Conrad, Joseph
The Rover
New York City, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. Hardcover. pp. 286. Small 8vo. Bound in original dark blue woven cloth, stamped in gilt. Slight wear at the tips of the boards, former owner's ink name and address on the front free endpaper, binding slightly cracked at pp. 88/89, as from the book being pressed open too far. Otherwise, it is in very good condition. It comes with the original dust jacket, which has not been price-clipped, but shows soiling to spine, sl. chipping, and a bit of darkening across the top edge; else very good. This is the first regular edition, preceded by a limited signed edition, and followed by the first British edition, published by T. Fisher Unwin. (See Smith, Joseph Conrad - A Bibliographic Catalogue of his Major First Editions', entry 25, pp. 91-92.) 'The scenes are laid in the Mediterranean during the period of the Napoleonic wars' and involve Peyrol, a roving matelot (sailor), who tries to settle back into his quiet village, but is drawn back into a romance and a secret operation which together, give rise to the greatest adventure of his life. .
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Keywords: Napoleon;Napoleonic wars;Nautical;Naval;;;;;CCMF