Item #1416 The Strength of Gideon, and Other Stories. Paul Laurence Dunbar.
The Strength of Gideon, and Other Stories
The Strength of Gideon, and Other Stories
Paul Laurence Dunbar First Edition

The Strength of Gideon, and Other Stories

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1900. First Edition. Illustrations by E. W. Kemble. Publisher's decorated cloth over boards. Small octavo. 362 pages. Fine. Bound in brown cloth over boards with spine and upper board stamped in gilt, white and black. A few minor extremity rubs. Else fine. Handsome copy.

Beautiful copy of this Dunbar collection of 20 stories. Dunbar slips brilliantly into dialect throughout these stories. A fine and underappreciated piece of Dunbar, who was primarily a poet.

Ref. METCALF p. 71-72.


Item #1416

Price: $350

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