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They Burned the Books
by Stephen Vincent Benet
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1942. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1942. First Edition. Octavo. 25 pages. Plain blue paper dust jacket. Red boards stamped in black. Housed in black slipcase with title label to spine.
Dust jacket is lightly worn along edges with toning to spine and around flaps. Boards show light edgewear and some general creasing. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase sound.
An anti-Nazi radio-play featuring Heinrich Heine, Victor Hugo, and Walt Whitman, among others, written in protest of Gestapo censorship and the May 10, 1933 Nazi book burnings.
Dust jacket is lightly worn along edges with toning to spine and around flaps. Boards show light edgewear and some general creasing. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase sound.
An anti-Nazi radio-play featuring Heinrich Heine, Victor Hugo, and Walt Whitman, among others, written in protest of Gestapo censorship and the May 10, 1933 Nazi book burnings.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8500
- Title
- They Burned the Books
- Author
- Stephen Vincent Benet
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Farrar & Rinehart, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Octavo
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- Jacket
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