The Children of the Sea.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1897.
Price: $2,000.00
About the item
First edition of The Nigger of the “Narcissus”, preceding the London edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial light gray cloth. Fine copy. Burgundy morocco backed slipcase and cloth chemise. Cagle A3b.
Item #312210
With "Island" for "Islands" on the title-page and the headline and page number not printed on p. 58.
Published on November 30, 1897 in an edition of 1,000 copies. The London edition was published as The Nigger of the “Narcissus” on December 2, 1897, in an edition of 1,500 copies.
