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Stephen Crane. The Red Badge of Courage. D. Appleton and Company, 1896.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: All photos are actual books, not stock photos. This book is in good condition with wear and creasing along the edges. The bottom side of the spine is peeled up from the binding. The binding is still solid. There is a large bookplate on the inside front cover with a stamp underneath it. The previous owner's name is written in ink on one of the inside cover pages. The binding has some areas were it lies flat but the binding itself is very good.
Seller: East Aurora Bookworm, East Aurora, NY, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. The Red Badge of Courage. D.Appleton and Company, New York, 1896.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown; no other attachments or markings. Pages are yellowed; tan cloth-covered boards darkened at edges and particularly at spine. lightly worn at extremities.
Seller: Foliobooks, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. The Red Badge of Courage. D Appleton, 1896.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: ORIGINAL ISSUE. Second edition, copyright 1895, with "congratulations" p 225 in broken type, "bank" p. 4. Original tan cloth, red, black and gilt lettering, 233 pp + 4 pp ads (this title not listed). Hardcover, good. Corners bumped, soil on cloth, rubbed along edges, spine tanned, red lettering rubbed off there, approximately 1/8th inch fraying at head and foot. Internally, later previous owner's bookplate, 2 inch closed tear and erasure mark on first free front endpaper, the same, with adjoining 1/2 inch chip, on second free front endpaper, paper lightly age yellowed, a bit shaken, 1/2 inch deep x 1 inch long drop mark on top edge of title page and eight or nine adjoining leaves, otherwise tight, clean, relatively crisp and unmarked. Literature; Civil War; historical fiction.
Seller: Frost Pocket Farm - IOBA, Fleetville, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good, lacking the jacket. Beige buckram, heavily toned and soiled, stained at some spots. Square and firmly bound though the hinges are broken, bookseller's ticket inside the front board. A collection of six stories related to the American Civil War from the author of The Red Badge of Courage.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover, no DJ, 233 pages plus 4 pages of advertisements for D. Appleton & Co.'s Publications. On page 4 text reads "bank" instead of "bunk". Page 225 there is broken type on the word "congratulated". Tan cloth covers with red and black lettering on cover and spine. Spine darkened, cloth heavily rubbed, especially bottom half of covers and spine. Small stains and smudges on bottom half of covers. Pages toned with age, some foxing. Small blue ink stamp "N.S. Blake" on inside attached end page. Previous owner signature on front unattached end page, pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Overall good condition, binding is sound. Copyright 1894 by Stephen Crane. Copyright 1895, by D. Appleton amd Company.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Second Edition. Octavo. Tan decorated cloth over boards with gilt, black and red lettering and design on cover and spine, brown pastedowns and free end papers. First ad at page 235 is for Falkner's The Lost Stradivarius. Very good, discolorations to cloth mainly on spine, inscription on front cover in pencil, spine ends bumped, lacks front free end paper, ownership inscriptions in multiple places.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
CRANE, Stephen. The Red Badge of Courage. D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1896.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Second Edition, Octavo, tan cloth over boards stamped in red and black with some gilt. This poignant account of the American Civil War follows a Union soldier who flees from battle and his subsequent journey. Very good, some wear to cloth on cover.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: [6], 233, [1], [4 pages of advertisements], [2] pages. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling. Spine worn soiled and frayed at top and bottom. Some page discoloration. Previous owner's stamp inside front and rear covers. Ink notation inside front cover and on fep. Pencil notation (name and date) on second fep. For those who wish to know more, this copy has 4 pages of ads beginning with "The Exploits f Brigadier Gerard," "bank" instead of "bunk" on line 11, p. 4 and a bit blurred (lat)ed on line 6 on page 225. An abbreviated version of Crane's story was first serialized in The Philadelphia Press in December 1894. This version of the story, which was culled to 18,000 words by an editor specifically for the serialization, was reprinted in newspapers across America, establishing Crane's fame. In October 1895, a version, which was 5,000 words shorter than the original manuscript, was printed in book form by D. Appleton & Company. This version of the novel differed greatly from Crane's original manuscript; the deletions were thought by some scholars to be due to demands by an Appleton employee who was afraid of public disapproval