Rare Books The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane 1980 Easton Press Collectors Edition Fiction Novel Gifts for Readers Historical Fiction

This is a near fine (almost like new) leather-bound hardcover. 1980 Easton Press Collectors Edition. This copy is crisp and clean inside and out. The inside pages are crisp and clean and graced with burgundy silk moire fabric endpapers front and back. The fine edition is bound in Smyth sewn binding with concealed joints. All three page edges are tipped in gold gilt with barely a hint of wear to gilt as is often found in vintage gilt books. Easton Press provided new owners with a bookplate for their new book. This copy does not have the accompanying bookplate, nor is one affixed anywhere inside. The edition is bound in genuine brown leather with gold gilt design front and back and gold lettering on the hub (raised) spine. Attached burgundy satin bookmark. Super octavo book size or 7" x 11" with 170 pages.

This edition of The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane from Easton Press is finely illustrated by John Steuart Curry. It includes a publishers preface and intro by C are Van Doren. The illustrated frontispiece was specially commissioned for the edition.

The Red Badge of Courage is historical fiction, a war novel set during the Civil War. When a young soldier for the Union Army flees the battlefield, he is soon overcome with shame and longs for a "red badge of courage" or a battle wound. Soon, his regiment again faces battle and he carries the regimental colors into battle. Crane had never fought in battle (he was born after the war) he used historical references to depict accuracy for the novel. The novel was well received and garnered much acclaim. It has been adapted for film several times.

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