The Rover [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING] [VINTAGE 1923]
Conrad, Joseph
From Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since March 20, 2019
From Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since March 20, 2019
About this Item
Very good condition navy blue cloth boards with a circular gilt front cover nautical decoration and a gilt rectangular front cover block containing the lettering. Includes Preliminary Page List of Books by Joseph Conrad and Dedication. The gilt spine lettering is partially faded and the spine edges are lightly rubbed. The lower left rear inner cover contains a vintage one inch Brentano's sticker. All pages are in fine condition and the spine is tight and square. First American Edition, first printing as evidenced by the missing quotation mark before the word "that's" on p. 219, line 29 [I said to myself: That's he, the man himself.'' "A novel of naval life in Napoleonic France. After forty years of piracy on Eastern seas, Citizen Peyrol returns to his native France, a country now ravaged and scarred by revolutino and war. Looking for peace in which to end his days, he withdraws to a safe harbor in a remote farmhoue on Escampobar Peninsula, which looks out to the distant Mediterranean, where the lovely Arlette lives with her aunt and the revolutionary Scevola. But the arrival of young Lieutenant Real calls Peyrol once again to action in a mission of danger, patriotism and heroism. This was the last novel of Joseph Conrad, a Polish-born English novelist best known in his own time as a writer of sea stories. He is now more admired as a novelist of moral exploration and a master of narrative technique - a major 20th century novelist." - from Goodreads dot com review. Seller Inventory # 000219
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Rover [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING] [...
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Co., New York
Publication Date: 1923
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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