[Rarebooks] FS: JOHN BROWN'S BODY Illustrated by John Steuart Curry

[Charles Agvent]

BENET, Stephen Vincent. JOHN BROWN'S BODY. New York: Limited Editions 
Club, 1948. Tall quarto (7-1/8" x 11-1/2") bound in full rough scarlet 
linen with blue leather labels on spine and front cover. Designed by 
Francis Meynell and printed by William Rudge. Introduction by Douglas 
Southall Freeman. One of 1500 numbered copies illustrated with oil 
paintings by John Steuart Curry, his last illustrations for a book, 
reproduced in offset lithography by Fretz Freres, Zurich, Switzerland. 
Issued unsigned as the artist died before publication. Spine just a bit 
sunned, much less than normal. Near Fine in a Good, partly split 
slipcase. (#006698)     $75

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