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First edition. xviii, 254 pp. 8vo. Of the 20 pieces found here, 5 were written as prefaces to works by Ricard Curle, Thomas Beers, Stephen Crane, Conrad's own Shorter Tales and his wife Jessie's Handbook on Cookery, one is a letter to the editor of The Times; 12 appeared either as articles, reviews, or letters in various publications; one is a previously unpublished memorandum to the Holt Steamhip Company about his proposal to outfit a tarining ship for boys going into the Merchant Marine; the last is the text of Conrad's Congo Diary. Keating 201; Smith 29. Keating 201; Smith 29 Green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Front panel of dustjacket laid in.