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John Brown's Body
by Stephen Vincent Benet
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
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. The dust jacket is in very good condition, not price-clipped ($2.50), with several chips, especially at the spine. Nevertheless, it presents nicely under mylar. It is now protected by an archival cover which is easily removable, with no tape or adhesive used. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information.
Synopsis
An American folk-epic which depicts the events of the Civil War.
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Details
- Bookseller
- C&S Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001129
- Title
- John Brown's Body
- Author
- Stephen Vincent Benet
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday Doran
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Pages
- 377
- Size
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
C&S Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund for up to 30 days after delivery if you are dissatisfied with the item. Item must be returned to us in the condition it was originally shipped. Please email us with your concerns. International customers (outside the US and Canada) should contact us for an exact shipping quote before ordering.
About the Seller
C&S Books
Biblio member since 2023
Windsor, Ontario
About C&S Books
At C&S Books we have been collecting books for many years. We appreciate the beauty of a truly collectible book, with regard to both edition and condition. We maintain a small inventory of carefully curated first editions, many signed by award winning authors.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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