Youth: A Narrative; and Two Other Stories

The Blackwood 1902 Edinburgh/London printing is the true first; the census claim is confirmed. The first American edition is McClure, Phillips & Co., New York, 1903 (Cagle A7b; Keating 38), 381 pp. plus a blank leaf, in blindstamped green cloth with gilt to the spine and upper board — a separate and textually inferior setting, since McClure set from uncorrected English proofs and Conrad's final corrections are therefore absent. McClure also failed to complete copyright before publication, which let "Youth" be pirated by Outlook and "Heart of Darkness" reprinted in The Living Age. Both editions are collected; the English is the first, the American is the first American only.