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John Brown's Body by Benét, Stephen Vincent - (1948)

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John Brown's Body by Benét, Stephen Vincent - (1948)

John Brown's Body

by Benét, Stephen Vincent

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New York: The Heritage Press. Near Fine. (1948). Hardcover. Book would be fine/as new if not for fading of spine to light tan. No ownership or other marks. Slip case is structurally sound with only very minor wear at one corner and fading from sun around edges of side and top panels. Publishers pamphlet lacking. ; Book would be fine/as new if not for fading of light blue cloth to light tan on spine. No ownership or other marks in book. Lacking publishers laid in pamphlet. Slipcase structurally sound. There is fading of light blue to tan at edges where exposed to light. ; Color and BW drawings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; xviii,454 pages .
  • Bookseller James F. Balsley, Bookseller US (US)
  • Illustrator John Stewart Curry
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher The Heritage Press
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published (1948)
  • Keywords Abolition, Slavery, John Brown, Harper's Ferry

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John Brown's Body

John Brown's Body

by Stephen Vincent Benét

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Elephant Paperbacks
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Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780929587264 / 092958726X
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Clean, unmarked copy with a slightly slanted spine and minor surface/edge wear. Nothing overly bad. First Elephant Books paperback edition, no print number indicated.
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John Brown's Body

by BENÉT, Stephen Vincent

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  • Hardcover
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Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
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BCE
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Hardcover
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New York: Rinehart and Company, Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1954. BCE. Hardcover. Book club edition. A handsome, illustrated edition of Stephen Vincent Benét's lengthy Pulitzer Prize-winning poem of the American Civil War. With illustrations by Fritz Kredel and Warren Chappell, as well as decorations on most every page. --- In pale grey paper-covered boards backed in blue cloth, with image of mounted bugler to front cover and spine titling in orange. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- Due to binder's error, some leaves are mis-cut, causing some material to be obscured. With mild age-toning to cloth and small bumps to cover corners, else a sound, unmarked copy. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.); 50649; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xvi, 368 pages .
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John Brown's Body

by Benét, Stephen Vincent

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  • Hardcover
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Used
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Hardcover
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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(New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1928). 8vo; original black cloth; no dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 377. Backstrip sunned, and frayed at head and tail; some wear to extremities; binding slack; ex-library copy, with bookplate to front pastedown and code to title page; inscriptions to front free endpaper and its verso; some pencilled annotations. Fair condition. Long poem on experiences in the American Civil War. .
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John Brown's Body

by Benét, Stephen Vincent

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  • Hardcover
  • first
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Used - VG-
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No dj
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First Trade
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Hardcover
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1928 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Edition statement: "First Edition/After the Printing of 201 De Luxe Copies". Full black cloth, gold ink titles on spine, [vi], 377 pp. Titles on spine dull, slight overall wear, book plate on front paste-down. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Trade. . VG-/No dj. 21½ X 14½ cm.
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John Brown's Body

by Benét, Stephen Vincent

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  • near fine
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Near Fine
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Good
Binding
Hardcover
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Andover, Massachusetts, United States
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New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. 22nd edition; 184th thousand. Previous owner's name, dated May 1937, is written on the front pastedown. The endpapers are mildly foxed. In a square, sound binding with hinges intact. The dust jacket is soiled. Scuffed and darkened on the spine. Chipped at the spine tail. The price, $2.50, is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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John Brown's Body (100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series  in full leather...
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John Brown's Body (100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series in full leather binding)

by BENÉT, Stephen Vincent

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Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
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Hardcover
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1976. Leather. A deluxe Heritage Press illustrated edition of Stephen Vincent Benét's lengthy Pulitzer Prize-winning poem of the American Civil War. With illustrations by Peter Harritos. An entry in the publisher's 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series, issued in conjunction with the Bicentennial of the American Revolution. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. Publisher's "Notes from the Editors" booklet about this work is included. --- Bound in full black bonded leather covers with five raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges (AEG) all in bright gilt. Interior leaves printed on high-quality papers. Orange silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- With conspicuous sunning to edges of moire endpapers, some shallow… Read More
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John Brown's Body: A Poem (Leatherbound Easton Press THE COLLECTOR'S LIBRARY OF FAMOUS EDITIONS SERIES)

by Benét, Stephen Vincent

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Used - Fine
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Famous Editions
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Hardcover
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San Diego, California, United States
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Norwalk: Easton Press. CLEAN Fine Full Leather 1994 Easton Press. Notes from the Archives laid in. . Fine. Full Leather. Famous Editions. 1994.
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John Brown's Body - Signed First Edition.

by Stephen Vincent Benét (July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943)

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Used - Good
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Hardcover
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Lincoln, New Hampshire, United States
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday Doran, 1928 Boldly flat-signed on the upper edge of the 1/2 title. Bds are worn. Owner sig. to the front fep dated March, 1929. This is not the limited edition.
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John Brown's Body

by Benét, Stephen Vincent; MacLeish, Archibald;

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  • near fine
  • Hardcover
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Condition
Used - Near Fine
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Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc., 1980. 360 pp. 26.5 x 19 cm. Red and wine colored cloth covered boards with titling to orange label on front cover and gilt titling to spine, in dustjacket with illustration on spine, housed in a red cloth covered slipcase. Possible soiling to edges of boards of slipcase at head and tail of opening, otherwise no apparent flaws. Some sunning to spine of jacket, with 25 mm closed compression tear, a few small splash marks, and one 5 mm nick to tail of spine. Light rubbing to head and tail of spine of book, with light bumps to corners of rear board. Signed by Moser on title page in red ink. Interior otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding nice and firm. A lovely copy. Due to the size and weight of this book, additional shipping will be requested for expedited and international orders. . Signed by Illustrator. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Moser, Barry.
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John Brown's Body - Acting Edition

by Stephen Vincent Benét

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  • Paperback
Condition
New
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780822205944 / 0822205947
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San Diego, California, United States
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Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
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