UNDER WESTERN EYES: A NOVEL. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1911. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-2] 3-377 [378] [379-382: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], original dark blue vertically ribbed cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First U.S. edition. Exploits of Razumov, a double agent in czarist Russia. "In UNDER WESTERN EYES Conrad becomes the first serious writer to deal effectively with the double agent." - McCormick, Who's Who in Spy Fiction, p. 53. The Harper text follows that used in the NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW and does not incorporate the corrections Conrad made in the proofs of the UK edition published by Methuen. Slight spine lean, gold stamping on spine panel dull, a very good copy. (#110090).

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"PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1911" on copyright page.