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ADE, GEORGE In Babel: Stories of ChicagoNew York: Mcclure, Phillips & Co, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. (black decorated buckram; no dust jacket) [nice-looking copy, with white/red/gilt candlestick design on front cover still bright and attractive, a little wear to the spine lettering ("e" in "Ade" almost gone); faint staining to front cover, slight bumping to corners, light wear along spine, hinges and binding fully intact, original owner's signature and date (year of publication) on ffep, last two leaves (ads) unopened]. From the author's preface: "These little stories and sketches have been rewritten from certain daily contributions to the Chicago Record, now the Chicago Record-Herald. They have been assembled into this volume in the faint hope that they may serve as an antidote for the slang which has been administered to the public in such frequent doses of late. They are supposed to deal, more or less truthfully, with every-day life in Chicago." (Rather strange words from an author whose main claim to literary fame is his "Fables in Slang," but his bona fides as an observer and chronicler of the Chicago scene are unchallenged.). Very Good+ .
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