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John Brown : the making of a martyr / by Robert Penn Warren.

Author/creator Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : Payson & Clarke Ltd., 1929.
Description6 preliminary leaves, 9-474 pages, 9 leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorRansom, John Crowe, 1888-1974 former owner.
Other author/creatorWarren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989 inscriber.
Other author/creatorRichardson, Rittenhouse, former owner.
Other author/creatorRichardson, Louise, former owner.
Other author/creatorWright, Stuart, 1948- former owner.
Local noteJoyner Wright Coll. copy 30372015225714 notated on half-title "JCR's [i.e., John Crowe Ransom's?] copy." Stuart Wright Book Collection #1.5. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, Robert Penn Warren Papers, in Joyner Library Special Collections.
Local noteJoyner Wright Coll. copy 30372016360528 inscribed on half-title "For Rittenhouse and Louise [Richardson], with my warm regards, Robert Penn Warren, Oxford, January 2, 1930." Laid in are 2 items, a note: Robert Penn Warren, Fairfield, Connecticut, Postcard to Stuart Wright, regarding "dedicatees" of book, his friends, Rittenhouse & Louise Richardson (24 October 1982) Typescript; Stuart Wright note: "Have you heard about J.B. [John Brown] from the Publishers and to whom did you send your 13 copies? RPW's mother to RPW, early December 1929. Quoted in The Sewanee Review, 110 (Summer 2002), p. 392" (ca. 2002). Stuart Wright Book Collection #1.6. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, Robert Penn Warren Papers, in Joyner Library Special Collections.
Local noteJoyner Wright Coll. copy 30372017044899 inscribed on fly-leaf "To Stuart [Wright] ... Red [Robert Penn Warren]." Author's copy. Enclosed in clamshell box. Laid in are a telegram to Warren (1929) and a note that the book was never given to Warren. Stuart Wright Book Collection #167.17. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, Robert Penn Warren Papers, in Joyner Library Special Collections.
General note"Bibliographical Note": p. 441-462.
General noteMaps on lining papers.
General noteIncludes index.
Acquisitions source Joyner Wright Coll. copies 30372015225714 and 30372016360528 purchased from Stuart Wright, 2010
Acquisitions source Joyner Wright Coll. copy 30372017044899 purchased from Stuart Wright, 2012
Issued in other formOnline version: Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. John Brown. New York, Payson & Clarke Ltd., 1929
LCCN 29023481

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks E451 .W29 ✔ Available Place Hold
Joyner Stuart Wright Collection E451 .W29 ✔ Available Request Material
Joyner Stuart Wright Collection E451 .W29 ✔ Available Request Material
Joyner Stuart Wright Collection E451 .W29 ✔ Available Request Material