Benet, Stephen Vincent — John Brown's Body

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library, 1986. Special Limited Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A justifiable classic, the winner in 1929 of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, a fine addition to the Franklin Library stable of past prize-winning classics. Augmented greatly by the fine black-and-white woodcuts of Stephen Alcorn, quite stark and evocative. Sterling condition hardcover copy, handsomely produced as per usual Franklin Library Limited Edition standards, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only the slightest shelf- and edge-wear. Featuring moire endpapers, bound-in silk ribbon bookmark, raised bands, all edges gilt, rich, colorful brown leather covers, classy gilt decoration to cover and spine. Gift-quality condition inside and out. 371 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine