Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T Fisher Unwin, London, UK, 1923.
Price: US$5.13 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 317pp. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Light sunning to spine cloth. Both boards are very lightly bowed.
Seller: All Lost Books, Wollaston, United Kingdom
Joseph Conrad. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., 1923.
Price: US$5.48 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1923. Third Impression. 317 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Small white sticker to rear board.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. Rover, The. T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd; London., 1923.
Price: US$6.15 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good. Lacking dust jacket. Lightly foxed to page edges.
Seller: Sapience Bookstore, Hexham, United Kingdom
CONRAD, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$6.41 + shipping
Description: 1st UK edition, in dark green cloth with dulled gilt lettering on front board; spine darkened, with pale lettering; cloth a little stained; softening at head & foot of spine. Binding tight. Letter dated 1923 stuck onto front free end paper; some scattered foxing. Used - Good. Good Hardback (No dust jacket)
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Joseph Conrad. The Rover. T Fisher Unwin, 1923.
Price: US$6.41 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: - Overseas Edition. Red boards with gold lettering to the front. Tanning and spotting to the closed page edges, light bumping and wear to the spine and corners. No inscriptions, 317pp. Clean pages throughout. (Any digital image available on request).
Seller: Books Written By (PBFA Member), Northampton, NTH, United Kingdom
conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, 1923.
Price: US$6.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Relatively slight chipping to heel of spine.
Seller: James Cummings, Bookseller, Signal Mountain, TN, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$7.70 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Firmly bound and clean inside.
Seller: Babushka Books & Framers, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, 1923.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: the boards are scuffed and edge worn. foxing and markings. ownership inscription. pages remain intact and legible. fairly good copy. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Conrad Joseph. The Rover. T Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gilt faded almost completely on spine and dulled on front cover. Numerical stamp on Front pastedown and on dedication page. 317 pp.
Seller: Neil Williams, Bookseller, Victoria, BC, Canada
Conrad, Joseph.. The Rover.. T. Fisher Unwin., London., 1923.
Price: US$10.91 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 317pp. Original cloth, slightly marked, with a damp stain on the edge of the rear cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: N. G. Lawrie Books, sheffield, United Kingdom
Joseph, Conrad. The Rover. T Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$11.00 + shipping
Description: Dust jacket has wearand missing chunks on top and bottom (refurbished). Dust jacket has preserved the book well. ; Book Description Mylar and paper (Demco) protective cover. Dust jacket is intact with some nicks as described. Book has dark blue boards with Guild lettering on spine and on front cover. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are shiny, square and with minor wear and no signfiicant bumping. ; 7.50 X 5.10 X 1.20 inches; 317 pages DH4.
Seller: Crossroads Books, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. London: T. Fisher Unwin; (1923), 1923.
Price: US$12.50 + shipping
Description: First U.K. edition, very good with no dust jacket. Spine is dulled, and front board has a faint circular stain from a wet glass that is fairly unobtrusive. Otherwise a nice, tight copy.
Seller: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. The Rover. T Fisher Unwin, UK, 1923.
Price: US$12.82 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: INCLUDES ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S 4-PAGE 17x11 FLYER WITH PORTRAIT OF CONRAD UNDER THE LOGO "THE GREATEST LIVING ARTIST IN ENGLISH PROSE" AND FACSIMILE SIGNATURE, with summation of The Rover and adverts for some of Conrad's other books. 1st print of 1st edition, 1923, missing the letter g on line 2 p221, has light wear to the boards which have gilt titles, bit more wear to spine where title have faded, edges are unavoidably tanned, light foxing to end papers, the internal pages are clean save for the odd spot, two small owner's bookplates on front pastedown, two pencil notations on rear pastedown, which has small stain on its lower corner, binding is tight. Lacks dust jacket. Grading commensurate with age of book. Dispatched from the UK same or next working day.
Seller: Hampstead Books, Haverfordwest, United Kingdom
Joseph Conrad. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, London, 1923.
Price: US$12.83 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 455 grams
Seller: Book Souk, Porstoy, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$12.83 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Original cloth gilt; spine slightly faded.
Seller: Caledonia Books, Glasgow, United Kingdom
CONRAD, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, 1923.
Price: US$15.39 + shipping
Description: Red cloth variant, with gilt titles. Light stain to edge of text block affecting margins for a few pages. Smith 25. VG
Seller: Hadwebutknown, Birnam, PERTH, United Kingdom
CONRAD Joseph. The Rover. T Fisher Unwin Ltd 1923, 1923.
