Chance: A Tale in Two Parts.

First edition, first printing with the canceled title page of Conrad's first major success. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, with the date 1914 to the verso of the title page, "Methven" to the backstrip, closed quotation marks around "Narcissus" in Conrad's list of works, 8 pages of publisher's advertisements dated "Autumn 1913" and 31 dated "September 1913" at rear. Due to a delay that postponed the present volume's publication until the spring of 1914, the printing of an updated title pages became necessary. Roughly 50 copies of the first printing were issued with the uncanceled title page reading "First published in 1913" on the verso. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Joseph Conrad on the front free endpaper, "In this book I made an attempt to to grapple with characters generally foreign to the body of my work and tried to present them coloquially [sic] Joseph Conrad." From the library of American bibliophile Charles C. Auchincloss with his bookplate to the pastedown. In near fine condition.