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CONRAD, Joseph. The Rover . London: Unwin, [1923]. 8 o. Original green cloth (slight rubbing at extreme ends of spine, front inner hinge tender), pictorial dust jacket (frayed at ends of spine and fore-corners, a little soiled). First English Edition, published a few days after the American. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper: "Robert Garnett from his friend Joseph Conrad. 1923." The recipient was the brother of Edward Garnett, who recommended the publication of Almayer's Folly , greatly encouraged Conrad's writing, and became his close friend. Smith, p. 93.