Chase Stephen Introduction (2 results)
More imagesThe Red Badge of Courage (Riverside Edition A51)
Stephen Crane, Author; Richard Chase, Editor and Introduction
Language: English
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, NY, 1960
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Books by White/Walnut Valley Books, Winfield, KS, U.S.A.Books by White/Walnut Valley Books
Contact seller5-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York. 1960. Riverside Editions A51 85¢. Softcover/Trade Wraps. 4th Printing by Letter Line on page 119. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light suntoning to spine; light edge wear. No DJ. Printed card stock w…raps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 119 pp 8vo. Told from the point of the ordinary soldier this is considered the first modern war novel. Henry Fleming is going to combat in the Civil War for the first time. In his first battle he turns and flees-a coward- but regains and comes back-the hero. A clean very presentable copy.
More imagesPublished by J. Munroe and Co. (et al), Publishers, Boston, 1847
- Hardcover
Seller: Mare Booksellers ABAA, IOBA, Dover, NH, U.S.A.Mare Booksellers ABAA, IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerQuarter Leather. Condition: Good. Printed paper covered boards with black leather spine. 164 pp., plus seven diagrams at the end. Provenance: short dedication from the author to M. Clarkson, dated 1853. We believe M. Clarkson to be a relative of mathematician James A. Clarkson, from whose collection this book came. James Clarkso…n was an American mathematician known for his work in number theory. He served as an operations' analyst during World War II, earning the Medal of Freedom. A treatise on learning the mathematics of geometry. Written by Alpheus Crosby, who attended Dartmouth at the age of 13. He wrote many books, and served as an educator in Newburyport, Massachusetts, among other places. Crosby was an abolitionist, and edited a journal about it during the Civil War, The Right Way. After the war he edited textbooks aimed at educating formerly enslaved people. GOOD condition. Moderate toning, some soiling and minor staining to the covers. Moderate scattered foxing in the interior.
