Book: Rare Southern title by Gonzales published 1924 Gonzales, Ambrose E. THE CAPTAIN, STORIES OF THE BLACK BORDER. Columbia, SC. The State Company. With original proof sheets bound and presented to August Kohn with a note from Gonzales.

Provenance : From the library of August Kohn. August Kohn (1868-1930), Columbia, South Carolina journalist and businessman, assembled one of the finest private libraries of South Caroliniana in the country. He was an avid collector of books, pamphlets and maps related to his beloved native state. A writer of ability, he wrote for the Charleston News and Courier after graduating cum laude from South Carolina College in 1889. He also wrote pamphlets about the towns of Orangeburg and Columbia and, in 1903, published a significant work titled THE COTTON MILLS OF SOUTH CAROLINA.