London: John Lane, 1929. ADVANCE PROOF COPY. Octavo, orange cloth with "Advance Proof" printed in black on front cover, "Forester" hand-lettered on spine. (viii), 272 pp + (8) pp ads. Light foxing to page edges and text; minor cover soiling; tiny hole to cloth at front hinge; a very good, clean, tight & unworn copy otherwise. Ordinary copies of the first edition are rather scarce these days, and this unusual proof format is rare. The US edition, also 1929, was titled SINGLE-HANDED. A WWI novel.