CONRAD, JOSEPH. Chance. A Tale in Two Parts. London: Methuen [1913]. 8vo, original green cloth, uncut, sides slightly soiled, light staining on free endpapers, inch tear in half-title, a fore-corner a trifle worn, half morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION, THE RARE FIRST ISSUE with integral title-page and the date 1913 on verso, 8 pages of advertisements at end dated Autumn 1913. Smith 18. Because of a binder's strike all but 50 copies of the first printing of Chance were given cancelled title-pages dated 1914 (the year the book actually appeared on the market).

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CONRAD, JOSEPH. Chance. A Tale in Two Parts. London: Methuen [1913]. 8vo, original green cloth, uncut, sides slightly soiled, light staining on free endpapers, inch tear in half-title, a fore-corner a trifle worn, half morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION, THE RARE FIRST ISSUE with integral title-page and the date 1913 on verso, 8 pages of advertisements at end dated Autumn 1913. Smith 18. Because of a binder's strike all but 50 copies of the first printing of Chance were given cancelled title-pages dated 1914 (the year the book actually appeared on the market).