The Red Badge of Courage
by Crane, Stephen
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Sacramento, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Second state with broken type on Page 225 and ads in back beginning with this title. Very good with soiling to boards and rubbing to spine and edges. Neat professional repair to spine ends and interior hinges. Slight soiling and wear to endpapers (including faint remnant of drawing on rear endpaper), but text clean and unmarked. A nice copy.
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
- Magus Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5903
- Title
- The Red Badge of Courage
- Author
- Crane, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1895
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About the Seller
Magus Books
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Sacramento, California
About Magus Books
Independent bookstore specializing in John Fowles and other modern first editions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.