Nostromo : relato de un litoral. Tomo primero
Bibliographic record 0623
Author
Conrad, Joseph
Title
Nostromo : relato de un litoral. Tomo primero
Statement of responsibility
Traducción directa del inglés de Juan Mateos de Diego
Place of publication
Barcelona
Publisher
Montaner y Simón
Publication date
Ca. 1926
Imprint statement
Barcelona : Montaner y Simón, [ca. 1926]
Language
Spanish
Original work
Nostromo : a tale of the seaboard
Original language
English
Translator
Mateos de Diego, Juan
Collation
295 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 in continuous lines; Shakespeare epigraph on the title page; author's note at the front
Notes on physical description
Paper lightly yellowed
Binding type
Publisher's cloth binding
Materials
Cloth over boards
Colours
Blue, with author and title in gilt
Decoration
Front board framed by a blind fillet, with «J. CONRAD / NOSTROMO» in gilt
Spine
«CONRAD / NOSTROMO / I» in gilt
Notes
Publisher's cloth rubbed on spine, caps, edges and corners; text block firm
Content description
First volume (of two) of Joseph Conrad's Nostromo, in Juan Mateos de Diego's direct translation for Montaner y Simón. Set in the imaginary South American republic of Costaguana and around the San Tomé silver mine, the novel portrays revolution, material interests and the figure of the capataz de cargadores Nostromo. Preceded by the author's note; this volume comprises the first and second parts.
General notes
First volume of Joseph Conrad's Nostromo (orig. Nostromo: a tale of the seaboard), direct translation by Juan Mateos de Diego (Montaner y Simón, Barcelona). Undated in the copy; datable to around 1926 from the trade. It bears the Shakespeare epigraph and the author's note. Alfred Gallart's ownership stamp on the half-title. From his library. Second volume: 0624.
Main subject
English literature
Subsubjects
Novel; South America; revolution; translation; 20th century; Conrad
Keywords
Joseph Conrad; Nostromo; Costaguana; Juan Mateos de Diego; Montaner y Simón; novel
Shelfmark
0623
Condition
Good; text block firm and complete; publisher's cloth rubbed on spine, caps, edges and corners
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