Price: US$15.39 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: spine bumped and dulled, hinges rubbed, leading edges of covers water-stained, feintly spotted, later endpapers, good. first edition; 317 pages
Seller: Tiger books, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Joseph Conrad. THE ROVER. T. Fisher Unwin., London, 1923.
Price: US$16.04 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Red binding, black title. 317 pages. Owner's name on ffe. An ageing copy. Scan available.
Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
CONRAD, JOSEPH. The Rover. T.Fisher Unwin Ltd London 1923, 1923.
Price: US$18.76 + shipping
Description: First Overseas Edition 317pp VG (v sl cocked sp slightly sunned with sl scuffing to head and foot, boards rubbed and sl marked w sm stain to front, cnrs sl bruised, front hinge sl loose w two sm tears, endpapers sl discoloured, minor foxing) lacks d/w
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
CONRAD Joseph.. The Rover.. , 1923.
Price: US$20.05 + shipping
Description: London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1923. 8vo. Or. cl. Gilt. 318pp. Contemp. owner's inscription on front fly-leaf. Some minor foxing. "Overseas" 1st ed.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Conrad, Joseph. The rover. T. Fisher Unwin, 1923.
Price: US$21.17 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: Discrete con difetti, manca sovraccoperta Condizioni dell'interno: Discrete con Difetti, sottolineature macchie
Seller: Miliardi di Parole, Pietra Marazzi, AL, Italy
CONRAD Joseph.. The Rover.. , 1923.
Price: US$23.39 + shipping
Description: London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1923. 8vo. Orig. gilt-titled cloth. 318pp. Previous owner's inscription on front fly-leaf. Prelims and page edges slightly foxed. 'Overseas' 1st ed. A good copy.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Conrad, Joseph.. THE ROVER.. T, 1923.
Price: US$24.05 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1923. T. Fisher Unwin. Second imp. Hard Cover. Book- Good, gilt titles on front board and spine, green boards, front spine cracked. 8x5. 317pp. Private library plate.
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
CONRAD Joseph. THE ROVER.. 1st. T Fisher Unwin - London., 1923.
Price: US$25.66 + shipping
Description: VG. Green cloth. Spine a little dulled.
Seller: Black Cat Bookshop P.B.F.A, Leicester, United Kingdom
Joseph Conrad. The Rover. T Fisher Unwin Ltd, London, 1923.
Price: US$25.66 + shipping
Description: First edition of Conrad's last complete novel. Includes several printing errors in first printing. Green covers with gold lettering to front. Spine a little faded but only minor shelfwear. Ffep is missing otherwise a clean, tight copy. Ref:06460
Seller: Church Street Books, Lutterworth, LEICS, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover.. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., London, 1923 1923, 1923.
Price: US$27.63 + shipping
Description: First edition. 317, (1) pp. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering. Spine ends slightly bumped, edges just slightly soiled. Half-title leaf with some faint foxing, first free endpaper is sadly missing. First printing of the first edition, as indicated by the omission of the letter "g" in the word "[g]o"on line 2 of page 221.
Seller: Rönnells Antikvariat AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. Doubleday, Page & Company, New York City, 1923.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$31.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: . . . . 1st UK edition. 8vo, hardcover. Green cloth; no dust jacket. Vg condition. Spine ends mildly bumped w/ gilt spine lettering rubbed away (embossed lettering, without gilt, is fully legible); gilt lettering on front board, however, remains bright. Interior lightly & uniformly age-toned as expected, contents clean, binding & hinges firm. 317 p. A tale of intrigue in the opening days of the Napoleonic wars. Peyrol, a French pirate from the Indian seas, returns to his home country to find himself threatened by both British and French forces. His flight through Imperial France, his daring mission carrying dispatches through the British blockade, and his doomed love affair with the daughter of a French sailor are all related in Conrad's irresistibly atmospheric and suspenseful style.
Seller: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph.. The Rover.. , 1923.
Price: US$33.34 + shipping
Description: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd.London.1923.First Edition.Publishers black cloth. No dust jacket. Gilt lettering on the spine. 317 (3) pages. Spine slightly sunned. Minor wear on the tip of the corners. Nice copy in fine condition.
Seller: Antikvariat Röde Orm, Göteborg, Sweden
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T.Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The only defect preventing this from being a near fine copy is wear to the very tip of the spines. A binder can provide a crown to remedy this defect. Scarce.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, 1923.
Price: US$38.12 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Octavo. Original green boards with minor loss at the head of the spine, titles to spine and upper board gilt. With first issue dust jacket rubbed and lightly soiled with tears and chipping to the corners and spine. Light tanning to the pages with minor scattered foxing, partial browning to endpapers. Includes inserted slip advertising other books by the author.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph.. THE ROVER.. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923. First edition., 1923.
