John Brown's Body
by BENÉT, Stephen Vincent
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Rinehart and Company, Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1954. BCE. Hardcover. Book club edition. A handsome, illustrated edition of Stephen Vincent Benét's lengthy Pulitzer Prize-winning poem of the American Civil War. With illustrations by Fritz Kredel and Warren Chappell, as well as decorations on most every page. --- In pale grey paper-covered boards backed in blue cloth, with image of mounted bugler to front cover and spine titling in orange. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- Due to binder's error, some leaves are mis-cut, causing some material to be obscured. With mild age-toning to cloth and small bumps to cover corners, else a sound, unmarked copy. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.); 50649; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xvi, 368 pages .
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Details
- Seller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 87226
- Title
- John Brown's Body
- Author
- BENÉT, Stephen Vincent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- BCE
- Publisher
- Rinehart and Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
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- Leaves
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- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....