Gilbertianae. Isthmian Rhymes

(Great Barrington MA): (Douglas Bros.), (1891).

Price: $500.00

Hardcover. First edition. Cloth gilt. Boards a bit soiled, and corners slightly worn, a solid, very good or better copy. Published (sort of) anonymously, this copy is Inscribed by the author: "G.A. Cunningham, Jr. with the kindest regards of the Author. Colon, P.I. 1893." The author, James Stanley Gilbert, worked in the isthmus of Panama starting in 1886 for the Panama Railroad Company, later becoming an agent for a steamship company. He was one of the first Americans to write about pre-canal Panama, and was known as "The Poet of Panama." While his poetry was both popular and well-regarded in a Kiplingesque-manner, his status as a businessman-poet hurt his reputation with critics generally. Although his later book, *Panama Patchwork*, was re-issued many times (thirteen printings between 1906-1935), this title is very uncommon, especially signed. *OCLC* lists but one copy in an American library (Brown University).

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Item #63789 Gilbertianae. Isthmian Rhymes. James Stanley GILBERT.