Price: US$46.78 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 317pp. A very good hardback copy in chipped and slightly soiled, illustrated white paper dust jacket. Boards slightly canted. Inner hinges cracked. Page 221, line 2 with dropped 'g' in 'go'.
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., London, 1923.
Price: US$49.02 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Some wear/soiling to cover and edges of page block; faded spine. 'Ex Libris Mill Hill School' bookplate on front cover; slightly foxed; hinges have previously broken and been repaired. Word 'go' missing a 'g' on p. 221, line 2.
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom
CONRAD, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd, London, 1923.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Very good in boards as issued with very slight soiling and rubbing and minorly cracked front hinge.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., 1923.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover with DJ. Dark green cloth over boards with gilt lettering. White, illustrated DJ with black lettering. Copyright page dated 1923. 317 pages. Good condition. Covers clean and square. DJ chipped at edges, but is protected in mylar cover. Pages toned but clean and free of marks (other than former owner's name on front free end page). Binding strong. Comes with publisher advertisement for Conrad's books.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. The Rover(Hardback,w/dust jacket,1st Edition,1923). T.Fisher Unwin, 1923.
Price: US$51.31 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Rover by Joseph Conrad, 1st Edition,1923, Published by T.Fisher Unwin Ltd, Printed in Great Britain by Unwin Brothers Ltd, Hardback,has fading to covers and spine, with slight wear to edges of covers, Dust jacket, has fading and yellowing to jacket, has a large amount of wear and tear to jacket, All pages appear present, Pages are yellowing, On front cover inside page there is a Green Foyles Booksellers sticker, To top of bulk of pages there are a few ink splodges,
Seller: Codex Books, York, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin [1923], London, 1923.
Price: US$52.00 + shipping
Description: 317p. Good condition spine faded & top bumped
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin LTD, London, 1923.
Price: US$60.29 + shipping
Description: A smart first edition of this historical fiction novel set during the French Revolution by modernist author Joseph Conrad. The first edition.'The Rover' is a gripping novel set in the south of France during the French Revolution, a vivid and dramatic depiction of Napoleon's rise to power.Written by the early modernist Joseph Conrad, generally regarded as one of the greatest English language novelists of all time.T. Fisher Unwin leaflet advertising Joseph Conrad loosely inserted.Bookplate of D. B. Anderson to the front paste down. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Only a few minor marks to the boards and spine. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with some scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Joseph Conrad. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$60.29 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback 1923. 1st UK printing. Clean & tight. SOME FOXING. Jacket has edge wear & tear. Jacket spine ends have minor loss. JACKET REAR HAS SECTIONS OF LOSS AROUND THE EDGES. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched with TRACKING boxed in cardboard. ref b71. The Rover by Joseph Conrad. Published by T. Fisher Unwin, London ------------- Page 221 lacks the 'g' in line 2.
Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Joseph Conrad. The Rover. T. Fisher, London, 1923.
Price: US$62.86 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A first edition of Joseph Conrad's penultimate novel, The Rover A first edition, first impression of Joseph Conrad's penultimate novel, The Rover. A first impression of this work, as identified by the missing 'g' in go at the second line of page 221. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, Napoleon's rise to power, and the French-English rivalry in the Mediterranean, the novel follows Peyrol and the attempts of the Republican gunner to withdraw from a blood filled life. The novel was adapted into an Italian film in 1967. Joseph Conrad was a British Polish novelist and writer, famous for his heavily debated work Heart of Darkness, which became the focus of postcolonial critics in the last quarter of the 20th century. Ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper reads, 'Rosamond Walagh. England. 1924'. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally, smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards, with some marginal bumping to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Foxed to the front and rear, with the odd spot to the fore edge. Pages are otherwise generally clean and bright. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
CONRAD, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd, London, 1923.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Spine lettering a little dull, and a couple spots on the spine, else near fine.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, London, 1923.
Price: US$70.55 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gilt title to cover. Oxidised gilt title to the spine - now black. Whitened back board (gilt design faded ?) Slight whitening to the spine. Spine ends softened. Board edges unrubbed and still fairly sharp. The back corner have a slight lean,but are also still sharp. 317 pages, end papers browning very lightly , the reat of the pages are clean and firm. Signs of first edition - Page 10 - dot missing on the i in the word ' give ' (3 lines up), Page 221 - no ' g ' in ' go ',(2nd line), Page 285- no hyphen in ' continued ' 12th line)
Seller: Riley Books, Oswaldtwistle, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. THE ROVER. T. Fisher Unwin: London, 1923.
