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First edition, first printing, preceding The Prophet by three years: a rare work, like all of Gibran's pre-Prophet titles, especially so with the dust jacket. As an artist, Gibran was compared to Rodin; as a writer, he was compared by Rodin himself to William Blake. If this is so, then its is more Blake's early Songs of Innocence and Experience, than his later Book of Los, Milton or Jerusalem that Gibran is channelling in this book of visionary yet playful parables. Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine in green, front cover and mystical emblem in gilt, top edge brown. With dust jacket [in pieces]. Illustrated frontispiece and four other plates after drawings by the author. Extremities lightly rubbed, a few spots of foxing to edges, else clean, a very good copy indeed. Jacket with large chip to foot of rear panel, several portions of spine panel missing, professional repairs to spine folds; rare in any condition. .

The Forerunner: His Parables and Poems is a book by Kahlil Gibran. It includes his reflections and parables, exploring themes such as love, sorrow, and spiritual truth.