Stephen Cranes Bullet Hole and Blood Splattered Red Badge of Courage 1968 Limited Collectors Edition with Slipcase Very Rare

THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE EPISODES OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR BY STEPHEN CRANE 1968 LIMITED 1ST EDITION COLLECTORS BOOK. A WONDERFUL VINTAGE BOOK FOR THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR BUFFS OUT THERE WITH A DIE CUT BULLET HOLE THROUGH FRONT BOARD AND MANY PAGES WITH AND RED BLOOD SPLATTERED THROUGHOUT THE BOOK. PRESENTED IN A SLIPCASE WITH WORDS With Malice Towards None. With Charity For All. A RARE COLLECTORS BOOK!
 
LIMITED EDITION. WEST VIRGINIA PULP AND PAPER COMPANY DID A SERIES OF THESE BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED CLASSICS AS LIMITED EDITIONS (LIMITATION NOT STATED) WHICH IT SENT OUT TO ITS CUSTOMERS AS LITERARY KEEPSAKES EACH CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.
 
IT INCLUDES PLATES FROM "RULES FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND CLEANING OF THE MUSKET RIFLE, MODEL 1863"..
 
HARDCOVER (QUARTER BIND WITH FAUX LEATHER) WITH BLIND EMBOSSED UNION EAGLE ON THE FRONT. VERY FINE CONDITION. AROUND 100 PAGES. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED, BOUND IN FAUX LEATHER SPINE AND BLACK BOARDS. BLACK BOARDS STAMPED AND RULED IN GOLD GILT ON SPINE.
 
BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED LIMITED EDITION VERY RARE AND DIFFICULT TO FIND!! MAKE THIS OUTSTANDING VINTAGE COLLECTORS ITEM YOURS!!
 
PUBLISHED BY THE WEST VIRGINIA PULP AND PAPER COMPANY, 1964.
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company did a series of these beautifully designed classics from famous writers as limited editions (limitation NOT stated) which it sent out to its customers as literary keepsakes each Christmas holiday.
 
SIZE SLIPCASE 15CM WIDE 25CM HIGH
 
CONDITION: SLIPCASE HAS SOME STAINS AND WRITING. BOOK IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.
 
STEPHEN CRANE (1871-1900):
Stephen Crane was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His life was brief and he died of recurring malaria and tuberculosis before he was 29 years of age while reporting the Spanish American War for the New York Journal. In the short prolific 8 years before his death he wrote 7 novels, 5 volumes of short stories, 2 volumes of poetry and a history of the great battles of the world.
The Red Badge of Courage was his most significant work. Published in 1895 it describes the psychological fears that a young farm boy Henry Fleming experiences in his first exposure to battle in the American Civil War. He did it with great success even though the novel was written 30 years after the Civil War ended. Although he had some shellfire experience as a war correspondent he mostly wrote about the soldiers agony from his imagination. He wrote the novel in a mere 10 days and sold the manuscript to a newspaper syndicate for a mere 100 dollars. It was published by Appleton & Company in 1895 and became an immediate success.
 
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