CONRAD (JOSEPH) The Rover, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO R.B. CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM (R.B. Cunninghame Graham affectionately his ever faithful J. Conrad 1923) on the half-title, T. Fisher Unwin, 1923CONRAD (JOSEPH)The Rover, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO R.B. CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM ("R.B. Cunninghame Graham affectionately his ever faithful J. Conrad 1923") on the half-title, light toning to front free endpapers, a photograph of a pictorial envelope sent to Conrad pasted inside upper with an ink note ("Sketch by Joseph Conrad... "Peyrol"") on the front free endpaper, publisher's dark green cloth lettered in gilt on the upper cover and green on the spine, slightly worn at head and foot of spine, DUST-JACKET (short tears with small loss to foot of spine), preserved in morocco-backed solander box, 8vo , T. Fisher Unwin, 1923Fine presentation copy inscribed to the politician and explorer Robert Cunninghame Graham, whose "appearance and South American travels made him the model for Charles Gould in Nostromo... He had been prompt to hail the Polish-born novelist, and their friendship extended from 1897 until Conrad's death in 1924" (ODNB).Provenance: R.B. Cunninghame Graham (1852-1936), gift inscription from author; Sotheby's, 28 October 2010, lot 31.