first edition Softcover
1892 · Boston
by CHOPIN, Kate [and] Ella Sterling Cummins
Boston: Two Tales Publishing Company, 1892. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Tall octavo. [20]pp. paginated [145]-164. Stapled wrappers printed in red and black. Wrappers repaired with rice paper, especially on the rear wrap which has a few words lacking, and a little overall soiling, else very good. One of the earliest appearances in print by Kate Chopin, "At the 'Cadian Ball" was one of her famous Bayou stories which later appeared in her collection *Bayou Folks*. It appears here in the magazine *Two Tales* which began publishing in 1891 and, which not surprisingly, published two stories in each issue (the other story here is by Ella Sterling Cummins). (truncated)