Price: US$74.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8 x 5.5", gilt-lettered green cloth, 317pp, covers quite rubbed (especially spine), spine ends bumped, extremities a bit worn, pp toned (eps unevenly so), inner hinges cracking, in a worn, soiled, extremity-worn/torn/creased/chipped dustjacket; with the four page prospectus pamphlet (worn and unevenly toned). FIRST EDITION, Later State (with "go" on p221 line 2).
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Conrad's last completed novel, of a French mariner. First British edition. Hardcover, full dark green cloth, gilt/green titling. General wear, spine 'gilt' tarnished green; jacket rubbed & chipped, spot on spine. Missing 'g' on line 2, page 221; laid in in the publisher's 1-fold four-page flyer pitching Conrad's other books; it and the endsheets are lightly tanned. Text clean; 317 pages. Size: Octavo
Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin. N.d. (circa 1923)., London, 1923.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Edition : Overseas Edition. , Full red cloth boards. Upper and spine lettered in gilt. No dust jacket. , Size : 8vo.(205 x 140 mm) Very good example. Light spotting to boards. Interior lightly toned, else clean.
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin - London, 1923.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dark green cloth on boards with stamped gilt lettering to front and faded to spine. Book is tight, square, relatively sharp-cornered and free of major flaws or markings inside and out other than general but minor soiling to boards. This is the First Edition, First Printing with the relevant points: the letter "g" missing in "go" on p. 221, line 2 and the words "First Published 1923" printed on the copyright page.
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
CONRAD Joseph. The Rover.. T Fisher Unwin, [1923], 1923.
Price: US$76.97 + shipping
Description: 8vo., First UK Edition, pencilled signature on front free endpaper; red cloth gilt, gilt back, uncut, covers lightly faded else a very good copy. The red cloth binding is a variant not recorded by Smith; all other points are correct. Smith 25
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. London, 1923.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good first edition book in very good dust jacket. Dark green cloth covered boards with gold lettering. Gold text is intact on front panel; it's mostly rubbed off on the spine but still legible as text is impressed. Damp stain marks at lower front corners and along the lower third of the back panel. Books is internally clean and text block is solid. Charming graphics on jacket which is mostly intact, rare for a book of this age. Jacket is soiled overall, and more so on the spine and fore-edge folds. Lower third of back panel shows where damp stain bled through from the boards. This is also visible on the reverse side of the jacket as shown in the pictures. Loss at head and tail of jacket spine and fore-edge corners. Several closed vertical tears along the upper and lower edges. Not price clipped " Seven Shillings and Sixpence Net." Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1923.
Price: US$82.68 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 317 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 ; Fiction. Genre: Fiction. Language: English. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$89.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth/gilt. First UK edition, 2nd issue with the g present in "go", p. 221 line 2. Spine gilt rubbed away, foxing to block edge, rear hinge slightly starting, faint staining to cloth, PO name to rear endpage. Small 4 page prospectus pamphlet included. The DJ in mylar is lightly foxed/soiled. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. THE ROVER. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, London, 1923.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. Later issue with the "g" present. 317pp., bound in green cloth, spine lettering gilt. A Very Good+ copy in a Very Goods+ pictorial dust jacket. First and last few leaves with a crease. Publisher's ad slip laid in.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$93.70 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A clean unmarked copy in the original dust wrapper. Some chipping to edges of dust wrapper with slight loss at head and foot of spine, price clipped.
Seller: Temple Bar Bookshop, Dublin, DUB, Ireland
Conrad, Joseph.. The Rover.. London; T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1923., 1923.
Price: US$96.21 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 317, [1]. Bound in deep green cloth with gilt titles to upper board and sage titles to spine. With the original cream pictorial dustjacket. Bold contemporary ownership inscription in ink to front free endpaper, which appears to read Gladys Waterbury, 12a Curzon Street, 1923. Toning to endapers, scattered foxing, especially to text block edge. Dust-jacket a touch soiled with small closed tears, creases and nicks to edges and very minor loss to spine-tips. A very good book in a good dust-jacket. Conrad's final finished novel with the Conradian themes of espionage, sacrifice and redemption: a nuanced critique of empire.
Seller: Keel Row Bookshop Ltd - ABA, ILAB & PBFA, Whitley Bay, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1923.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 317 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 ; Fiction. Genre: Fiction. Language: English. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, 1923.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. 317, [1] pages. Nautical adventures, set principally in France and on the Mediterranean. A very good copy with slight rubbing to spine and covers; inner hinges slightly weakening; slight internal browning (chiefly to edges and endpapers).
