CONRAD (JOSEPH) Some Reminiscences, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO THE POET EDWARD THOMAS (Edward Thomas with friendly regards from JC 1912) on the front free endpaper, Eveleigh Nash, 1912CONRAD (JOSEPH)Some Reminiscences, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO THE POET EDWARD THOMAS ("Edward Thomas with friendly regards from JC 1912") on the front free endpaper, half-title, 2pp. of advertisements at the end, publisher's dark blue beaded cloth lettered in gilt, very slightly rubbed, preserved in cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase (a few small abrasions) [Cagle A15b(1)], 8vo, Eveleigh Nash, 1912A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED TO THE POET EDWARD THOMAS. They probably met in 1910 at one of the 'Mont Blanc' Tuesday literary lunches presided over by Edward Garnett, after which their friendship developed over a shared knowledge of literature and as neighbours in Kent, with Thomas dedicating his Walter Pater. A Critical Study to Conrad in 1913. Their last meeting took place during Thomas' last leave home from France in December 1916, when they ran into each in a train carriage, Thomas saying "'We meet, then, dear Conrad, once more'... Conrad shuddered. It was indeed the last" (R.B. Eckert, Edward Thomas. A Biography and Bibliography, 1937). Provenance: Edward Thomas (1878-1917), presentation inscription from the author; Sotheby's, The Joseph Conrad Collection From the Library of the Late Stanley J. Seeger, 10 July 2013, lot 77.