Wisdom's Call
Nashville: Orion, 1911. [Ffifth and final version or edition but not so identfied in the book]]. Hardcover. 259p. 19cm. Original blue cloth. Cover rather faded, soiled and worn.faded and worn. Former owner's name on both endpapers. Contents have modest age-toning but are otherwise sound and clean. No Jacket. Rev. Griggs was the author of a number of books and is best known for the five novels he wrote and self-published between 1899 and 1908. This is a non-fiction item about racial issues which was apparently first published in 1909 in 2 versions of 116 and 134 pages, a third version in 1910 of 145 pages and 2 further versions in 1911 of 193 and 259 pages. This makes this a copy the 5th and final version or edition. We owe this information to John Gruesser, a professor of English at Kean University, who inquired a few years ago about the contents of another copy and was kind enough not to mention our previous misidentification of the edition. In this 5th version, Griggs adds a final section with a separate title-page ("Beyond the End: Sequel to Wisdom's Call") and table of contents but does not appear to have revised any of the material in the first 193 pages. Good. Item #91563
Price: $500.00