Warren, Robert Penn

JOHN BROWN: THE MAKING OF A MARTYR [Signed]

New York, NY: Payson & Clarke Ltd, 1929. First Edition. Octavo, 474 pages. In Good condition lacking the issued dust jacket. Boards have rubbing wear along the edges, and bending wear along the spine head/tail and fore corners. Textblock has a tear on pages 355/356, a light stain on page 186, splitting along the gutter between the half-title page and frontispiece and along the hinge of the rear pastedown page and end-page, and age toning and minor wear along the edges. Contains a loose signed bookplate by Robert Penn Warren. DL consignment. Shelved in Room C.

1395011

Special Collections - Upstairs

Price: $500

NOTES

Warren's first book, John Brown: The Making of a Martyr (1929) was reportedly issued in an edition of only 500 copies.