John Brown's Body
by Benet, Stephen Vincent
An American folk-epic which depicts the events of the Civil War.
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John Brown's Body
by Stephen Vincent Benet
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Published
- 1954
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- Hardcover
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Victorville, California, USA
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$15.01
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Rinehart, 1954. Jacket has minor chips.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Fritz Kredel. Item Price
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John Brown's Body
by Stephen Vincent Benet
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1928
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Centreville, Virginia, USA
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$230.00
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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John Brown's Body
by Stephen Vincent Benet
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1928
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Windsor, Ontario, CAN
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$275.00
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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.… Read more about this item Item Price
$275.00
John Brown's Body
by Benet, Stephen Vincent
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1928
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Woodlawn, Illinois, USA
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$39.99
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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.… Read more about this item Item Price
$39.99
John Brown's Body - SIGNED
by Benet. Stephen Vincent
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- Used - Very Good
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- Hardcover
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Pleasley, Nottinghamshire, GBR
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$95.78
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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John Brown's Body
by Stephen Vincent Benet
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1928
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- Hardcover
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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$80.00
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company (Presumed 1st Trade Edition, 1928). Hardcover with black boards, faded gilt lettering on spine, 377 pages. No dust jacket, if issued. Pages toned; deckled edges. Gift inscription from 1928 on FFEP, but otherwise clean and unmarked. Front hinge is cracked and there is some play in the binding; text block intact. Boards… Read more about this item Item Price
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John Brown's Body
by Stephen Vincent Benet
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- Used - Very Good-
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- 1976
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Crawfordville, Florida, USA
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$10.00
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
$10.00
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JOHN BROWN'S BODY
by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET
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- Used - Fine
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- n/a
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- First
- Published
- 1970
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- Mint Condition
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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$22.34
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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.… Read more about this item Item Price
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John Brown's Body
by BENÉT, Stephen Vincent
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1928
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$20.00
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(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. Item Price
$20.00
John Brown's Body
by Stephen Vincent Benet
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- Used
- Published
- 1954
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- Hard
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Humboldt, Tennessee, USA
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$12.00
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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---- … Read more about this item Item Price
$12.00
John Brown's Body, (Signed)
by Benet, Stephen Vincent
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1928
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$60.00
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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. … Read more about this item Item Price
$60.00
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JOHN BROWN'S BODY.
by Stephen Vincent Benet.
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- Used - Good with no Dust Jacket
- Published
- 1941
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- Hardcover
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Delaware, Ohio, USA
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$5.00
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
$5.00
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John Brown's Body
by Benet, Stephen Vincent
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- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Published
- 1976
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- Full-leather
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- 1
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Hartland, Michigan, USA
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$20.00
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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;… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
John Brown's Body
by Benet, Stephen Vincent
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1928
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- 1
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Deep River, Connecticut, USA
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$400.00
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
$400.00
John Brown's Body
by Benet, Stephen Vincent
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Reissue
- Published
- 1990
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 092958726X
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- 1
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Webster, New York, USA
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$5.00
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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JOHN BROWN'S BODY; with Illustrations by Fritz Kredel and Warren Chappell
by Benet, Stephen Vincent
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- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Edition
- First Illustrated Edition
- Published
- 1954
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- Cloth and boards
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lake Forest, Illinois, USA
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$35.00
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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John Brown's Body
by Benet, Stephen Vincent
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Trade
- Published
- 1928
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Chico, California, USA
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$150.00
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Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1928. Benet's epic poem of the American Civil War won the Pulitzer Prize for 1929. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition (stated); actually, the First Trade Edition, as there had been a preceding limited edition. Black cloth binding, with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 377 pages. Very… Read more about this item Item Price
$150.00
JOHN BROWN'S BODY
by Benet, Stephen Vincent poetry
- Condition
- Used - VG book, FAIR DJ. Book cover w 2 short scratches, spine faded.
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Published
- 1928
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lyndonville, New York, USA
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$21.00
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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 . Item Price
$21.00
John Brown's Body
by Benet, Stephen Vincent
- Condition
- Used - NF
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1928
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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New Harbor, Maine, USA
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$74.78
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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. . Item Price
$74.78
John Brown's Body
by Benet, Stephen Vincent
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Published
- 1928
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$9.99
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
$9.99