BENET, Stephen Vincent (1898-1943). A group of 6 works in 7 volumes, all 8vos, condition generally fine.
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BENET, Stephen Vincent (1898-1943). A group of 6 works, comprising:
Tiger Joy. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. Publisher's patterned cloth. FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Benjamin Musser (gift inscription), St. Joseph's Serigraphic Seminary College Library (institutional stamp). -- John Brown's Body. Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1928. Publisher's black cloth; original dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. -- A Book of Americans (with Rosemary Benet). New York: Farrar and Rinehart, Inc., 1933. Publisher's olive green cloth. SIGNED BY ROSEMARY AND STEPHEN VINCENT BENET. Provenance: Ruth E. Anderson (bookplate, inscription from authors). -- Thirteen O' Clock. New York: Farrar and Rinehart, Inc., 1937. -- Tales Before Midnight. New York: Farrar and Rinehart, Inc., 1939. Publisher's black cloth; dust jacket. -- Selected Works of Stephen Vincent Benet. New York: Farrar and Rinehart, Inc., 1942. Two volumes. Publisher's dark blue cloth. Provenance: Eleanor E. McGarry (inscriptions on each volume). -- Together, 6 works in 7 volumes, all 8vos, condition generally fine.
The Library of John Leonard Gillis Sold to Support the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto
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