Object details
              Object number
        m.1.34
            Creator(s)
              
                    Title
        The Nigger of the Narcissus: A Tale of the Forecastle
                    Date
        1916
                    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. Cream paper dustjacket. 
                    Description
        1 vol., 12°
                          Dimensions
        18.7 x 12 x 2.3 cm (7 3/8 x 4 3/4 x 7/8 in.)
                          Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
        Signed in blue ink (front flyleaf, reverse, top): I.S. Gardner 1917. 
                    Provenance
        Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection in 1917.
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                          Gallery
        Macknight Room
                  
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