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, E-026, 1923.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1923. 317 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. (First issue with the word "go"lacking the "g" on p. 221). DJ has shelf-wear, rubbing present to the DJ especially around the extremities (chip present along the crown of the DJ spine). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards lightly rubbed and worn with fading present to the top portion of the spine. The Rover is the last complete novel by Joseph Conrad, written between 1921 and 1922. The story takes place in the south of France, against the backdrop of the French Revolution, Napoleon's rise to power, and the French-English rivalry in the Mediterranean. E-26; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 317 pages
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$109.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Front cover portrait, 6.75 x 4", 4pp, self wraps, toning, bottom forecorner dogeared else a nice copy of this SCARCE piece of ephemera. Also mentions ALMAYER'S FOLLY, AN OUTCAST OF THE ISLAND, TALES OF UNREST and THE ARROW OF GOLD, all in the Uniform Edition of Conrad's Earlier Works, Adelphi Edition.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 317 pages. First English edition, first printing. His last novel, a story of naval life in Napoleonic France. Page 221, line 2 with 'g' in 'go' present. Near fine book with very good dust jacket with light edgewear and tape reinforcements on the underside of the jacket. A very nice copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd, London, 1923.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Near fine with gold spine lettering dulled, light bumps to the corners and spine ends, endpapers slightly tanned, lacking the dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: JOSEPH CONRAD. The Rover, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1923.Octavo, first edition, pp. 317, 1 (note), green cloth boards with gilt-stamped lettering to spine and front, top edge tinted green. With the missing type on p. 221. Conrad's last completed novel, a sea story as usual.Condition of this book:Good with soiled edges and staining at the bottom edge of the back board. Jacket is dust-darkened with chips and short tears at the edges. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Britain/UK; 1920s; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54971.
Seller: Rarities etc., Warwick, NY, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher, London, 1923.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original green cloth. A nice, tight copy of the book in a dustwrapper which is tape repaired along the edges to verso, holding together (albeit crudely) the tears and edgewear. Small chip at top.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. Dustjacket has sun toning on spine and has been expertly repaired to near fine condition. T. Fisher Unwin copyright page has "First Published in 1923". Book has price on lower front corner of dustjacket's front flap. First three pages have light foxing. Book is square and tight. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.
Seller: Cahill Rare Books, Mission Viejo, CA, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph.. The Rover.. Lon. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1923., 1923.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. VG+/VG in ribbed green cloth stamped in gilt on front boards and spine. Spine lettering dulled and flecked; front bright. Dustjacket complete but wrinkled in the left-hand corner of the front panel and lightly chipped at the top of the spine in two places. Overall, a handsome collector's copy. First Edition.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First English edition. 317 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Preceded by the American edition. Smith Dark green cloth. Rear hinge cracked, spine lettering a little dulled otherwise a nice, tight copy
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. London T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1923, 1923.
Price: US$150.79 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st UK Edition. 317pp. Octavo. Bound in original dark green cloth with gold gilt lettering stamped to the front board and spine. Bumping to top edge of front board and a touch of soiling to the back; corners and tail of spine a bit bumped as well. Cream coloured dust jacket has not been price clipped; some age toning and chipping to the top edge of both panels, with a small chip missing from the head of the spine. First printing of the British first edition, with the "G" missing from the word "go" on p. 221. Internally clean and an overall tight and bright copy. very good There are two first state dust jackets--this copy has the less colourful cream coloured jacket, which seems to be more suspectible to damage and, as such, scarce in this condition. The last complete novel by Conrad, taking place in France during the French Revolution on the south coast. This book was later adapted into the 1967 Italian film, L'Avventuriero, starring Rita Hayworth and Anthony Quinn.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Rover. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1923, 1923.
Price: US$153.93 + shipping
Description: [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.317; [3]. With the textual error ' o' for 'go', p. 221, line 2. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Top edge lightly tinted green. With the cream illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 7/6. A contemporary advertisement for recent books by Conrad loose to preliminaries. Label removed from front pastedown, edges toned. Gilt oxidised to spine; head of spine pulled. Significant losses to head and tail of jacket; some smaller closed tears and creases elsewhere. A few marks, but a clean example of the jacket overall. Very good. Set in the south of France in the waning years of the French Revolution, "The Rover" is a tale of self-discovery. Seeking rest after a life of adventure, Peyrol returns to his native land to find instead intrigue, love and commitment.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T.Fisher Unwin 1923, London, 1923.
Price: US$160.35 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 317 pp, wear to book cloth and tears to dustwrapper with top of spine missing and foxing to pages. 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. London; T. Fisher Unwin; 1923;, 1923.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st ed.; VG/VG with a few small chips and closed tears & with a publishers promo laid in w. sketch of Conrad.
