Gombo Zhebes. Little dictionary of Creole proverbs, selected from six Creole dialects. Translated into French and English, with notes…
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First edition · Signed
New York: Will H. Coleman, 1885. First edition, slim 8vo, pp. 5, 1 , 5 - 42 , 4 ads; original turquoise cloth stamped in gilt, black and silver; minor spotting, else very good. This copy enhanced by a presentation from the author, J. B. McCormick, Esq. with best wishes of Lafcadio Hearn. Sept. 8/86. Also with a 40-word holograph correction in the text signed with initials by Hearn in proverb 139, Gambette ous trouvé… . Presentation
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