GIBRAN, Kahlil (1883?1931). The Forerunner: His Parables and Poems. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1920. 8vo. 5 plates including frontispiece by the author. Publisher?s black cloth stamped in gilt; unclipped dust jacket with $1.50 price (chipped with several small voids along spine panel and rear panel edge). FIRST EDITION of the author?s third novel published by Alfred A. Knopf containing a collection of aphorisms, poems and parables dealing with spirituality and philosophy. We have found no copies listed on the market or sold at auction with the dust jacket.