John Brown's Body.
New York: The American Past, [1980]. Hardcover. Introduction by Archibald MacLeish. Illustrations by Barry Moser. xv, Small 4to. Burgundy cloth spine with gilt lettering and red cloth with paper label, dust jacket. Burgundy cloth over boards slipcase with paper label. 360pp. Frontispiece, 10 full-page illustrations, decorative endpapers. Sewn-in brown silk page marker. Near fine/very good/very good. Jacket spine and bit of slipcase lightly sunned. Item #39202
Tight, handsome first of this illustrated edition -- not often said about BOMC productions. Moser's wood engravings are, as always, provocative and striking.
Price: $45.00
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