of the novel's content. Parts of the original manuscript removed from the 1895 version include all of the twelfth chapter, as well as the endings to chapters seven, ten and fifteen. Appleton's 1895 publication went through ten editions in the first year alone. Appleton republished the novel again in 1917, shortly after the US entered World War I, reissuing it three additional times that same year. The Red Badge of Courage is a war novel by American author Stephen Crane (1871-1900). Taking place during the American Civil War, the story is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who flees from the field of battle. Overcome with shame, he longs for a wound, a "red badge of courage," to counteract his cowardice. When his regiment once again faces the enemy, Henry acts as standard-bearer, who carries a flag. Although Crane was born after the war, and had not at the time experienced battle first-hand, the novel is known for its realism and naturalism. He began writing what would become his second novel in 1894, using various contemporary and written accounts (such as those published previously by Century Magazine) as inspiration. It is believed that he based the fictional battle on that of Chancellorsville; he may also have interviewed veterans of the 124th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, commonly known as the Orange Blossoms. Initially shortened and serialized in newspapers in December 1894, the novel was published in full in October 1895. The novel is known for its distinctive style, which includes realistic battle sequences as well as the repeated use of color imagery, and ironic tone. Separating itself from a traditional war narrative, Crane's story reflects the inner experience of its protagonist (a soldier fleeing from combat) rather than the external world around him. Also notable for its use of what Crane called a "psychological portrayal of fear", the novel's allegorical and symbolic qualities are often debated by critics. Several of the themes that the story explores are maturation, heroism, cowardice, and the indifference of nature. The Red Badge of Courage garnered widespread acclaim, what H. G. Wells called "an orgy of praise", shortly after its publication, making Crane an instant celebrity at the age of twenty-four. The novel and its author did have their initial detractors, however, including author and veteran Ambrose Bierce. Never out of print, it is Crane's most important work and a major American text. Early printing [First edition was published in October 1895].
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Second Edition. Octavo. Tan decorated cloth over boards with gilt, black and red lettering and design on cover and spine. First ad at page 235 begin with Gilbert Parker's Best Books. Very good, moderate staining to cloth binding, corners and spine ends bumped, foxing, roughly opened on some pages.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Second Edition, First Page of Ads (at page 235) is for 'Gilbert Parker's Best Books'. Octavo. Original tan cloth over boards, black and red ink lettering and decorations at front cover and spine, gilt decorations at cover, brown end papers. Very good, no dust jacket, small patches of cloth have turned white, spine darkened, smudging and soiling to cloth, light wear to edges including some bumping to corners, pages slightly agetoned.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. The Red Badge Of Courage. New York: D. Appleton And Company, 1896, 1896.
Price: US$240.00 + shipping
Description: VG in boards. 233 pages, duodecimo. 1896 edition. Light rubbing to the edges of the boards. Corners lightly bumped. Front pastedown bears an owners label. Very light soiling to the cloth. A great a sturdy copy of this American classic.
Seller: Black and Read Books, Music & Games, Arvada, CO, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. Maggie. A Girl of the Streets. D. Appleton, New York, 1896.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: D. Appleton, 1896. This is a Very Good copy of the First Trade Edition of Crane's naturalistic novel that so shocked editors he could not get it published; three years previously he had been forced to print it himself - a small issue in wraps, and a true rarity today. The critical and financial success of "The Red Badge of Courage" decided the controversy and Appleton took the plunge. "Maggie" is now regarded as a landmark in American literature. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus/First Trade Edition, itself a rare title. Tan cloth binding with blindstamped designs filled in red, black, and gilt; second state Title Page. Clean text; 158 pages with 12 pages of publisher's adverts in the rear. The covers show moderate wear and soiling; the spine is darkened; the rear gutter is craked but holding. No dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$267.68 + shipping
