first edition Hardcover
1918 · New York
by GIBRAN, Kahlil
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1918. Hardcover. Fair. First edition. Octavo. Publisher's quarter black cloth and paper boards, titled in gilt. Book was issued with a frontispiece and two plates drawn by the author, this copy lacks all three plates, owner name ("Wilson Vance") on front fly, small stains on the first few leaves, dampstain tidemark on the foredge, spine ends warn, a fair only copy lacking the dust jacket. A very scarce, if compromised copy of the first edition. (Inventory #: 590543)