Item #8486 Five Men and Pompey: A Series of Dramatic Portraits. Stephen Vincent Benet.
Scarce first edition, first issue of author's first book

Five Men and Pompey: A Series of Dramatic Portraits

Boston: The Four Seas Company, 1915. Very Good / Very Good. Item #8486

Boston: The Four Seas Company, 1915. First Edition, First Issue. 12mo. 47 pages. Printed purple-gray dust jacket pasted into brown boards at spine, as issued, though now separated per notes below.

Dust jacket lightly chipped at spine ends, toned along spine, and coloring of exterior has largely faded to gray. Dust jacket now detached from boards due to glue deterioration. Boards with some light chipping along fore edge of front and, naturally, exposure along spine due to jacket situation. Binding otherwise holding soundly. Foxing along top edge of text block but interior otherwise clean and unmarked.

Price: $275.00

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