Lord Jim
Subtitle: a tale
By: by Joseph Conrad ; with an introduction by Nicholas Monsarrat and with color lithographs by Lynd Ward
Contributors: Monsarrat, Nicholas, 1910-1979; Ward, Lynd, 1905-1985, illustrator
Edition: Collector's ed.
Series: The 100 greatest books ever written
Publisher: Easton Press
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Norwalk, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
Subjects: Adventure stories; English Sea stories; Sailors; Fiction; English Psychological fiction; Europeans in Southeast Asia; Self-fulfillment in men
Description: Story of a British sailor haunted by a single youthful act of cowardly betrayal. To the white men in Bombay, Calcutta, and Rangoon, Jim is a man of mystery. To the primitive natives deep in the Malayan jungle, he is a god gifted with supernatural powers. To the beautiful half-caste girl who flees to his hut for protection, he is a lord to be feared and loved.
Notes: Based on the Limited Editions Club 1959 printing.

"The frontispiece portrait was especially commissioned for this edition ..."