Conrad, Joseph THE "TORRENS" A PERSONAL TRIBUTE. [LONDON:] PRIVATELY PRINTED BY F.A. HOOK, 1923 4to, first edition, number 13 of 20 copies signed and numbered by the author, two photographic illustrations in the text, original paper wrappers printed in black on upper wrapper, collector's chemise and slipcase, offsetting from bookplate on upper wrapper Knowles and Moore note the author's tone of elegiac pathos in this essay and state that Conrad uses the ship "to symbolize a moment when sailing ships simultaneously reached a point of perfection and were irrevocably doomed".
Conrad, Joseph THE "TORRENS" A PERSONAL TRIBUTE. [LONDON:] PRIVATELY PRINTED BY F.A. HOOK, 1923 4to, first edition, number 13 of 20 copies signed and numbered by the author, two photographic illustrations in the text, original paper wrappers printed in black on upper wrapper, collector's chemise and slipcase, offsetting from bookplate on upper wrapper Knowles and Moore note the author's tone of elegiac pathos in this essay and state that Conrad uses the ship "to symbolize a moment when sailing ships simultaneously reached a point of perfection and were irrevocably doomed".
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