New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1931. This particularly decorative volume was part of Doubleday-Doran's "Malay Edition," which had uniform bindings of Conrad's various writings and was published four years after the author's death. The book was bound in black cloth with a yellow vignette drawing of a ship on the front panel and yellow titles on the front panel and spine. There is only light shelf wear to the spine tips and corners. One corner is lightly bumped. The book includes an illustrated front endpaper map in black on a yellow background with the heading, "The Voyages of Joseph Conrad, Master Seaman." The rear endpaper is a drawing of a ship in black against a yellow background. There is also an illustrated Title Page and several vignette drawings, all by William Kemp Starrett. The book is in Very Good+ condition (click on photo). The binding is tight and secure, and the rough-cut pages are clean and bright throughout. The book measures 5 1/2 by 8 inches and includes 286 pages.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by William Kemp Starrett. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Grimalkin Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001765
Title: The Rover, Malay Edition
Author: Conrad, Joseph
Illustrator: William Kemp Starrett
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Co.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1931
Keywords: British Literature, Sea Tales, Nautical Adventures
Bookseller catalogs: Travel and Geography; British Literature; Women's Literature;
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Grimalkin Books

Grimalkin Books is located in Steelton, Pennsylvania, the first town south of Harrisburg. We specialize in older, unusual books and sets, often literary, artistic, or historical. "Grimalkin" is old English for an old gray cat, mainly because the owner, Bob Amsel, is a cat lover. All books subject to prior sale. Payment must be received within 10 days of the order or item will be returned to stock. We accept money orders, bank checks, personal checks (allow time to clear), PayPal or MasterCard/Visa through Biblio's credit card processing service. International orders must be paid in US dollars and can be paid via PayPal, credit card (through ABE), or International Postal Money Order. Your purchase will be carefully packaged to protect it during shipping. Books may not be returned just because the buyer has changed his mind. Only books with actual defects that were not mentioned by the seller in the listing may be returned. Please insure returns for their full value.

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Vignette: A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...