CONRAD (JOSEPH) 'Twixt Land and Sea, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED R.D. Macintosh with affectionate regards from J. Conrad on the front free endpaper, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1912CONRAD (JOSEPH)'Twixt Land and Sea, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED "R.D. Macintosh with affectionate regards from J. Conrad" on the front free endpaper, half-title, title printed in red and black, light spotting, publisher's green cloth, title in black on upper cover and in gilt on spine, slightly rubbed, cloth chemise, morocco-backed slipcase (worn) [Cagle A16a(1), i.e. second binding with "Freya of the Seven Seas" correct on cover], 8vo, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1912INSCRIBED TO CONRAD'S DOCTOR. Robert Dunbar Mackintosh (1865-1934) was close to Conrad from 1909 until 1921 when the friendship ended in a falling out because of the collapse of Mackintosh's Surrey Scientific Apparatus Company in which Conrad had invested. Previously Conrad had "valued the companionship and advice of this Scottish doctor, and amateur playwright and inventor" (Davis & Stapes, The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad, Vol.7, 2005).Provenance: R.D. Mackintosh, author's gift inscription; Sotheby's, The Joseph Conrad Collection From the Library of the Late Stanley J. Seeger, 15 July 2014, lot 279.