Object details
Object number
m.1.22
Creator(s)
Title
The Nigger of the Narcissus: A Tale of the Forecastle
Date
1914
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
Garden City, New York
Binding Description
Blue-green flexible leather binding with gilded lettering on front cover and spine.
Description
1 vol., xiii, [3], 217 [1], p. 12°
Dimensions
19.5 x 13.5 x 4 cm (7 11/16 x 5 5/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Helen C. Bell, 1915 (?) (ARC.010019).
Signed in pencil (page after front flyleaf, center): I.S.Gardner / April 1915
Sticker (page after front flyleaf, bottom left corner): The Old Corner Book / Store, Inc., / Boston, - Mass.
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection in March 1915.
Commentary
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Gallery
Macknight Room
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