WHETHER WHITE OR BLACK A MAN. by Davis Edith Smith 1859-1917

Chicago: Fleming H. Revell, 1898. Illustrated by b/w frontis and 3 plates by Bert Cassidy. First (SD) edition. Second book. Illustrated cloth. Cr.8vo (19cm). pp. [iv], 198, [1]. Good/No jacket. Worn covers, repaired spine, foxing starting, overall toning, tiny tear to title page. [Later London 1898 edition as 'Major Brown; or Whether White or Black Man', 1898 Revell title reprinted in 1972]. Author was known in her later years as a temperance and anti-tobacco advocate..