The Rover
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. A very nice copy of the true first edition. The Rover first appeared serially in the Pictorial Review in 1923. This copy of the limited edition was published in November of 1923 in an edition of 377 copies, this one being number 362 and signed by Conrad on the limitation page. Frontispiece portrait of Conrad opposite the title page by Muirhead Bone. The tissue guard is present. T.E.G. Original cream colored boards, lettered in gilt. Bookplate of Otis Skinner Blodget laid in. In the original deep sea blue paper dust jacket, lettered in black on the spine. This signed limited edition preceeded the both the U.S. and U.K. trade editions. Walter E. Smith #25.
Price: $1,500.00