Description: Hardcover : pp (2, blank) 233 (1, blank) 4pp publisher's advertisements : tan cloth covered boards lettered in red & black with patterned gilt ground behind the first T on the top board : two red decorations above and below the title; spelling mistake p. 4 and broken type p.225 : gift inscription from Ivor Maxse to Beatrice Allhusen. Boards nibbled and soiled; blanks are foxed; evidence of slight contact with water to the head of the eps (front and back); gutters at front are starting and eps have separated at the back. The contemporary gift inscription is dated April 1896 to Beatrice Allhusen from Ivor Maxse. It reads, "I met the author in New York and Washington and believe he will produce a lot more good work. He is now but 23 years of age"
Seller: Archives Fine Books (ANZAAB, ILAB), Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small octavo, 196pp, [6pp ads]. Tan buckram, title in black on spine, with red embellishments and title in black on front cover. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, a few bumped edges, light soiling to spine and covers, a small red stain to back cover. Features first state point of publisher's ads beginning with "Gilbert Parker's Best Books." (BAL 4076) (Williams & Starrett 10). Stephen Crane was a prolific American writer during the late 19th century. Most notable for his works in the "realist" tradition, he was an inspiration for writers throughout the 20th century, including Ernest Hemingway. He lived a short life, dying at the age of 28 in 1900.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: First printing with "Gilbert Parker's Best Books." on the first page of advertisements. Octavo (19cm). Light tan buckram, printed in black, red, and gilt; plain endpapers; [vi],196,[6]pp; 1pp publisher's ad facing t.p., 6pp of ads at rear. Bookseller's ticket of Brentano's, New York. Occasional pencil annotations. Sound but with moderate external soiling to cloth, short marginal tear to f.f.e.p.: Good or better. Civil War short stories by the author of The Red Badge of Courage. BAL 4076. WILLIAMS & STARRETT 10. WRIGHT III 1252.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$310.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tan buckram covers have red and black inked titles with gilt decoration. Boards show some wear, smudges, edgewear. Corners are bumped, scuffed. Spine has red and black text dimmed and is darkened, with crushed, frayed ends. Binding is secure. Pastedowns and feps of brown paper have some a few marks, a small chip. See photos. Ex libris book features an owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits a few smudges, some marginal staining as at page 225. See photos. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block edges have untrimmed fore and foot edges, yellow along head.** PS2023.0524** 233 pages. 4.75 x 7.25 inches** Early printing of Stephen Crane's Civil War classic, with 1896 publication date, 1895 Publisher's copyright. Very like the first issue, with the same style tan buckram covers and two color title. Broken type on page 225, advertisements for other titles from the publisher at the rear.** PROVENANCE: Bookplate on front pastedown reads "Herbert Wadsworth Ashantee Avon New York". From the collection of Herbert Wadsworth (1857-1927), whose home Ashantee was in Avon, Livingston County, New York.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #009711"**
Seller: Panoply Books, Lambertville, NJ, U.S.A.
Stephen Crane. The Red Badge of Courage. D. Appleton and Company, 1896.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book condition is good. Head and tail spine edges, corners lightly rubbed. Spine darkened with age. Front and back covers soiled with age. Front tail inside hinge has 3" tear. 233 pages. Additional shipping cost required for insurance, amount according to USPS and destination.
Seller: Burm Booksellers, Beckley, WV, U.S.A.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Description: (6) 233, 1 blank, 4 Book First printing of the second edition, with all the points of the first edition: misprint bank instead of bunk, broken types L and d. Four pages Appleton Publications, listed as Gilbert Parker's Best Books. Cream colour cloth over board, cover title black and red, red ornaments, red initial on gilt background. Top edge greenish yellow. Cinnamon end papers. Cover partially speckled with spots of worn-off glue finish.
Seller: Book Stage, Stratford, ON, Canada
Crane, Stephen. The Red Badge of Courage. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second edition, first printing. Publisher's tan buckram, front board and spine lettered and decorated in red and black, initial "T" on front board set in a gilt panel, and brown endpapers. Very good, with light soiling to cloth, a touch of rubbing to spine ends and corners, and clean interior. Overall, a sturdy copy, without any nicks or tears. The Red Badge of Courage, Crane's second novel, is widely considered the author's masterpiece and is the work that propelled him to literary acclaim. An American Civil War novel, it features the fictional Union Army private Henry Fleming who dreams of achieving glory through combat only to become disillusioned with war after his enlistment. After deserting his regiment, Fleming longs for a "red badge of courage," or a battle wound that would assuage his shame at his own cowardice. Notably, although Crane was born several years after the Civil War, The Red Badge of Courage is lauded for its uncanny ability to evoke the feel of a battlefield.
