Description
The second edition of A Persian Pearl and Other Essays, signed by the author, Clarence S. Darrow.
Octavo, [4], 160pp, [1]. Quarter white cloth, illustrated paper boards. Printing statement on colophon. Top edge gilt. Light soiling to cloth spine, internally fine. Solid text block, occasional marginalia in pencil. (Hunsberger, 44)
This copy is signed by Clarence Darrow in blue pen, with a gift inscription from the philanthropist, Adah K. Millard, below the Darrow signature.
First published in 1899, this work contains five essays from writers who were greatly admired by Darrow. The first edition was limited to 980 copies, all individually numbered. (Hunsberger, 18)
