CONRAD, Joseph; Ward Ritchie [Designer and Printer]; Robert Shore [Illustrator].
Youth: A Narrative; Typhoon; The End of the Tether.
Joseph Conrad's Youth: A Narrative, Typhoon, and The End of the Tether; signed by designer and printer Ward Ritchie and illustrator Robert Shore; finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1972.
$1,200.00
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Item Number: RRB-148649
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The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this collection of three maritime novellas. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and detailing to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, with color illustrations and initial decorations. Boldly signed by designer and printer Ward Ritchie and illustrator Robert Shore on the colophon page at the rear. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 511. In fine condition. Introduction by Leo Gurko. Illustrations by Robert Shore. Designed and printed by Ward Ritchie at The Ward Ritchie Press.
Polish-British writer Joseph Conrad is widely considered one of the greatest novelists of the English language. Writing near the peak of the British Empire, Conrad drew, among other things, on his native Poland's national experiences and on his own experiences in the French and British merchant navies, to create short stories and novels that reflect aspects of a European-dominated world—including imperialism and colonialism—and that profoundly explore the human psyche. Youth: A Narrative; Typhoon; The End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad is a collection of three maritime novellas that explore themes of endurance, disillusionment, and the psychological burden of duty through the lens of seafaring life. In Youth, Conrad presents a nostalgic reflection on the idealism of early manhood, while Typhoon examines a captain’s stoic resolve amid natural catastrophe, emphasizing the moral dimensions of leadership. The End of the Tether offers a more somber meditation on aging, isolation, and the quiet heroism of a captain confronting blindness and obsolescence. Together, the stories form a thematically unified study of character under duress, showcasing Conrad’s mastery of impressionistic style, interior monologue, and maritime realism.
Youth: A Narrative; Typhoon; The End of the Tether.
$1,200.00
In Stock