John Brown's Body (First Edition | Dust Jacket | Poetry | Poems)

Benet, Stephen Vincent

Published by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., Garden City, 1928

About this Item

FIRST EDITION, first printing. Full black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, jacket has not been price clipped but has minor chipping at the top & bottom of the spine which has been darkened slightly from handling. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall an EXCELLENT book in a VERY GOOD PLUS brodart protected dust jacket. A good gift. Photos available upon request. Stephen Vincent Benét (July 22, 1898 March 13, 1943) was an American author, poet, short story writer, and novelist. Benét is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body (1928), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929, and for two short stories, "The Devil and Daniel Webster" and "By the Waters of Babylon". Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: John Brown's Body (First Edition | Dust Jacket | Poetry | Poems)
• Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., Garden City
• Publication Date: 1928
• Binding: Full Cloth
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Y2Y
  • First Editions
  • Poetry & Music