MAGGIE; A Child of the Streets
London: William Heinemann, 1896. Bernard Sanders. First English edition. 12mo, , pp. 148, 4 (small stain to the rear blank, showing a little on the pages of ads.) Bound in flexible blue cloth, stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt, other untrimmed. Some very minimal rubbing, otherwise a near fine copy. BAL 4075. Crane's first book. This was first privately issued in wraps, in 1893. Item #51992
Called the first realistic American novel, Maggie is the story of a girl in the New York slums, doomed by a life she can't escape.
Price: $480.00
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