8vo. xvii, [1], 253pp, [1]. With a frontispiece: 'A facsimile of the last page written by Conrad'. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Very light shelf-wear, dustwrapper sunned and spotted, some loss to foot of spine panel.

The first edition of a posthumous collection of twenty of Conrad's essays, a majority of which had previously appeared in limited pamphlet form, predominately concerning literature and nautical travel.