John Brown's Body

Rinehart, 1954. Jacket has minor chips.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Fritz Kredel.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Trade Edition. Bound by Whitman Bennett bindery (1 of 12 bound by Whitman Bennett) in full decorated crushed morocco, with a note by the author. Beautiful, marbled endpapers. Gilt text block edges. Tight and square binding. Edges and hinges rubbed. Stephen Vincent Benet, a prominent early 20th century poet, wrote his most famous book-length poem… Saber más sobre este artículo

A scarce first printing of the first edition [Doubleday Doran Garden City New York 1928], inscribed by author Stephen Benet directly on the front free end paper. The book is in near fine condition, despite its age, with no remainder marks, a tight and square binding, nice top stain, with no owner inscriptions or highlighting and no staining or marking.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Garden City, New York, U. S. A.: Doubleday Doran & Company, Inc., 1928. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First Edition. The Book Is Bound In Black Cloth Over Boards With Pale Yellow Lettering On The Spine. Former Owner's Signature And Purchase Dat (September, 1928) On The Ffep.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Black pleather boards with spine hubs. Covers & spine gilted. Page edges gilted. Fabric end pages show some damage. Minor damage to ribbon marker and top edge gilting. An epic American poem about the radical abolitionist John Brown, who raided the federal armory at Harpers Ferry in Virginia in October 1859. He was captured and hanged later… Saber más sobre este artículo

This is a first edition from the classics series published by International Collectors Library in 1970. John Brown's Body (1928) is an epic poem written by the American poet Stephen Vincent Benét (1898-1943). Its title references the radical abolitionist John Brown, who raided Harpers Ferry in Virginia in the fall of 1859. He was captured and hanged later that year.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Doubleday Doran 1928 (1st US). Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition, first printing of this book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929. Signed in full by the author. Still in its original dustjacket which has its original price $2.50. Stated first edition. After the printing of 201 de luxe… Saber más sobre este artículo

(Garden City: Country Life Press, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 376pp. Very good with a cocked spine, light soiling on the boards, and worn corners and spine ends. A narrative poem that was the winner of the 1929 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1928. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 377 pages. Not a first edition, no dust jacket. Clipped signature of Stephen Vincent Benet pasted on the front free end paper. Book is protected in new mylar. Top edge of spine is clipped, some other edge and corner wear. … Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Rinehart & Company. Good with no Dust Jacket. 1941. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; External book faded slightly, with wear to spine. The lower front corner has been bumped. Inscription on title page There a re numerous penciling throughout the book--underlining and margin notations. Pages are otherwise clean and lightly aged. Vintage Used… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1928. Book. NF. Hardcover. First Edition. First edition stated on copyright page. A NF copy in a VG dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Winner of the 1929 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. .

1954. hard. See Photo Gallery John Browns Body 1954 -ORIGINAL EDITION- Publisher-Printing Location: Rinehart and Company, Inc. New York Date and Numbering: 1954 Size and Page Count: 7.75"" X 10"" Tall, approx. 368 pages Condition: Good, binding good, has a few small tears on dust jacket ----An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian---- … Saber más sobre este artículo

Franklin Library. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1976. Full-leather. Black leather with gilt decorations, all edges gilt with attached ribbon bookmark. Silk moire endpapers lightly toned else this is a fine gift quality copy. A limited edition and a selection of The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature.; MCF04375; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall;… Saber más sobre este artículo

Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1928. First Edition. Limited Edition Fine in 1/4 light brown morocco leather with light brown linen covered boards with five raised bands on the spine and a gilt stamped title label on red-brown leather in one of the compartments. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches with… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chicago: Elephant Paperbacks, 1990. Reissue. Trade Paperback. Good. 5x1x8. General wear to wrappers, page ridges lightly toned. 1990 Trade Paperback. xv, 336 pp. "One of the most widely read poems of our time, John Brown's Body is Stephen Vincent Benét's masterful retelling of the Civil War. A book of great energy and sweep, it swings into view the… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York Toronto: Rinehart and Company, Inc, 1954. First Illustrated Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Fritz Kredel and Warren Chappell. 4to, blue-black cloth with gold spine lettering over speckled gray boards with a bugler on horseback stamped on the front cover, profusely illustrated with B&W sketches by Fritz Kredel and Warren Chappell, Mylar-protected pictorial dust… Saber más sobre este artículo

Garden City: Doubleday Doran. VG book, FAIR DJ. Book cover w 2 short scratches, spine faded.. 1928. 1st edition. Hardcover. VG book, tattered DJ(in Brodart). FINE text other than neatly inked 1928 gift note. Book with few other minor flaws. 8vo 377pp .

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1928. This 1928 volume is in Very Good+ condition (click on photo), without dust jacket. Benet's epic poem of the American Civil War, those who fought in it and those who were left behind, was so popular that a subsequent stage version toured the country for many years. Benet's ability to humanize… Saber más sobre este artículo

Garden City: International Collector's LIbrary, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition thus. Full faux leather gilt. Very modest loss on bottom spine end, else near fine. A narrative poem that was the winner of the 1929 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Blue cloth with color illustrated label mounted on front and spine, color illustrated endpapers. Decorations by George Illian. Owner's decorative bookplate illustrated by Bank B. Gordon affixed to front fly verso, small spots on top page edge, paper spine title faded, else a near fine copy lacking… Saber más sobre este artículo