Cable, George W[ashinton]. GIDEON'S BAND: A TALE OF THE MISSISSIPPI. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-ix [x-xii] 1-500, four inserted plates with color illustrations by F. C. Yohn, original red cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Romantic novel set on the Mississippi during the 1890s. BAL 2381. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 C-19. A fine copy in nearly fine pictorial dust jacket with minute chips at corner tips. The jacket has a lovely wraparound illustration of steamboats on the Mississippi. (#110171)

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