Twenty Drawings. First Edition, One of 100 Copies Signed By Gibran. Author's First Book. New York, 1919

Gibran, Kahlil

Published by Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1919

About this Item

First Edition. First edition of Gibran's first book. One of 100 numbered copies, signed by Kahlil Gibran. Bound in decorated covers, different from the trade edition, this has goldish patterned paper covered boards over vellum spine with gilt titles. The front cover has the titles in orange with Gibran's "Life is Flame" in orange on the cover. Frontispiece by Gibran. 12 1/4" by 9 1/2" Small contemporary bookplate in upper corner of the front pastedown, gift inscription in small letters "mom sis may 15, 1928." Each drawing has a tissue guard with a printed title. This copy is number 47. Signed in ink: "Kahlil Gibran." This is a handsome book by any standard and a rarity of Gibran's first book. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. No other copies listed for sale.

Seller Inventory # 012099

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Twenty Drawings. First Edition, One of 100 Copies Signed By Gibran. Author's First Book. New York, 1919
• Publisher: Alfred A Knopf, New York
• Publication Date: 1919
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Drawings By Kahlil Gibran
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: By Author