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: good cover and spine. major discoloring to spine. vivid gold gilt plate to front cover. The Stated 2nd Edition. clean peach endpapers. black and white illustrated sticker from previous owners to front endpaper. pencil writing to top of front endpaper which states "C846". page 4 has bank instead of bunk. 4 pages of ADS in rear. Ad Pages uncut. Rear hinge is cracked. slight deckeling to edges. pages are very clean. red and black illustrations to title page. DATE PUBLISHED: 1896 EDITION: SECOND ED 233
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
CRANE, Stephen. The Red Badge of Courage. D. Appleton & Co, New York, 1896.
Price: US$660.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo (19cm). Light tan buckram, printed in black, red, and gilt; plain endpapers; [iv], [1]-233 [234], [4]pp; ad for Maggie and Red Badge facing t.p., 4pp of publisher's ads at rear. A straight, tight copy with minor soil to cloth, especially on spine, but internally clean: Very Good. Second edition of Crane's classic second novel, an impressionistic account of a soldier's struggle with cowardice and courage during the Civil War. WRIGHT III 1257. BAL 4071.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE. D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1896.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, [i-iv], 1-233 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in pale yellow buckram with black and red lettering. Boards have bumping to corners, fraying to spine edges, and spotting to both covers. Text block has light age toning, slight foxing, and writing in pencil on front endpaper. BAL 4071. Shelved in Case 2. 1372513. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
CRANE, Stephen. The Red Badge of Courage. D. Appleton and Co, New York, 1896.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Second edition. Octavo. Near fine with contemporary ink owner name of a U.S. Army soldier on the front pastedown, corner light bumped and some very subtle foxing, most contain to the topedge of the rear board. A beautiful copy of the this classic often found often found well-worn.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. Red Badge of Courage. D. Appleton & Company, 1896.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second edition in original beige cloth. Binding is in very good plus condition, slight age toning. Contents clean. Nice tight copy.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first state, with the earliest state advertisements and laid paper endpapers. Publisher's tan buckram, lettered in black and red, decorated in black, red and gilt, orange top stain; original cream dust jacket with matching design. Fine with some offsetting to endpapers and light pencil mark to the last page of advertisements; dust jacket with toning to extremities, light edgewear, minor chipping to spine ends, front flap separated, crack to fold crease of rear flap, and minor repair to front spine hinge. Overall, a very attractive copy in its scarce dust jacket. Housed in a custom brick red slipcase and folding chemise. Williams and Starrett 10a. BAL 4076. The Little Regiment is a collection of short stories that includes "Three Miraculous Soldiers," "A Mystery of Heroism," "An Indiana Campaign," "A Gray Sleeve," and "The Veteran" in addition to the titular "A Little Regiment." Like his acclaimed The Red Badge of Courage (1895), these stories center around the American Civil War and accurately evoke the feel of a battlefield, despite the fact that Crane himself never experienced combat.
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Description: Early printing of the first edition (but not the first), with title page dated 1896. [iv], 233, [1], [4 ads] pp. Bound in publisher's tan buckram stamped in black, red, and gilt. Good, heavy foxing and some soiling to boards, former owner's name on front free endpaper, tidemark to inner margins of pages towards end. In the very rare original dust jacket, which appears to have been the same design throughout printings of the first edition. Jacket is a little better than Fair with tape stains and recent Japanese paper repair to verso, re-attaching the panels together. Verso is unsightly but rectos presents OK. Chipped along edges, small interior chip to spine panel, toning to spine as well.A major work of American fiction in its rare dust jacket, one of the most iconic of the rare 19th century dust jackets.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing. 196, publisher's ads (6)pp. Bound in publisher's buckram cloth stamped in gilt, red and black. Very Good+ with moderate spotting to covers. Endpapers tanned from dust jacket; contemporary ownership on front free endpaper; contents lightly toned. In a Near Fine dust jacket with toning, minor soiling and slight rubbing to extremities; several small edge tears. A collection of short stories detailing the American Civil War; a follow-up to Stephen Crane's acclaimed The Red Badge of Courage. Housed in custom chemise case.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.