Seller: Walt Barrie Rare Books, gleneden beach, OR, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph.. The Rover.. London T. Fisher Unwin [1923]., 1923.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: A little light foxing. Very good in lightly chipped dust jacket. 1st edition. Binding is Cloth.
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 5 1/4 inches x 8 in., half-title; title-page; dedication page (To G. Jean Aubry); 317 pp., with the printed, [4]pp. publisher's insert with a notice of "The Rover", and mention of four other Conrad titles, and a Bender portrait design of Conrad, after the Arbuthnot photo, with a reproduction of Conrad's signature. Dark green, textured cloth, with titling gilt on the spine and front cover; unclipped, pastel color-printed, design dustjacket with printed UK price present. The gilt on the spine has faded, the front inner hinge shows some partial cracking to the paper; light edge wear, with some small chips to the dustjacket, tanning to dustjacket spine, dusting to dustjacket. This copy shows a later, wraparound clear plastic dustjacket, and is in a light green cloth-covered slipcase. The slipcase edges/margins show some fading, light tanning.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover.. London: T.Fisher Unwin,, 1923.
Price: US$219.65 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First published. 317pp. Dustwrapper, dark green cloth with gilt title on front cover. Front cloth board has a few scuffings. Light spotting to edges, very slight foxing to e.ps., otherwise clean and tight. 20.5x13.5cm. [aj466-101689]
Seller: Ogawa Tosho,Ltd. ABAJ, ILAB, Chiyoda-ku, TOKYO, Japan
CONRAD, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin [1923], London, 1923.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo (20cm). Publisher's grey-green cloth, stamped in gilt, in original white jacket; plain endpapers; [318]pp; list of titles opposite title page, publisher's ad on jacket rear. Straight, cloth darkened at spine, small tears at head and tail, browning: Very Good. Jacket unclipped (priced Seven Shillings and Sixpence), dusty, spine darkened, rubbed at edges with large chips at head: Good. Conrad's last complete novel, set in Revolutionary and Naploleonic France. EHRSAM 2250.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Rover. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1923, 1923.
Price: US$224.48 + shipping
Description: [Literature] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[4] 317 [9]. With the textual error ' o' for 'go', p. 221, line 2. Recently bound in green half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and the original gilt-titled green cloth laid over boards. All edges lightly trimmed. A lovely clean copy, with just a few minor spots to preliminaries, in an attractive new leather binding. Very good. Set in the south of France in the waning years of the French Revolution, "The Rover" is a tale of self-discovery. Seeking rest after a life of adventure, Peyrol returns to his native land to find instead intrigue, love and commitment.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Joseph Conrad. The Rover. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: a near fine copy in the original forest green cloth. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923. 1st Edition. Conrad, Joseph. THE ROVER. London: T. Fisher Unwin, [1923]. First Edition, First Issue with "g" missing in "go" on p. 221, line 2. 8vo., 317 pp. 8vo, publisher's forest green cloth gilt lettered at the spine. A tale told during the waning days of the French revolution, when the Rover comes home and finds intrigue and romance and a new life. Another great Conrad novel. dust jacket is not clipped, original price of 7 shillings 6 pence under mylar brodart, some wear, but very nice.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First English edition. 318 pp. 8vo. Clearly doctored by the artist, the portrait on the promotional slip appears to show Conrad smiling. Smith 23; Keating 180 A very good copy in gilt-lettered cloth, spine gilt completely faded. With a slightly dusty pictorial dustjacket with seascape, with some minor chips. Publisher's promotional slip laid in
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph. The Rover. London T. Fisher Unwin 1923, 1923.
Price: US$250.14 + shipping
Description: First trade edition of the author's final complete novel. 8vo., original cloth with dust wrapper. Wrapper chipped and a bit soiled with some internal old tape repairs and resultant staining.
Seller: G. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA, London, United Kingdom
Joseph Conrad. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin LTD, London, 1923.
