Kahlil Gibran The Forerunner First Edition

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Author: Gibran, Kahlil
Title: The Forerunner: His Parables and Poems
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1920
Description:

With 5 plates from illustrations by the author including frontispiece. (Thin 8vo) 20.2x13.5 cm (8x5¼"), original black cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition.

The third volume of poetry in English by the great Lebanese-American poet. It would be followed three years later by his best known work, and one of the best selling books of the 20th century, The Prophet. Early editions of the present work are quite rare with none currently in the trade and no auction records. Ex-libris bookplate of J.C. Polos on front pastedown.
Condition Report: Slight wear and soiling to cloth, fraying at extremities, some fading to lettering; very good.