[Rarebooks] FS: Signed Stephen Crane

[Allington Books]

Greetings to all.  We offer for sale today the below-described copy of
Stephen Crane's *The Little Regiment and Other Episodes of the Civil War*
at the price of $2,650.  Priority Mail shipping in the continental US is
free.  Shipping elsewhere is at cost less $10.00.

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The book is, of course, subject to prior sale.

With Thanks for your consideration and

Best Wishes,

Stephen
Allington Antiquarian Books, LLC


Stephen Johnson
Allington Antiquarian Books, LLC
Rare and Collectible Books, both Antiquarian and Modern
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*Place Published:* New York
*Publisher:* D. Appleton and Company
*Date Published:* 1896
*Edition:* First edition
*Binding:* Hardcover
*Condition:* Near Fine
*Book Id:* 6174

*Description*

PRESENTLY DISCOUNTED. WAS $8,750. An about Fine copy of the first edition,
first printing, with the second state of the six-page catalogue beginning
with "The Beginners of a Nation" (light wear) in a Very Good example of the
exceedingly scarce to rare dust jacket (toning, some chipping and wear to
the spine ends and panel edges, front panel neatly and mostly reattached to
the spine panel with some splitting still showing), SIGNED BY STEPHEN CRANE
on a clipped signature affixed to the title page; Stephen Crane's debut
collection of short stories. Stephen Crane is best-known for his great
novel "The Red Badge of Courage", a tale of the Civil War universally
considered to be a classic. As a result of the novel's popularity, the
McClure Syndicate contracted Crane to write a series of short stories on
Civil War battlefields. Crane agreed on the condition that he be allowed to
"visit the battlefield—which I was to describe—at the time of year when it
was fought" in connection with his writing of the stories. He visited
battlefields in Northern Virginia, including Fredericksburg, and produced
five more Civil War tales: "Three Miraculous Soldiers", "The Veteran", "An
Indiana Campaign", "The Little Regiment", and "An Episode of War", the
first four of which, together with "A Gray Sleeve" and "A Mystery of
Heroism", are gathered together in this volume . Notably, "The Veteran"
features Henry Fleming, the protagonist of "The Red Badge of Courage",
years after the war's end. As Crane died young -- in 1900 at age 28, his
signature is quite scarce. [The Crane signature contained in this volume
was taken from an incomplete copy of a Limited Edition signed by Crane and
remains in a quite bright and fresh condition.] Copies of this work, his
debut collection of short stories, in the delicate dust jacket are as
scarce as hen's teeth. An about Fine copy of the first edition, first
printing, second state, in the RARE DUST JACKET, SIGNED BY STEPHEN CRANE.

*Comments*

[Published October 1896 -- sales of The Red Badge of Courage had fallen off
by November 1896 after having slowed before then, leveling off in mid-year.
RBOC had 14 printings in 1896 but was not issued again until 1898. Little
Regiment was published in 1896, but the number of printings is not known.
Two states of the American edition exist. See Stephen Crane: The Critical
Heritage by Richard M. Weatherford.]
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