Johnny Pye & the Fool-Killer

Overview:

  • Title: Johnny Pye & the Fool-Killer
  • Author: Stephen Vincent Benét
  • Year: 1938
  • Publisher: Countryman Press
  • Price: $3.50
  • Pages: 78
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Chapter Book
  • Title Reference: Johnny Pye & the Fool-Killer
  • Notes:
    • Limited edition, 1st ed. as a book 24 cm "Signed by both author and artist ... limited to 750 numbered copies of which 700 copies are for sale."
    • Library of Congress (LCCN, below); both WorldCat library records located 2018-02-20 (OCLC); and most of perhaps 15 dealers at ABEbooks show title/heading with ampersand:   Johnny Pye & the Fool-Killer
    • Publ date and price from newspaper coverage including listings among "Books Received" 1938-06-26 NY Times and NY Herald Tribune and "Books Out Today" NYHT -06-27 p12
    • No pictorial cover, evidently from numerous ABEbooks.com dealer descriptions (4 supported by a single exterior "Bookseller image") -- plain blue cloth cover, gold lettering on spine (w/ 1 dealer image) -- clear plastic/acetate slipcover (w/ 1 dealer image) -- paper wrapper (w/ 2 dealer images) Spine shows title with "and"; "The Countryman Press". Wrapper shows title with "&"; "The Countryman Press".