The Red Badge of Courage

London: William Heinemann Ltd., (1925).

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Hardcover. First edition of the 3/6 edition, and the first edition to appear with the Preface by Joseph Conrad. Octavo. Attractive bookplate front pastedown, modest dampstain at the bottom of both boards, tiny pinhole in first several leaves, still a sound very good copy with very good plus dustwrapper with a light corresponding stain at the bottom edges. A handsome copy of one of the most influential novels of the Civil War and one of the great American novels of its time. Seldom found in the Gordon Robinson-illustrated jacket.

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Item #412630 The Red Badge of Courage. Stephen CRANE.

Stephen Crane
birth name: Stephen Crane
born: 11/1/1871
died: 6/5/1900

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American author whose first novel was a milestone in the development of literary realism. He later became a proficient short-story writer. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore