very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$4483.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing of the first edition - with the first issue publisher's catalogue dated 10/02 at the back of the book. The first edition of this collection of three novellas by Joseph Conrad, which includes the first publication in full of "Heart of Darkness", appearing here alongside "Youth: A Narrative" and "The End of the Tether". Published in November 1902, 3,150 copies were printed (Wise 10 - Thomas J. Wise - A Bibliography of the Writings of Joseph Conrad (1895-1921) ***Very good in light green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and black floral decoration to the spine, and black titles and floral decoration to the front board. The gilt is still quite bright. The boards are clean, but slightly faded on the spine from age and handling. The boards are not faded, and retain the green colour. The head and tail of the spine are slightly rubbed and creased as usual, but there are no tears to the fragile cloth. There is slight rubbing to the cloth at the corners, but these remain sharp with just a light crease to the top corner of the front board. The top edge of the page block is darkened. The binding is nice and straight, without any reading lean. Internally, the book is also very good, with no inscriptions, and none of the usual foxing or offsetting. No splitting to the endpapers, which is often found with this book, and there is no splitting to the actual binding either which remains firm. Pages clean without any marks or annotations. There is light creasing to the top corner tips of some pages (pp. 40-120). No other creases or tears. No dustwrapper as per usual. ***375 pages plus the 32pp publisher's catalogue at the back of the book dated 10/02 on the last printed page (first state). 196mm x 138mm. ***'"Youth, a Narrative; and Two Other Stories" is a collection of three works of short fiction, originally serialized in Blackwood’s Magazine. The volume was published in 1902 by William Blackwood and Sons. The collection includes “Heart of Darkness”, considered one of the finest examples of modern fiction. The three stories that appear in "Youth, a Narrative" were serialized in Blackwood’s Magazine previous to their collection. The month and date of their first serialization were as follows: “Youth” (September 1898), “Heart of Darkness” (February - April 1899), and “The End of the Tether” (July - September 1902). After the success of the short story “Youth” in 1898, publisher William Blackwood offered to include the story in a collection if Conrad could publish two more works. Conrad consented and these stories were the material for this, his second volume of short fiction after "Tales of Unrest" (1898).' (Wiki) ***First printing (first state) of the true first edition, which includes the first book publication of Joseph Conrad's most famous novella "Heart of Darkness" - in the original publisher's green cloth-covered gilt-decorated boards, in very good original condition for a book now over 120 years old. A collector's copy. ***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.
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Joseph Conrad. Youth. William Blackwood, London, 1902.
Price: US$5800.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A very good copy, with 32pp publishers advertisements, dated10/02, bookplate Ralph Smith. Purchased at auction 1973, digital photos available.r Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall please view photos before buying
Seller: ballinilara investments, brisbane, QLD, Australia
Joseph Conrad. Youth. William Blackwood, London, 1902.
Price: US$5800.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A very good copy, with 32pp publishers advertisements, dated10/02, bookplate Ralph Smith. Purchased at auction 1973, digital photos available.r Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: ballinilara investments, brisbane, QLD, Australia
Price: US$6000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with a photograph of Joseph Conrad taking a sun sight with a sextant on the bridge of the Tuscania, on his trip to America in April, 1923. An attractive copy bound in the original publisher's green cloth. The binding is tight with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with a nice bookplate to the pasted endpaper. There is NO writing or marks in the book. A lovely copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION with the 32-page advertisement at rear, dated 10/02. Includes a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$6999.86 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Original green decorated cloth. First Edition, First Printing with 32 pages of advertisements at the end dated 10/02. Near Fine. Together with Youth and Two Other Stories. New York: McClure, Phillips, 1903. Original green cloth. First American Edition. Near Fine. These two editions contain “Heart of Darkness,” one of the greatest novellas in any language. Together with “Heart of Darkness,” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 165 (1899): 193-220, 479-502, 634-657. This magazine serialized “Heart of Darkness” in three parts before it appeared in the two book versions. The volume runs from January to June, 1899. Half leather and marbled boards. Edge and cover wear, Good. Inspiration for Francis Ford Coppola’s important 1979 film about the Vietnam War, “Apocalypse Now.” Together with “Youth,” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 164 (1898): 309-330. This magazine published “Youth” before it appeared in the two book versions. Half leather and marbled boards. Cover wear, Good.
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$7044.75 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine first edition of this collection of three novellas by Joseph Conrad, which includes the first publication in full of Heart of Darkness, appearing here alongside Youth: A Narrative and The End of the Tether (it had also appeared in a serialised trilogy in Blackwood magazine). Published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1902. Some minor foxing but overall an excellent copy.
Seller: CASSIUS&Co., London, United Kingdom
CONRAD, Joseph. Youth: A Narrative and Two Other Stories. William Blackwood and Sons, 1902.
Price: US$8000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED,Inscribed and dated by Conrad on a tipped in sheet. First edition. 8vo. (vi), 375 pages with 32 pp. (ads, dated 10/02). Inscribed and dated by Conrad on tipped-in sheet at front, "Yours faithfully Joseph Conrad 1921." Publisher's green cloth, stamped in black and in gilt, spine and extremities darkened, boards lightly faded; scattered soiling to boards, spine ends lightly frayed; all edges gilt; book-plate of Samuel Heiman on front paste-down; scattered minor spotting to text. A handsome first edition of Conrad's most important collection of stories, featuring the first book-form appearance of his masterpiece, "Heart of Darkness." Also featuring the stories "Youth" and "The End of the Tether," all three having previously appeared in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. Book #vC2345. $8000. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.
Seller: PEN ULTIMATE RARE BOOKS, Pine Plains, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$9000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing first state with 32-page advertisement at rear, dated 10/02. A beautiful copy SIGNED by Joseph Conrad on a laid in signature. This First Issue book is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's green cloth. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning. The boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a wonderful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author with a custom acetate dustjacket to protect the book. We buy Joseph Conrad First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.