Price: US$289.57 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth covers. Small wrinkle to lower front corner of cover where it was bent at one time otherwise very nice, the unclipped pictorial dust jacket has some minor edge chips and couple of small tears otherwise it is also very nice. A four-page publishers prospectus "books-for-sale" pamphlet has been tipped into the front of the book. It includes a photo copy of Conrad on the front along with a listing and prices for his books. The story is based on the time period of 1801-02. At rear of book is inserted a prospectus for J.M. Dent & Sons listing among their books for 1926 Conrad's "Last Essay's" Paper split only to inside back seam. Binding strong. Inserted is also a lengthy column discussing this book "The Rover" in the Sunday Observer, December 9, 1923 (Book review)
Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph.. The Rover.. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: 317 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket, preserved in a custom morocco-backed slipcase. First edition, with "g" missing in "go" on p. 221. Bookplates and tiny bookseller's ticket to front pastedown; small brown spot to fore-edge; else a very good copy in an attractive jacket with two small chips and some minor soiling. Publisher's brochure laid in.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, 1923.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Conrad, J. The Rover. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1923, 1st ed., 317p., modern blindst. hmor., orig. cl. w. orig. dustwr. pres., t.e.g. - Giltlettered monogram "J. Chr" and traces of former bookplate on upper pastedown of outer binding. Very fine copy. = First issue of the first edition ("g" missing in "go" on p.221, line 2).
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Joseph Conrad. The Rover (in fine Bayntun binding). T. Fisher Unwin, 1923.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, London, United Kingdom, 1923.
Price: US$303.16 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK Edition, First Printing, In original publisher's dark green cloth covers, gilt lettering to the front panel and spine. With the textual error ' o' for 'go', page 221, line 2, internally unmarked. Both jackets present including, the preferred full-colour variant showing a seascape, and both fit tightly meaning this copy possibly came originally as such. Neither are price clipped ( Seven Shillings and Sixpence net) and both have wear, closed tears and chipping to the extremities. A very good copy.
Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., London, 1923.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first British edition, published by T. Fisher and Unwin in 1923. A near fine example of the book with light bumps to lower corners. Dust jacket very good with chipping at the spine ends and a triangular section of paper missing at upper edge of front panel. ( section missing is one half inch at its deepest and is roughly two inches across. )
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, London, 1923.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First English edition. Octavo. Extremities of the binding with the usual moderate fading, very good copy in near fine dust jacket that is very lightly dust soiled and with a short closed tear on front panel. *Keating* 180; *Smith* 25.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, London, 1923.
Price: US$380.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First English edition. First Issue with "g" missing in "go" on p. 221, line 2 and the words "First Published 1923" printed on the copyright page. Publisher's green cloth, very good condition with two small dents to back cover, spine ends gently pushed in at ends and lightly curved at top. Light toning to endpapers and small book dealers label on front pastedown. Dust jacket not clipped, very good condition with chipping at spine ends and lightly age-toned. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing
Seller: Top Edge Gilt, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph.. The Rover.. London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1923, 1923.
Price: US$384.83 + shipping
Description: First trade edition, first impression, of the author's final complete novel. This edition follows the American limited edition and the original serialization in the Pictorial Review of the same year. The epigraph on the title page is also inscribed on Conrad's gravestone: "Sleep after toyle, port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, death after life, does greatly please" (Edmund Spenser). "Though Conrad was buried with Catholic obsequies, the inscription is a reminder of the radical scepticism which gives so much power to his writings; and, furthermore, by providing a reminder of Peyrol in The Rover, who lives and dies by his work as a seaman, the words appropriately recall the dual career of Conrad, the seaman turned writer, who was still toiling at his creative writing in the season of his death" (ODNB). Octavo. Original green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Bookplate. Inserted slip advertizing other works by the author. Partial browning to endpapers, spine letters oxidizing, dust jacket rubbed and lightly soiled with a small closed tear and chips to the corners and head and tail of the spine panel. A very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
CONRAD, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First English edition, first issue. Just about fine in fine dustwrapper. Publisher's promotional pamphlet laid in. *Keating* 180; *Smith* A25 - lacking the "g" in line 2, p. 221.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph.. The Rover.. London, T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1923, 1923.
Price: US$420.00 + shipping
Description: London, T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1923, first British edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. The British edition follows the American signed/limited edition, original green cloth, there are two states of the dust jacket, this copy with the white paper jacket with the title and author shown within the decoration on the front cover, jacket is priced at seven shillings and sixpence, includes all issue points as noted in Smith 25, Keating 180, with a publisher's advertising sheet laid in loosely, one sheet folded to make four pages, the front cover of which features a portrait of Conrad by Bender after a photo of him, with a facsimile of his signature, with text internally about The Rover and advertising other books by Conrad available from the publisher. Very good.
