118.00 USD
The Rover by Joseph Conrad
Doubleday Page & Co. 1923
First Edition
First Printing
This rare first printing of the first edition is in good condition. There is some wear and areas of discoloration to the original blue cloth hardcover. The binding is a little loose and the pages have some slight foxing. Please see photos for more accurate representation of the condition of this book.
This is a true first edition, first issue with the single quote mark missing before the word "That's" on page 219, seven lines up.
This edition preceded the more common UK edition by one day.
This book would make an excellent addition to any collectors library!
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. He joined the British merchant marine in 1878, and was granted British citizenship in 1886. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an impassive, inscrutable universe.