The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War (Modern Library #130.4)
by CRANE, Stephen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. [c.1955]. Hardcover. The classic novel of the American Civil War in a Modern Library reprint edition. With an introduction by Robert Wooster Stallman. Volume wrapped in jacket with color Civil War battle scene illustration to cover. --- In Toledano spine 8 / rust cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso advertises 374 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1955 (though 1951 date appears in book). ML #130.4. --- A very nice copy: clean and tightly-bound; but with discreet Kansas bookseller label to front free endpaper. A weakened rear hinge has been carefully reinforced prior to this listing. Unclipped dust jacket with sunned (but readable) spine and with minor chafing to edges; otherwise bright and intact; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; xlv, 267 pages .
Synopsis
The Red Badge of Courage is an 1895 war novel by American author Stephen Crane. It is considered one of the most influential works in American literature. The novel, a depiction on the cruelty of the American Civil War, features a young recruit who overcomes initial fears to become a hero on the battlefield. The book made Crane an international success.
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84748
- Title
- The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War (Modern Library #130.4)
- Author
- CRANE, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1955]
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Civil War (U.S.);
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Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.