Stephen Vincent Benét — The Beginning of Wisdom

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this Stephen Vincent Benét's semi-autobiographical work, from the library of the American bibliophile Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Bookplate to the front paste down belonging to Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr. (1910-2001), an American bibliophile and the director of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City. Stephen Vincent Benét (1898-1943) was an American poet and author. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his narrative poem about the American Civil War, John Brown's Body.This work was Benét's first novel, which follows the coming of age of Philip Sellaby. It is a semi-autobiographical novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with very light shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .