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The Red Badge of Courage (Chatham River Press Classics)
by Stephen Crane
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Not Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0517436280
- ISBN 13
- 9780517436288
- Seller
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U. S. A.: Chatham River Press, 1984. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Homer, Winslow. First Chatham River Press Edition (First Thus) With The Letter Line Indicating A First Printing. The Book Is Bound In One Quarter Brown Faux Leather Over Marbled Paper. Gilt Lettering On The Spine Within Green Fields. The Green Fields Have Gilt Borders With Decorations. Six Raised Bands. All Edges Gilt. The Endpapers Match The Boards. Short Gift Inscription Near The Upper Corner On The Back Of The Ffep.
Synopsis
The Red Badge of Courage is an 1895 war novel by American author Stephen Crane. It is considered one of the most influential works in American literature. The novel, a depiction on the cruelty of the American Civil War, features a young recruit who overcomes initial fears to become a hero on the battlefield. The book made Crane an international success.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038890
- Title
- The Red Badge of Courage (Chatham River Press Classics)
- Author
- Stephen Crane
- Illustrator
- Homer, Winslow
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0517436280
- ISBN 13
- 9780517436288
- Publisher
- Chatham River Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U. S. A.
- Date Published
- 1984
- Pages
- 233
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Fiction; Chancellorsville, Battle Of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863 - Fiction; United States - Virginia - Chancellorsville. Military, Classics, War & Military
Terms of Sale
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
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About the Seller
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Spine
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Raised Band(s)
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- Letter line
- A letter line is a convention occasionally used by publishers to denote the printing of a particular book. It is generally...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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