John Brown's Body : A Poem
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Fourteen full-color illustrations by John Steuart Curry. Limited edition. Publisher's full red cloth, navy morocco labels, stamped in gilt, housed in publisher's slipcase. Gently sunned spine, sparse foxing to top edge, still near fine, in very good slipcase with moderate foxing and sunning. Item #239313
THE MATCH OF THE CIVIL WAR
Stephen Vincent Benét was no stranger to war. Born in 1898, his life began with the United State's invasion of Puerto Rico, and he spent his youth wading through the tension of the first World War. So, it is no surprise that his most lasting work and Pulitzer Prize winner concerns war. Named for John Brown, the pre-Civil War abolitionist who instigated Bleeding Kansas and whose hanging was the match that lit the final fuse for the war, this American epic poem unfurls the history of the Civil War, as Benét imagined the inner world of key historical figures.
This edition is limited to just 1500 numbered copies of which this is 862.
[LEC 192].
Price: $75.00