Benét, Stephen Vincent

They Burned the Books

Stephen Vincent Benét. They Burned the Books. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. First edition. 

Octavo. 25pp. Publisher’s red paper boards, front cover lettered in black. 

First edition of Benét’s hard to find Anti-Nazi radio play, written in protest of the Gestapo book burnings of May, 1933. 

Spine torn and stained; boards rubbed and darkened, with some paper loss to front board; toned to gutters; minor toning throughout. Very good. Item #3154

Price: $75.00