El corazón de las tinieblas

Bibliographic record 0609
1. Bibliographic data
Author
Conrad, Joseph
Title
El corazón de las tinieblas
Statement of responsibility
Traducción de Julia Rodríguez Danilewsky
Place of publication
Barcelona
Publisher
Montaner y Simón, S.A.
Publication date
1931
Imprint statement
Barcelona : Montaner y Simón, S.A., 1931
Language
Spanish
Original work
Heart of Darkness
Original language
English
Translator
Rodríguez Danilewsky, Julia
2. Physical description
Collation
205 p.
Illustrations
Does not contain
Maps
Does not contain
Format
Not identified
Dimensions
18,5 × 12 cm
Printer's signatures
No observadas en las imágenes aportadas
Paper type
Wove paper
Watermarks
Not visible in the supplied images
Printing condition
Roman type; text set in continuous lines; Montaner y Simón edition
Notes on physical description
Paper lightly yellowed
3. Binding
Binding type
Publisher's cloth binding
Materials
Cloth over boards
Colours
Blue, with author and title in gilt
Decoration
Upper cover with «J. CONRAD / EL CORAZÓN DE LAS TINIEBLAS» in gilt
Spine
«CONRAD / EL CORAZÓN DE LAS TINIEBLAS» in gilt
Notes
Publisher's cloth with slight wear to headcaps and edges; text block firm
4. Content
Content description
Spanish translation of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, in the version by Julia Rodríguez Danilewsky for Montaner y Simón. Aboard the Nellie anchored on the Thames, Marlow recounts his journey up the Congo River in search of the enigmatic Kurtz, a trading agent buried deep in the forest; a meditation on colonialism, power and the moral darkness of man.
5. General notes
General notes
Translation of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (trans. Julia Rodríguez Danilewsky), Montaner y Simón, Barcelona, copyright 1931. Publisher's blue cloth binding with author and title in gilt. Ownership stamp with the signature «Alfred Gallart» on the half-title. From his library.
6. Subjects
Main subject
English literature
Subsubjects
Novel; sea; colonialism; Africa; 20th century; Conrad
Keywords
Joseph Conrad; El corazón de las tinieblas; Heart of Darkness; Marlow; Kurtz; Congo; Montaner y Simón
7. Copy record
Shelfmark
0609
Condition
Good; text block firm and complete; publisher's cloth with slight wear to headcaps and edges
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Ownership marks
Ownership stamp with the signature «Alfred Gallart» in violet ink on the half-title
Manuscript annotations
Not identified
Dedications
Not identified
Stamps
Not identified
Restorations
Not identified