John Brown's Body by Stephen Vincent Benet, Slipcased Hardcover, 1st Book-of-the-Month Club Edition

Book and slipcase are perfect. Small scratch on spine area of dust jacket. No other marks or defects. From a non-smoking home.

Synopsis:

First Book-of-the-Month Club printing. Originally published in 1928, this extended poem, set during the American Civil War, garnered Benét the Pulitzer Prize in 1929. Includes an introduction by Archibald MacLeish and eleven wood engravings by Barry Moser, which were printed by the Hampshire Typothetae under the eye of the artist. Endpapers are reproductions of manuscript pages from Book Eight of John Brown's Body from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.