Seller: James M. Dourgarian, Bookman ABAA, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph.. The Rover.. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 317 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition, with "g" missing in "go" on p. 221. A very good copy with slight foxing to pastedowns; in an attractive jacket with very slight chipping to the top of the spine, not affecting any lettering. Publisher's brochure laid in.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. THE ROVER. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Conrad, Joseph. THE ROVER. London: T. Fisher Unwin, [1923]. First Edition, First Issue with "g" missing in "go" on p. 221, line 2. 8vo., 317 pp. 8vo, publisher's forest green cloth gilt lettered at the spine. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with a bit of neat archival restoration at the extremities. Extremely good. Custom embossed TBCL slipcase.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
CONRAD, Joseph.. The Rover.. London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1923, 1923.
Price: US$481.04 + shipping
Description: First trade edition, first impression, of the author's final complete novel. This edition follows the American limited edition and the original serialization in the Pictorial Review of the same year. The epigraph on the title page is also inscribed on Conrad's gravestone: "Sleep after toyle, port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, death after life, does greatly please" (Edmund Spenser). "Though Conrad was buried with Catholic obsequies, the inscription is a reminder of the radical scepticism which gives so much power to his writings; and, furthermore, by providing a reminder of Peyrol in The Rover, who lives and dies by his work as a seaman, the words appropriately recall the dual career of Conrad, the seaman turned writer, who was still toiling at his creative writing in the season of his death" (ODNB). Octavo. Original green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Publisher's Conrad flyer loosely inserted. Spine dulled, edges and outer leaves foxed, else clean; jacket slightly soiled, light creasing at lower edges, still sharp: a very good copy in near-fine jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Conrad, Joseph.. The Rover.. Doubleday, Page & Company. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1923., 1923.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition (Stated First Edition). Special signed/limited edition: #247/377 signed copies signed boldly byJoseph Conrad. VG- in worn and soiled vellum-like paper-covered boards. Ruled in gilt and green borders. With tears at the top of the spine and along the spine edge. Internally near fine and tight. First Edition (Stated First Edition).
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
CONRAD, Joseph. (d.i.T.J.K. Korzeniowski). The Rover.. London, Fisher Unwin, 1923., 1923.
Price: US$722.08 + shipping
Description: London, Fisher Unwin, 1923. 8°. 317 Seiten. OLeinen mit farbig illustr. OUmschlag. Original cloth with dust jacket Erste Ausgabe. - Mit Schutzumschlag selten. - Joint with separate: Beiliegend: Booklet: Der kleine vierseitge Prospekt über Joseph Conrad "The greatest living artist in English prose". - Etwas stockfleckig im Schnitt, Umschlag mit kleinen Fehlstellen am oberen Rand, insgesamt aber sehr gut erhalten. - First edition. Rare with very good dust dust jacket with some minor chips. Very Good copy. Sprache: Englisch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie mich immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact me always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***
Seller: Antiquariat CoBrA, Oberrohrbach, Austria
CONRAD, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1923.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [317] pp. CONRAD, Joseph 1st Edition T. Fisher Unwin Ltd 1923 8" x 5.75"
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., London, 1923.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Published 1923" printed on the copyright page. A beautiful copy. This ORIGINAL clean white dustjacket has light wear to the spine. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy with the First Issue dustjacket in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. THE ROVER. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, London, 1923.
Price: US$1050.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Both hinges slightly starting. Chipping at spine crown/heel. Rubbing along panel edges. Tap along spine, bottom of front gutter, and top of rear panel.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover.. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, London, 1923.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Description: First British edition of the last complete novel by Joseph Conrad. Octavo, finely bound in full morocco by Bayntun, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, double gilt ruled, inner dentelles, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation. The story takes place in the south of France, against the backdrop of the French Revolution, Napoleon's rise to power, and the French-English rivalry in the Mediterranean. Peyrol (a master-gunner in the French republican navy, pirate, and for nearly fifty years "rover of the outer seas") attempts to find refuge in an isolated farmhouse (Escampobar) on the Giens Peninsula near Hyà res. It was the basis for the 1967 film L'avventuriero (internationally released as The Rover) directed by Terence Young and starring Anthony Quinn.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Joseph Conrad. The Rover. T Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy, in very good condition. Digital photos available. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: ballinilara investments, brisbane, QLD, Australia
CONRAD, JOSEPH. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the front panel and the spine. In an extremely nice example of the alternate full color dust jacket. With Conrad/Unwin promotional pamphlet laid in. Mild foxing along the top edge, else fine. Agrees with all points as listed in Smith. From an edition of 18,000 copies, published on December 3, 1923. As nice a copy of this title as I have ever seen. Near Fine / Fine.
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.
Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, London, 1923.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A wonderful copy. This First Issue dustjacket is rich in color with minor wear to the edges. The book is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's blue cloth and is in great shape. The binding is tight with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy with the publisher's 4-page prospectus laid into the book. Trades and offered considered.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.