JOHN BROWN: THE MAKING OF A MARTYR [Signed]
- Hardcover
- New York, NY: Payson & Clarke Ltd, 1929
New York, NY: Payson & Clarke Ltd, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. 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. Warren's first book, John Brown: The Making of a Martyr (1929) was reportedly issued in an edition of only 500 copies. 1395011. Special Collections.